Blizzard conditions during the alpine skiing men’s slalom competition at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games led to chaos for the participants, and a medal favorite lost his cool at the end of Monday’s runs. Out of the 96 competitors in the field, 52 of them were unable to complete their first runs on the mountain […]
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Zelensky arrives in Norway for talks with Norwegian PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Oslo on March 20 to hold talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, the Norwegian government said. “I look forward to constructive discussions on how Norway can best provide assistance to Ukraine in both the short term and the long term,” Stoere said in a statement. The visit comes […]
Norwegian fuel supplier halts sales to US Navy over Trump-Zelensky dispute, citing ‘moral compass’
Norwegian fuel supplier Haltbakk Bunkers will not deliver a “single liter” of fuel to the U.S. Navy until U.S. President Donald Trump “is gone,” the company’s owner told media outlet Kystens Noeringsliv on March 1 after Trump’s highly public dispute with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Zelensky was poised to sign a major natural resources deal with […]
NATO deploys Norwegian F-35 fighters for 1st time during Russian Jan. 15 attack on Ukraine
NATO scrambled Norwegian F-35 fighter jets stationed in Poland for the first time to protect airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine on Jan. 15, the NATO Air Command reported on X. Russia attacked Ukraine using cruise and ballistic missiles on Jan. 15, targeting critical infrastructure in several oblasts. Ukrainian forces shot down 30 missiles […]
Ukraine extends cooperation with Norwegian NASAMS systems supplier
Kyiv is extending its cooperation with Norwegian defense company Kongsberg, one of the suppliers of NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on Jan. 16. The defense minister met with Eirik Lie, executive vice president of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA and president of Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace. The two discussed anti-drone systems […]