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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Blog: Norway’s Arctic policy and a kaleidoscope election
Election season has begun in earnest in Norway, as the country now faces a host of domestic and foreign issues in
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Norway set to buy frigates from the United Kingdom
The purchase of British Type-26 frigates will be the largest Norwegian defence capability investment to date. Delivery will start in
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NATO warships sail into Barents Sea
As of Friday morning, a multi-national group of naval vessels sailed east of North Cape in the Barents Sea. The
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Security top priority in Oslo’s new High North strategy
Two Norwegian government ministers came to Kirkenes, northern Norway, to present the country’s new High North strategy. Despite their emphasis
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Suspected illegal Arctic border crossing from Russia to Norway, person detained
Norway’s military guards detained a person suspected of illegally walking over the Grense Jakobselv creek from Russia in the wilderness
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Amid Norway’s celebration of Svalbard Treaty comes another verbal attack from Moscow
The country’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister came to the far northern archipelago to celebrate 100 years of Norwegian sovereignty.
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Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for dam sabotage in April
By Nerijus Adomaitis Russian hackers briefly took control of a dam in Norway earlier this year, the head of the
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Arctic lakes may contribute to global warming more than previously thought
By Elizaveta Vereykina As lakes warm up, they release more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. After studying ten lakes on the Norwegian
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Oslo takes measures against Russian ‘shadow fleet’
The introduction of new control mechanisms come at the same time as a suspicious tanker has been criss-crossing outside Norway’s
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Norway’s Labour government has narrow poll lead ahead of September’s election
Norway’s ruling Labour Party government and its left-leaning allies are favorites to win next month’s parliamentary election, albeit with a
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Northern summer varies from unusually warm exceptionally warm
Finland recorded 20 days with temperatures above 30 °C in July, while Norway noted an average temperature 2,8 °C above normal. That
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NATO group sailed the Barents Sea as Russia launched multiple missiles in exercise
The multination Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) has since last weekend been patrolling the Norwegian- and Barents Seas in
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Can we reclaim the narrative in a world abandoning climate protection?
I am not one to complain about the weather. I love a sunny summer afternoon, get a buzz from a
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Someone is messing with GPS signals in Svalbard airspace
A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) warning came soon after pilots detected disturbances in satellite navigation systems in the airspace on
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