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More training, improved readiness

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Proposed Norwegian Defence Budget delivers on priorities of recent Long Term Defence Plan for the Armed Forces. The Norwegian government proposes to spend nearly USD 7.4 billion/EUR 5,5 billion/NOK 42.2 billion on defence in 2013, a real increase from 2012 of USD 52.5 million/EUR 39 million/NOK 300 million.

Kabul: Visible progress, though challenges remain

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Defence Minister Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen leaves Kabul with fresh impressions from her 11th visit to Afghanistan. She has been very much looking forward to seeing the development since her last visit three years ago.

The economic turmoil – implications for security and defence policy

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- The key to a successful transformation is to remain flexible. We must be able to adapt to changing circumstances. And we must never withdraw from the ambition to create a better defence force, Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen said at the summit.

Norwegian Defence Budget 2013

Norwegian Defence Budget 2013

Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen

Anne-Grete
Strøm-Erichsen

Minister of Defence

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