https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Norway would face shortages of food and fuel within only a few days in the event of a major conflict in Norway and the surrounding region, according to a new report by the Norwegian Defence Research Institute. https://www.thelocal.no/20260305/norway-could-face-major-food-and-fuel-shortages-in-a-war-report Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:58:00 +0100 norway-could-face-major-food-and-fuel-shortages-in-a-war-report Sweden, Norway and Denmark will donate equipment and munitions worth $500 million to Ukraine, under a new scheme to speed deliveries from American stockpiles, Stockholm said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20250805/sweden-norway-and-denmark-to-donate-500m-in-arms-to-ukraine Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:54:56 +0200 sweden-norway-and-denmark-to-donate-500m-in-arms-to-ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron held talks Monday with Norwegian officials during a brief trip on the eve of a crucial NATO summit, as tensions rise in the resource-rich Arctic region. https://www.thelocal.no/20250624/frances-macron-holds-norway-talks-on-eve-of-nato-summit Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:54:39 +0200 frances-macron-holds-norway-talks-on-eve-of-nato-summit The meeting in Washington on Thursday between US President Donald Trump and Norway's PM went well, with Trump expressing his love for Norway. But did anything concrete come of it? https://www.thelocal.no/20250425/a-great-ally-what-came-out-of-norway-pms-meeting-with-trump Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:05:50 +0200 a-great-ally-what-came-out-of-norway-pms-meeting-with-trump Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that it is up to the alliance's member states whether to keep him into the role after his current contract expires in September, indicating that he may now be open to staying on. https://www.thelocal.no/20230616/norwegian-nato-chief-jens-stoltenberg-may-be-open-to-staying-in-post Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:03:50 +0200 norwegian-nato-chief-jens-stoltenberg-may-be-open-to-staying-in-post Norway announced Friday that it will sell 32 used F-16 fighter jets to fellow NATO member Romania for €388 million. https://www.thelocal.no/20221105/norway-to-sell-32-used-f-16-fighters-to-romania Sat, 05 Nov 2022 17:47:49 +0100 norway-to-sell-32-used-f-16-fighters-to-romania Norway, Denmark and Iceland stated on Monday they would provide assistance "by all means necessary" to their Nordic neighbours, Sweden and Finland, should either of the latter two countries face attacks on their territory before joining Nato. https://www.thelocal.no/20220516/norway-and-denmark-give-guarantee-to-nordic-neighbours-over-nato-bids Mon, 16 May 2022 18:36:56 +0200 norway-and-denmark-give-guarantee-to-nordic-neighbours-over-nato-bids Major military exercises involving 30,000 Nato troops and partner countries kicked off in Norway on Monday as tensions escalate between the West and Russia over the Ukraine war. https://www.thelocal.no/20220314/major-nato-manoeuvres-kick-off-in-norway Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:00:23 +0100 major-nato-manoeuvres-kick-off-in-norway The United States is deploying long-range B-1 bombers to Norway to train in the strategically important High North in a new show of force unseen in the region since the Cold War. https://www.thelocal.no/20210210/cold-war-vibes-as-us-shows-military-muscle-in-norway Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:40:32 +0100 cold-war-vibes-as-us-shows-military-muscle-in-norway Norway said Tuesday it was cancelling military exercises with Nato allies in the Arctic planned for March over fears of the spread of Covid-19 variants. https://www.thelocal.no/20210127/norway-cancels-manoeuvres-with-nato-allies-over-virus-fears Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:11:50 +0100 norway-cancels-manoeuvres-with-nato-allies-over-virus-fears The Russian foreign ministry has criticized Nato member Norway’s foreign policy as being hostile to Russia. https://www.thelocal.no/20191024/norwegian-foreign-policy-slammed-as-anti-russian-in-moscow-statement Thu, 24 Oct 2019 19:22:09 +0200 norwegian-foreign-policy-slammed-as-anti-russian-in-moscow-statement Norway will not be part of Nato’s joint ballistic missile defence system, the Scandinavian country has confirmed as part of its budget announcement. https://www.thelocal.no/20191008/norway-decides-against-participation-in-nato-missile-defence-system Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:40:28 +0200 norway-decides-against-participation-in-nato-missile-defence-system An operation was underway Thursday to try to stop a Norwegian navy frigate from sinking after it collided with a Maltese oil tanker in a fjord in western Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20181108/norwegian-warship-collides-with-maltese-oil-tanker Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:44:45 +0100 norwegian-warship-collides-with-maltese-oil-tanker "This is my second time seeing snow, so it's a rather new experience," said a tank operative, a Florida native more accustomed to ice boxes than ice floes. https://www.thelocal.no/20181102/nato-troops-in-cold-war-games-in-icy-norway Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:10:27 +0100 nato-troops-in-cold-war-games-in-icy-norway Nato's chief sought to downplay Russia's plans to test missiles off Norway this week in an area where Nato is carrying out its biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. https://www.thelocal.no/20181030/russia-to-test-missiles-in-nato-exercise-area-off-norway Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:21:30 +0100 russia-to-test-missiles-in-nato-exercise-area-off-norway Nato's biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, dubbed Trident Juncture 18, take place in Norway from October 25th to November 7th in what will be a massive display of strength. https://www.thelocal.no/20181024/norway-hosts-nato-exercises Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:10:32 +0200 norway-hosts-nato-exercises Norway will ask the United States to double the number of US troops stationed in the country and deploy them nearer the border with Russia, the government said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20180613/norway-wants-to-double-us-troops-and-deploy-them-closer-to-russia Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:57:53 +0200 norway-wants-to-double-us-troops-and-deploy-them-closer-to-russia A large-scale presence of Nato forces will be felt in Norway when the military alliance conducts major exercises in the country later this year. https://www.thelocal.no/20180413/35000-nato-soldiers-to-conduct-exercises-in-norway Fri, 13 Apr 2018 20:20:04 +0200 35000-nato-soldiers-to-conduct-exercises-in-norway The percentage of GDP spent by Norway on defence has decreased, despite Nato obligations for member countries to increase spending in the area to two percent by 2024. https://www.thelocal.no/20180125/norways-defence-spending-drops-increasing-gap-to-nato-demands-report Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:17:52 +0100 norways-defence-spending-drops-increasing-gap-to-nato-demands-report Nato has taken 'disciplinary action' against an individual over an incident in which Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country's modern founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk were portrayed as enemies, the alliance's secretary general has said. https://www.thelocal.no/20171119/nato-takes-disciplinary-action-over-turkey-enemy-insult Sun, 19 Nov 2017 14:21:22 +0100 nato-takes-disciplinary-action-over-turkey-enemy-insult