The Norwegian Armed Forces have ordered a batch of Swedish Carl-Gustaf M4 anti-tank recoilless rifles, according to Saab news release. On Monday, the company press release said that the Norwegian Armed Forces has signed a framework agreement with Saab for the Carl-Gustaf M4 anti-tank weapon. As noted by the company, Saab has received an initial order for Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons with deliveries in 2021. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The recently signed framework agreement allows the Norwegian customer to place orders for Carl-Gustaf M4, associated equipment and training systems during a 7-year period. The Norwegian Armed Forces has been […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107626/14/1076261446_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_4ab53df00697281457c2ef9deca9564f.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202010141080770524-two-tu-160s-flew-over-barents-norwegian-north-seas-defence-ministry-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two strategic missile carriers Tu-160 flew over the Barents, Norwegian and North Seas, escorted by aircraft from the Royal Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Air Force, the Russian Defence Ministry reports. “Two strategic missile carriers Tu-160 performed a planned flight in the airspace over neutral waters of the Barents, Norwegian and North Seas,” the statement says. It is noted that the flight’s duration was 12 hours. “At certain stages of the route, the strategic missile carriers were escorted by the MiG-31 fighters of the Russian Navy, as well as the […]
Although not a bulwark of the Norwegian economy, the tourism industry accounts for over 165,000 jobs in a nation of 5.4 million and corresponds to 1.8 percent of its GDP. According to new analysis by the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO), total tourist consumption between January and August of 2020 fell by a staggering NOK 41 billion ($4.4 billion) compared with the same period last year, the news outlet Kampanje reported. The decline in tourist consumption was most significant among foreign tourists, with a 68% decline in the period – from NOK 46 billion (nearly $5 billion) to NOK 14 billion […]
After a trade union rejected a growth in real pay and instead opted for a strike, Norwegian oil production risks losing an equivalent of 330,000 barrels per day (or 8 percent of the country’s output). The Norwegian Organisation of Managers and Executives (Lederne) said it is moving forward with plans to extend its strike. At midnight, 126 additional members joined the strike, jeopardising prodiction at six oil fields, including Gudrun, Gina Krog, Kvitebjørn, and Gjøa operated by Equinor and Neptune Energy, the economic news portal E24 reported. If production at the six oil and gas fields is stopped, this means that […]
Over the course of several years, dozens of dogs were raped on a weekly basis by a criminal group, which produced many videos of the abuse. After a shocking case in which about a dozen people were charged with sexual abuse of dogs in Norway, the animal rights organisation Noah has demanded stricter punishment for animal cruelty. The police have, by their own admission, never seen such a comprehensive and severe case of repeated animal abuse. Over several years, at least 24 dogs were raped, and some of the animals had to be put down, TV2 reported. The case started in […]
While serving his sentence, mass killer Anders Breivik, the man behind the bloodiest killing spree in the history of modern Norway, expressed remorse over his deeds and voiced a desire to leave the extremist environment. However, many dismissed his “remorse” as mere manipulation. Convicted Norwegian terrorist and mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, who is serving a 21-year sentence for killing 77 people on 22 July 2011, has submitted a request for parole through his lawyer. “He wants this now. He has been in solitary confinement for over eight years since the trial was over,” Breivik’s lawyer Øystein Storrvik told the newspaper […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106609/41/1066094141_0:4:1200:679_1200x675_80_0_0_654e6a9f507af0e1d68ab7a19e1c0e63.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080401207-russias-mig-29-intercepts-second-norwegian-spy-plane-over-barents-sea-in-one-day/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet MiG-29 was scrambled due to a Royal Norwegian Air Force electronic reconnaissance and combat aircraft over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defence Control Center (NDCC) said on Tuesday. “On 8 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea. To identify the target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-29 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defence duty was scrambled”, the statement says. The crew of the Russian fighter […]
The 174-metre Karlsruhe was part of the Nazi German force that invaded Norway in April 1940, but was hit by a British submarine torpedo shortly into its return voyage from the Norwegian port of Kristiansand. The wreckage of the Karlsruhe, the last major remaining Nazi German warship that took part in the 1940 invasion of Norway, has been found 80 years after it sunk 13 nautical miles from the coast of Kristiansand. The cruiser Karlsruhe was detected barely 15 metres from a sub-sea power cable that has been operating since 1977. Norwegian power grid operator Statnett said that its cable, which […]
The flag-burning is intended as a reaction to the high-profile Quran burning in Malmö and anti-Islamic demonstration in Norway, where a copy of the Quran was ripped. A Muslim leader linked to a terrorist organisation in Syria has trampled on the Swedish and Norwegian flags and then set them afire in a videoclip claiming that “Allah is the Lord of the world”, the news outlet Samhällsnytt reported. The flag-burning video is intended as a reaction to the high-profile Quran burning in Malmö and anti-Islamic demonstration in Norway, where a copy of the Quran was ripped. In the video, reportedly recorded in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009051080376380-russias-mig-31-scrambled-to-intercept-norwegian-air-force-plane/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Russian fighter jet MiG-31 was scrambled to intercept a Royal Norwegian Air Force aircraft over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry’s National Defence Control Centre said on Saturday. “To identify the air target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-31 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defence duty team was scrambled. The crew of the Russian fighter identified the air target as the Royal Norwegian Air Force’s basic patrol aircraft P-3C Orion”, the centre said in a statement. The authority added that after the Norwegian aircraft […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105512/84/1055128409_0:164:3057:1884_1200x675_80_0_0_1ce6a39472f5d8ea23f35ee341dabe6c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009041080367179-russias-mig-31-intercepts-norwegian-air-force-plane-over-barents-sea/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian fighter jet MiG-31 intercepted a Royal Norwegian Air Force plane near the Russian border over the Barents Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s National Defense Control Center (NDCC) said in a statement on Friday. “On 4 September, Russian airspace control devices detected an air target approaching the Russian state border over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea. To identify the air target and prevent violation of the Russian state border, a MiG-31 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defence duty was scrambled”, the statement says. The crew of the Russian […]
