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 Nato secretary general and former Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg issued a warning on Sunday that it is more important than ever that the United States and Europe stand together. https://www.thelocal.no/20161114/nato-chief-warns-us-against-going-it-alone Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:17:59 +0100 nato-chief-warns-us-against-going-it-alone NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg has reminisced about his evenings as a teenager spent singing anti-Nato protest songs from a song booklet with a picture of Lenin on the front page. https://www.thelocal.no/20150806/nato-boss-sung-anti-nato-songs-as-a-youth Thu, 06 Aug 2015 23:45:18 +0200 nato-boss-sung-anti-nato-songs-as-a-youth Nato head Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the alliance does not want to get dragged into an arms race with Russia but it had to boost its defences to counter Moscow's "aggressive actions" in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.no/20150624/we-dont-want-an-arms-race-stoltenberg Thu, 25 Jun 2015 01:49:11 +0200 we-dont-want-an-arms-race-stoltenberg The head of Nato has spoken admiringly of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s capacity for white wine, telling interviewers in Norway that when the two unwind over drinks: “let’s put it like this: she isn't the first to leave." https://www.thelocal.no/20150604/nato-head-lauds-merkels-drinking-prowess Thu, 04 Jun 2015 23:26:12 +0200 nato-head-lauds-merkels-drinking-prowess Nato does not see Russia as an immediate threat to members states in the Baltic and Northern Europe, the alliance’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has said in his first official visit to his native Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20150604/russia-no-immediate-threat-says-nato-chief-in-oslo Thu, 04 Jun 2015 16:52:51 +0200 russia-no-immediate-threat-says-nato-chief-in-oslo Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg saluted US President Barack Obama for helping to push through “the biggest reinforcement of our collective defence since the end of the Cold War” as the two met in Washington on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20150527/we-are-lucky-to-have-stoltenberg-obama Wed, 27 May 2015 14:35:15 +0200 we-are-lucky-to-have-stoltenberg-obama Jens Stoltenberg has complained that there is “no culture of jokes” within the Nato alliance, where he is now Secretary General. “So now I’ve stopped joking,” he said. https://www.thelocal.no/20150306/no-jokes-at-nato-moans-former-norway-pm Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:56:09 +0100 no-jokes-at-nato-moans-former-norway-pm The United States has praised Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg as “everything we asked for” in a ringing endorsement of the former Norwegian Prime Minister’s first four months in the post. https://www.thelocal.no/20150211/stoltenberg-everything-we-asked-for-says-us Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:41:00 +0100 stoltenberg-everything-we-asked-for-says-us One of former Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg's most important task as Nato's new head will be to turn around the tumbling defence budgets of the alliance's members, outgoing chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has warned. https://www.thelocal.no/20140620/stoltenberg-will-have-to-stop-nato-cuts-rasmussen Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:02:00 +0200 stoltenberg-will-have-to-stop-nato-cuts-rasmussen Norway's former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg pogoed his way out of Norwegian politics on Saturday to the raucous strains of Norwegian rocker Åge Aleksandersen. https://www.thelocal.no/20140616/jens-stoltenberg-dances-out-of-norway-politics Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:04:00 +0200 jens-stoltenberg-dances-out-of-norway-politics Nato's incoming Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told Norway's Aftenposten newspaper that he expects the role to be "difficult, demanding and involve enormous dilemmas" in a long-running interview ahead of taking up the post. https://www.thelocal.no/20140613/incoming-nato-head-expects-enormous-dilemmas Fri, 13 Jun 2014 02:01:00 +0200 incoming-nato-head-expects-enormous-dilemmas Russian president Vladimir Putin has praised Jens Stoltenberg, the incoming head of Nato, as "a very serious, responsible person", claiming the two have "very good relations, including personal relations". https://www.thelocal.no/20140422/putin-praises-new-nato-chief-jens-stoltenberg Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:44:00 +0200 putin-praises-new-nato-chief-jens-stoltenberg Helga Pedersen, the most prominent female candidate to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as Labour leader when he leaves to head Nato on October 1st, has said she is not interested in the position. https://www.thelocal.no/20140331/main-woman-candidate-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:20:00 +0200 main-woman-candidate-2 Once a staunch opponent of NATO, its new leader Jens Stoltenberg could be a key voice of calm as the Western military alliance seeks to mend relations with an increasingly pugnacious Russia. https://www.thelocal.no/20140328/profile-jens-stoltenberg-no-hawk-on-security Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:37:00 +0100 profile-jens-stoltenberg-no-hawk-on-security Former Norwegian premier Jens Stoltenberg was named the next NATO chief on Friday, taking over from current secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance said. https://www.thelocal.no/20140328/breaking-stoltenberg-next-nato-boss Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:58:00 +0100 breaking-stoltenberg-next-nato-boss Jens Stoltenberg's chief rival for the leadership of Nato has informally conceded defeat, writing on Twitter that the former Norwegian prime minister would "indeed be a good Nato Secretary General" and that "Poland will support him." https://www.thelocal.no/20140328/chief-rival-backs-stoltenberg-as-nato-head Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:42:00 +0100 chief-rival-backs-stoltenberg-as-nato-head British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday declared that former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg was "an excellent" candidate for the Nato leadership, the first time the leader of a leading Nato country has made a public comment. https://www.thelocal.no/20140326/stoltenberg-an-excellent-choice-for-nato-cameron Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:51:00 +0100 stoltenberg-an-excellent-choice-for-nato-cameron Norwegian former prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is now the only candidate left in the race to be Secretary General of NATO, Norway's DN newspaper has reported, citing "numerous sources with knowledge of the process". https://www.thelocal.no/20140326/stoltenberg-alone-in-the-race-to-lead-nato Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:33:52 +0100 stoltenberg-alone-in-the-race-to-lead-nato That Jens Stoltenberg, a staunch member of Norway's left-wing Labour party was put forward to the Nato leadership by Angela Merkel, the most powerful figure in Europe's centre right, says a lot about his broad appeal. https://www.thelocal.no/20140324/feature-stoltenberg-natural-choice-for-nato-head Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:10:00 +0100 feature-stoltenberg-natural-choice-for-nato-head Norway's former Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg is now near certain to be Nato's next Secretary General after winning the backing of France and the UK, Norway's Aftenposten newspaper reported on Sunday, citing "sources very close to the process". https://www.thelocal.no/20140324/stoltenberg-to-be-next-nato-head-aftenposten Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:17:00 +0100 stoltenberg-to-be-next-nato-head-aftenposten