Efforts to limit the amount of refugees seeking the shores of Europe are working, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said.

The Nato Maritime Group is being ordered immediately into the Aegean Sea to help end smuggling of migrants between Turkey and Greece, the secretary general said.

Turkey’s prime minister dismissed any suggestion Ankara should apologise for downing a Russian warplane in its airspace last week, after winning strong NATO support for the right to defend itself.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has described as a “stab in the back” the downing of a Russian fighter plane by Turkey.

NATO gave Turkey its full political support in fighting militants in Syria and Iraq at an emergency meeting but several nations urged Ankara not to undermine the Kurdish peace process by using excessive military force.

The head of Nato has spoken of his admiration for German chancellor Angela Merkel — particularly her capacity for drinking white wine.

Nato’s chief said that Russia had built up forces on the border with Ukraine and sent more military hardware into eastern Ukraine, enabling pro-Russia separatists to launch attacks with little warning if they chose.

Nato member countries approved a new interim quick-reaction military force yesterday to protect themselves from Russia or other threats, the alliance’s chief said.

The US-led coalition has intensified its aerial bombardment of Islamic State (IS) positions in the Syrian border town of Kobani as the extremist group fought street battles with Kurdish forces and reportedly rushed in reinforcements.

The US-led coalition intensified its aerial bombardment of Islamic State positions in the Syrian border town of Kobani today as the extremist group fought street battles with Kurdish forces and reportedly rushed in reinforcements.

NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has confirmed Norway’s former premier Jens Stoltenberg will succeed him as new chief of the military alliance in October.

Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg, nicknamed “Iron Erna”, will become Norway’s new prime minister, leading a centre-right coalition government which will probably include an anti-immigration party.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg dressed up as a taxi driver and took passengers around Oslo in an unusual election campaign stunt recently.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will attend a ceremony today where the European Union (EU) will be awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Norway’s prime minister has apologised in parliament for mistakes in the response to last year’s bomb and gun rampage by Anders Breivik that killed 77 people.

Norwegians by the thousands gathered at sombre memorials to the 77 people killed a year ago by far-right gunman Anders Behring Breivik to show his bloody rampage had done nothing to change their dedication to an open society.

Norway is commemorating the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago.

David Cameron called today for speedy action to deal with the crisis in the eurozone on the eve of talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel.

Norway has apologised for the arrest and deportation of Jews during the Second World War.

Survivors of a massacre which claimed the lives of 69 people in Norway last month carried flowers to the site of the killings today, laughter blending with tears as they remembered the joys of an island youth camp that turned into a scene of horror.

NORWAY appointed a nine-person commission yesterday to investigate the attacks that killed 77 people last month, including the police response that has been criticised as slow.

NORWAY honoured the memory of 77 people killed in the nation’s worst peacetime massacre yesterday, with the prime minister calling on the nation to unite around its core values of democracy and peace.

A person who was wounded in last week's terrorist attacks in Norway has died, raising the death toll from the massacre to 77.

Norway has today honoured the memory of 76 people killed in the nation's worst peacetime violence, with the prime minister calling on the nation to unite around its core values of democracy and peace.

The man who confessed to a bombing and youth camp shooting spree in Norway is facing his second interrogation since the massacre, as the nation mourns the 76 victims in memorial services marking a week since the attacks.

JITTERY Norwegians tried to restore some normality to their lives after mass killings by a far-right zealot traumatised the nation, but a security alert forced the evacuation of Oslo station, keeping nerves on edge.

NORWEGIAN police have defended their response to the massacre on Utoya island on Friday, as it emerged it took them more than an hour to reach the scene.

Labour Youth is opening a book of condolence for the victims of the Norwegian massacre.

A gunman who opened fire on an island teeming with young people kept shooting for an hour and a half before surrendering to a SWAT team which arrived 40 minutes after they were called, police in Norway said today.

A Norwegian gunman disguised as a police officer beckoned his victims closer before shooting them one by one, claiming at least 84 lives, in a horrific killing spree on an idyllic island teeming with youths that has left this peaceful Nordic nation in mourning.

A Norwegian who dressed as a police officer to gun down summer campers killed at least 80 people at an island retreat, police said today.

Norwegian bomb disposal teams were searching for unexploded devices today on the island where an attacker opened fire, killing around 10 people attending a youth camp.

A BOMB ripped open buildings in the heart of Norway’s government yesterday before a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at an island youth camp connected to the ruling party, leaving at least 17 dead in the attacks.

SECURITY experts say suspicion is likely to fall on Islamists and right-wing extremists following the killing of at least 17 people in a massive bomb blast in Oslo city centre and a massacre at a youth camp on a quiet Norwegian island.

More than 25 people were feared dead tonight after a bomb ripped open buildings in the heart of Norway's government and a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at an island youth camp connected to the ruling party.

More than 20 people were feared dead tonight after a gunman dressed as a policeman opened fire at a youth camp outside Oslo.

Nobel Peach Prize winner Barack Obama today admitted others may be more deserving of the honour.

Norway’s prime minister today said fighting climate change would be a priority in his second term after his left-leaning government beat a splintered opposition to win re-election.

Scores of nations began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs today in a move that supporters hope will shame the US, Russia and China and others into abandoning the weapons.

Two major suppliers of oil and gas to the UK announced plans to merge their offshore operations in a £15bn (€22.3bn) deal today.

Prime Minister-designate Jens Stoltenberg’s new centre-left coalition government will take office in Norway today, replacing the government of former Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, which resigned on Friday.

NORWAY’S prime minister, who presided over four years of unprecedented prosperity fuelled by high oil prices, yesterday said he will resign after a left-wing opposition bloc won parliamentary elections.