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Norway Means Business
The Norwegian government has outlined a new long-term defence plan for 2025 to 2036. Under the so-called Norwegian Defence Pledge, Norway’s defence spending will almost double, achieving the NATO target of two per cent of GDP this year, gradually ris
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Paddle Steamer Damaged
Overnight on 28 March the Lake Geneva paddle steamer Simplon suffered serious damage while she was, unusually, lying alongside the pier at Cully on the north shore of the lake, six miles east of Lausanne. She had been on trials when she broke down an
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Oldest Active Icebreaker
The Finnish icebreaker Voima (Strength) is celebrating its 70th birthday this year as the oldest ship of its class still in active service. Completed by the Wärtsilä Helsinki shipyard in 1954 as the first of a new series of icebreakers to emerge from

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