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Norwegian oil and gas workers normally don't see anything more threatening than North Sea waves crashing against the steel legs of their offshore platforms. But lately they have noticed a more troubling sight: unidentified drones buzzing in the skies overhead.

Norway donated howitzers along with equipment, spare parts and ammunition, after procuring new artillery from South Korea.
"The Norwegian government has been waiting for the donation to be announced for security reasons. It is possible that future donations will not be published or commented on," Gram said.

BELGRADE - Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia Arne Sannes Bjornstad told Serbian PM Ana Brnabic on Monday his government had confirmed Norway would double its financial assistance to Serbia in 2018.

According to this, Bjornstad told Brnabic that the government of Norway confirmed that this year's financial assistance to Serbia will be twice as high in comparison to the last year.

OSLO - Wrapping up her first official trip to Norway, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic on Thursday visited the country's Institute of International Affairs, where she gave a lecture on Serbia's European perspective and regional cooperation.

Turkey has withdrawn 40 of its troops from a NATO military drill in Norway after scandals regarding the country’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Norway has announced plans to send an armored infantry battalion to its arctic border with Russia and buy more tanks and artillery in response to growing threats, according to Reuters.

Scandinavian Defense Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide did not mention Russia as she revealed the government's military plan. She explained that there is no specific military threat at the moment.

The Norwegian government on Monday proposed a bill to ban the full-face Muslim veil in all schools, from nurseries to universities, saying it hinders communication between students and teachers.

Norway has deployed more soldiers to a remote region called Finnmark in the Arctic circle on its borders with Russia. The move comes as tensions between Russia and the US, UK and Norway are rising as the NATO members are monitoring Russia’s activities in the North.

Some 300 US Marines arrived in Norway on Monday for a rotational deployment in the Scandinavian country, to neighbouring Russia’s dismay amid rising tensions with the West. Officials played down any link between the operation and NATO concerns over Russia, but the deployment coincides with the U.S.