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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

4,000 US soldiers deploy to Norway for Arctic exercise

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 11:15
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The United States is not drawing down its forces training with NATO allies inside the Arctic Circle amid turmoil over

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Petrostate Norway says it needs more oil

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 15:24
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As global warming surges towards the UN’s two-degree target, the Norwegian government offers another 57 oil licenses on the shelf.

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) 

“We want to be Europe’s most integrated region in terms of defence”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 2, 2026 at 14:00
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“We will work to make the Nordic region the most integrated region in Europe in terms of defence,” said Tore

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A boat on the water.
* Newsroom Picks * Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 Norway 

Norway, Russia reach agreement on fisheries

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 25, 2025 at 15:47
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After record-long negotiations, the two sides agree on next year’s catch quotas in the Barents Sea. The total quota for

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

After three decades of Norway, Russia bridge-building comes a plan for detonation

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2025 at 16:02
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Norway bet on a democratic development in Russia and invested heavily in building bridges – both literally and in a

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway buys more subs for ‘turbulent times’ in the North Atlantic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 5, 2025 at 14:45
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“We are a coastal and maritime nation and submarines are a crucial part of our defence,” says Defence Minister Tore

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 11:24
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The Vår Energi oil company has made a discovery near its Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Despite climate concerns,

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

NATO sends more ships to High North “amid increasing operational demands”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 14:08
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The Alliance’s Standing Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) has launched its second deployment in Norwegian arctic waters this year. “The High

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General 

The deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean are warming now too

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 11:04
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By Elizaveta Vereykina While it is well documented that global warming is heating the world’s oceans, there is now further evidence

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Northern Norway feels the consequences of record-high fossil fuel emissions

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 14, 2025 at 12:29
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By Elizaveta Vereykina With 2025 set to be a record year for fossil fuel emissions, experts have concluded that it is

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Weather above normal for 18 consecutive months

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 12:41 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 12:43
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By Elizaveta Vereykina New temperature records in Norway and northern Russia suggest that this could be the warmest autumn in a

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* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway 

Arctic Norwegian town fears flight cuts could chill winter tourism boom

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025 at 11:30
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By Elizaveta Vereykina Although the number of tourists visiting northern Norway continues to increase, tour operators in Kirkenes are worried that

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Global emissions to fall in the next decade, UN reports

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 17:30
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By Elizaveta Vereykina Ahead of next month’s climate summit in Brazil, the UN has emphasised positive trends while also highlighting the lack

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

Europe’s top rights court rejects climate challenge against Norway’s Arctic oil

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 13:43
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The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favor of Norway’s government in a climate lawsuit brought by

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

German naval ships firing at Norwegian Arctic test range

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 at 10:04
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The German Navy starts its largest naval firing exercise in decades off the coast of Andøya, Norwegian Sea. Ship traffic

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