Illegal events and rave parties are reportedly flourishing in several European nations, due to COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing measures. An illegal rave in an underground bunker in the Norwegian capital of Oslo has ended badly, as dozens were rushed to hospitals with acute carbon monoxide poisoning. According to the Oslo Police Department, up to 200 people aged 20 to 30 gathered in the bunker for the event, dubbed “Rave Cave” that was launched online, but later “got out of control”, as its 24-year-old organiser later admitted from a hospital bed to the newspaper Verdens Gang. At least 27 people were […]
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Petter Northug, one of the world’s most decorated skiers of all time, is no stranger to controversy and has already been sentenced for drunk driving. Back then, however, he managed to pull a convincing comeback, swaying skeptics with a stunning performance. One of Norway’s most famous athletes of all time, “ski king” Petter Northug, has once again landed in hot water. The retired 34-year-old was caught speeding at 168kph on a 110 kph highway between Oslo and his home in Trondheim. The police suspected Northug had been driving under the influence of drugs. Blood samples were taken and Northug’s home was […]
A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet intercepted Norwegian Air Force Falcon 20 reconnaissance aircraft over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea, Russia’s National Defense Control Center said in a statement. “On August 4, 2020, the Russian airspace control systems detected an air target over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea approaching Russia’s state border. A MiG-31 fighter from the Northern Fleet’s air defense quick reaction alert forces was scrambled to intercept the target,” the Center said. The Russian fighter’s crew approached the air target at a safe distance and identified it as a Norwegian Air Force Falcon 20 radio-technical reconnaissance […]
The incident follows a string of similar occurrences along Russia’s borders in recent weeks, with the air force repeatedly scrambling jets to intercept US reconnaissance planes and other military aircraft probing Russian air defences from the Black Sea in the west to the Sea of Japan in the east. Russian jets were scrambled to escort US and Norwegian surveillance aircraft and a drone in separate incidents in the Barents and Black Sea, the Ministry of Defence has announced. “Aerial targets flying toward the state border of the Russian Federation were identified as reconnaissance aircraft: a Norwegian Air Force P-3C Orion over […]
The role of vitamin D, which is developed in contact with the sun, has become the focal point of a scientific debate during the pandemic, with results of studies indicating everything from “no correlation” to “a clear link”. A Norwegian survey with tens of thousands of participants intends to reach more clarity on this issue. 140,000 Norwegians are participating in a comprehensive coronavirus study that includes questions about life in general and tanning in particular. “We wonder if there is something positive about sunbathing,” lead researcher Arne Søraas at Oslo University Hospital told national broadcaster NRK. “It would have been very […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106299/69/1062996915_0:170:3037:1878_1200x675_80_0_0_05a52b7acbbf3d2337415cd14a0d03e7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202006271079736510-russian-tu-142mk-aircraft-escorted-by-us-and-norwegian-fighters-over-arctic-and-pacific-oceans/ Three of the Russian bombers were performing a scheduled mission over the Barents and Norwegian Seas, while another four planes flew over the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Defence Ministry said, stressing that the flights were conducted in strict compliance with international regulations. Russian anti-submarine Tu-142MK aircraft have conducted flights over the Barents and Norwegian seas, as well as over the Pacific Ocean, and were escorted by fighters from the United States and Norway, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday. According to the ministry, Norway scrambled F-16 fighters to escort the Russian bombers over […]
Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise claimed that she has been given a “crash course” in how “white supremacy” works by her black lover who is a self-proclaimed shaman and a healer. In conjunction with the violent Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the US and Europe, sparked by the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of US police, the phenomenon of whites taking a knee has started to kick off. In Norway, this trend received a royal touch as Princess Märtha Louise posted a photograph of herself and her three teenage daughters kneeling on her Instagram account. The 48-year-old princess […]
In the painting “Justice” (1762) by Mathias Blumenthal that hangs in Bergen’s City Hall a white woman is treading on a prostrate, dark-skinned man. While the painting was meant to symbolise the battle of light and darkness, the Greens believe its symbolism no longer fits with today’s situation. In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, calls have erupted to remove a 258-year-old painting from the City Hall of Bergen, Norway’s second most populous city. In the painting “Justice” (1762) by Mathias Blumenthal, which has been hanging in Bergen’s City Hall since 1972, a white woman is treading on a prostrate, […]
Norway’s prime minister and members of her cabinet have been roasted in a pyre of internet mockery after performing a creative dance routine to mark the country’s national day. Prime Minister Erna Solberg and more than a dozen government ministers agreed to dance to a popular children’s song as a lighthearted tribute to the country’s independence day, which is celebrated on May 17. The routine was filmed for a children’s television network, local media reported. In the clip, Solberg leads her cabinet in hand waving, hip thrusting and flag waving – with some ministers clearly showing more enthusiasm than others. To […]