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Norway, a NATO member bordering Russia, is planned to increase its defence Budget by 83% over the next 12 years
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said that in order to take account of the “degraded security situation”, he was proposing to devote an extra 600 billion kronor ($56 million) to the Army
Norway , is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway.
The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo.
The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden.
It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south.
The Skagerrak strait running between the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, the east coast of Norway and the west coast of Sweden, connects the North Sea and the Kattegat sea
Norway has an extensive coastline facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea.
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