Arctic Norwegian town marches on anniversary of Ukraine invasion
The northernmost of the mass demonstrations held across Europe on February 24 took place in Kirkenes, the Norwegian border town
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Politics (Norway)
On eve crushing new EU sanctions, Moscow ratifies LNG deal with Beijing
Russian legislators have rubber-stamped a cooperation agreement with China on the Yamal LNG project. Russia’s State Duma has ratified a
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Europeans step up submarine hunting in the North
Norway’s Defence Minister Tore O. Sandvik says ‘a burden-sharing arrangement’ with Germany and the UK related to submarine hunting in
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The UK doubles number of troops in Norway
One day ahead of NATO’s launch of its so-called Arctic Sentry, the UK defence minister announced that the number of
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Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra travels to Arctic border town
By Atle Staalesen, Sebastian Lerpold “My thoughts go to all the people in Ukraine, who are in such a terrible situation,” Norway’s
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Moscow’s diplomats ask Oslo to stop anti-war protesters
The Norwegian Foreign Ministry answers that such protests are something the Russian diplomats will have to live with. Protesters around
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4,000 US soldiers deploy to Norway for Arctic exercise
The United States is not drawing down its forces training with NATO allies inside the Arctic Circle amid turmoil over
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Petrostate Norway says it needs more oil
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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After three decades of Norway, Russia bridge-building comes a plan for detonation
Norway bet on a democratic development in Russia and invested heavily in building bridges – both literally and in a
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Norway buys more subs for ‘turbulent times’ in the North Atlantic
“We are a coastal and maritime nation and submarines are a crucial part of our defence,” says Defence Minister Tore
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NATO sends more ships to High North “amid increasing operational demands”
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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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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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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