Norway absent from massive US-led multinational drill in Europe next year
NATO’s northernmost country with direct border to Russia’s militarized Kola Peninsula relies heavily on allied reinforcements, but lacks capacity to
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Arctic Norway: Russian FM to attend ceremony commemorating Soviet liberation in WWII
October 25th marks the Soviet Red Army troops’ liberation of Kirkenes, the first town in Norway to be freed from
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Norway to open new rescue base in Arctic to deal with rising ship traffic
Search-and-rescue efforts in the European Arctic will with the new helicopter base be strengthened as industry, tourism and military all
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Norway to focus on civil society, press freedom as chair of Barents Euro-Arctic Council
“We look with great concern at the difficult working conditions for civil society in Russia, especially the conditions for NGOs,
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Climate change is about to divide Norway’s largest Arctic island
The front of Hornsundbreen glacier in Arctic Norway is retreating every year and will eventually open a new strait between
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Political earthquake shakes up Northern Norway
The social-democratic party is the big loser in this Monday’s regional elections in Norway. And the downturn is the most
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Population declining in Arctic Norway
Shrinking population also in cities like Tromsø, Harstad and Mo i Rana during first half of 2019. Population is down
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Traces of radioactive iodine detected near Norway-Russia border
The findings are not necessary connected with the recent accident at the nuclear weapons test site in northern Russia, Norwegian
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Electric car sales skyrocket in Arctic Norway
Sales rose 140% in the first half 2019 in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost region, compared to the same period last year.
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Arctic Norwegian mayor to attend Northern Fleet parade in Russia
“I see this as part of a neighbour policy the Norwegian government wants. We have normal relations,” says Kirkenes mayor
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Walt Disney Animation Studios to release Saami-language version of “Frozen 2”
The sequel to the Walt Disney mega-hit film Frozen will also be available in the Saami language, Walt Disney Animation
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Radiation seeping out from 30-year-old nuclear-sub wreck in Norwegian Sea
One sample taken from an open ventilation hole of the wrecked Soviet nuclear-powered submarine shows levels of about 800 Becquerel
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LNG-reloading operations end in Norway’s Arctic waters
Several million tons of liquified natural gas were reloaded in course of few months in the waters outside Honningsvåg, northern
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Scientists check 30-year-old submarine wreck for radiation in Norwegian Sea
Norwegian and Russian researchers sail joint expedition to the site where the submarine Komsomolets sank in 1989. The unique titanium
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Skiers who died in Arctic Norway last winter triggered avalanche: report
A group of skiers who went missing in the Blåbærfjellet region of Norway’s Tamok Valley and were later declared dead
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