Arctic Norwegian town fears flight cuts could chill winter tourism boom
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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Global emissions to fall in the next decade, UN reports
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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Europe’s top rights court rejects climate challenge against Norway’s Arctic oil
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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German naval ships firing at Norwegian Arctic test range
The German Navy starts its largest naval firing exercise in decades off the coast of Andøya, Norwegian Sea. Ship traffic
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Is Norway’s Arctic capital prepared for this year’s wave of winter tourists?
By Elizaveta Vereykina With the transition to winter underway, the high tourist season in Tromsø is also approaching. How will
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Arctic Norway: “It was the warmest September on record in Tromsø”
By Elizaveta Vereykina Some regions in Arctic Norway have experienced exceptionally warm weather last month compared to observational records stretching back
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Norway opens world’s northernmost permanent radiation monitoring
The air filter monitoring station will serve as an important supplement to Norway’s nuclear emergency preparedness and will strengthen vigilance
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Blog—Arctic Security Conference: “We are already at war in the Arctic”
The work of Arctic conferences, as niche as they are, should be to reject rather than reproduce megalomaniacal discourses. At
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Russian aircraft violated Norwegian airspace Apr-Aug: PM Støre
In the period between April and August this year, Russian planes on three occasions violated the airspace over Eastern Finnmark,
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GPS interference forces plane to abort landing in Arctic Norway
A Widerøe Dash-8 plane travelling from Vadsø to Vardø in Norway’s northeastern-region could not land because of jamming of the
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Russia trains coastal attack scenario 30 km from border with Norway
Bombardment from fighter aircraft to assist ground troops, artillery, grenades dropped by drones, and storm troopers. Russia’s high north war games
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Plastic in Arctic Norway: “I feel irritated looking at this pile of rubbish”
By Elizaveta Vereykina A group of volunteers in northern Norway have raised the alarm about the amount of plastic waste in
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BLOG—A crash course in snowmobiling across Svalbard
On the first day of a three-day snowmobile expedition across Svalbard, I learned that operating the machine involves just throttling,
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Ship involved in Russian weapons deliveries is on the way to Svalbard
The Kapitan Yakovlev is sanctioned by the US and Ukraine because of its shipments of weapons in the Black Sea. The 100-metre-long
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Norway elections: Labor Party wins amid populist right-wing surge
Jonas Gahr Støre continues as prime minister after the social democratic Labor party wins re-elections despite a surge in support
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