Norway parliament approves $2 billion artillery plan


A general view shows Norway's parliament in Oslo, Norway September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Tom Little

OSLO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Norway's parliament ‌on Tuesday approved a $2 billion procurement plan for long-range artillery ‌to boost the NATO country's deterrence against Russia in the Arctic, ‌where the two nations share a border.

European countries are in the midst of hiking defence spending, under pressure to do so by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and ‍unnerved by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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