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New video aims to improve passenger safety during Arctic cruise emergencies

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 16:41 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 16:46
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As Arctic cruises become increasingly popular, a new video has just been released to help passengers stay safe during maritime

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 1 General News Norway 

Study casts doubt on massive Arctic ice shelf during ice ages

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2025 at 16:01 — Last Updated: Monday, July 7, 2025 at 16:08
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New research is challenging the ongoing debate about the Arctic’s glacial past, suggesting that the region may never have been

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Deterrence Norway joins NATO’s Forward Land Forces in Lapland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2025 at 13:58
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This is “deterrence against Russia” and “a strong expression of allied unity and solidarity,” the Norwegian Defense Ministry states. It

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

Tourists find refuge in Northern Norway amidst European heatwave

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 12:35
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By Elizaveta Vereykina While a heatwave sweeps through European capitals, tourists find refuge in Northern Norway. “The temperature is great here

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

Norway confirms it will spend 5% of GDP on defence

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 20, 2025 at 10:59 — Last Updated: Friday, June 20, 2025 at 11:01
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“We must do more to secure our country and contribute to joint security with our NATO allies,” says Prime Minister

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

Norwegian monarch visits polar Svalbard as interest in Arctic grows

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, June 16, 2025 at 10:37
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Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday,

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

Nordic-Baltic region joins forces around Sweden’s CV90

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 12:48 — Last Updated: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 12:51
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The Combat Vehicle 90 will rule the ground across six countries in northern Europe. The defence ministers of Norway, Estonia,

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

Cruise ship season begins at Svalbard

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 10:06 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 10:08
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Crowds of passengers disembarked and outnumbered local residents in the centre of Longyearbyen on Saturday.   Not long after the Norwegian Star docked

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

Blog: In a rebordered Barents region, Kirkenes Conference takes place

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 15:42
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Never would I have thought I’d use my Russian rudimentary language skills to chat to a Ukrainian refugee displaced to

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

First fully electric garbage truck in Arctic Norway

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 13:51 — Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 13:55
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By Elizaveta Vereykina “It’s more expensive to buy this car, but it’s much cheaper to drive”, recycling point manager says. “I

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

Banned by EU, welcome in Kirkenes

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 30, 2025 at 10:32
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Only few days after Vitalii Orlov’s company Norebo was put on EU’s sanctions list, two of his trawlers made port

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

Preparing for trouble, Norway erects fence at exposed border sections

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 11:28 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 11:30
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Although in much smaller scale, Norway is now following Finland on building fences to hinder illegal crossing at border with

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

Norway still uncertain on port denials despite EU warnings of sabotage plans

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 26, 2025 at 11:13
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The foreign ministry in Oslo can’t give a clear answer to whether Norway will ban port access for the two

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

Norway eases self-imposed restrictions on NATO training

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 14:13
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As Nordic top military commanders teamed up along Norway’s border with Russia, the Government in Oslo announced adjustments to allied

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

Seaweed forests spreading, could change ocean chemistry in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 16:02
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The Arctic’s greening from a warming climate isn’t just happening on land—it’s unfolding beneath the ocean surface too. There, seaweed

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Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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