Norway, UK team up to protect subsea infrastructure against Russian hybrid attacks
The two NATO-members agree to tackle Russian underwater threats with uniting cutting-edge naval capabilities. Norway and the United Kingdom on Thursday
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UK Defence Secretary Healey visits arctic Norway to boost security ties
“The security of Ukraine and the security in the high north are both connected,” Defence Secretary John Healey made clear.
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Angle grinder used to cut telecommunications cable to NATO’s northernmost QRA base
Nordland Police District has provided a photo of the key communication cable that last April was cut. Two deeper and
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Norway’s Finnmark brigade to boost Arctic border defense, reevaluate training limits
Norway’s new Finnmark Brigade will closely cooperate with Finnish forces and self-imposed restrictions on allied training along the border to
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Ship suspected of sabotage is detained by Norwegian Coast Guard
This story is being updated The Silver Dania was on its way from St.Petersburg to Murmansk when it was halted by Coast
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U-2 spy plane on mission as Norway boosts deterrence against Russia
The U-2 Dragon Lady is back in Norwegian airspace, nearly 65 years after the shot down incident over the Urals
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Norway’s self-imposed military restrictions are out-dated, professor argues
With Russia’s expansionist war a new security landscape has emerged also in the north, argues professor Njord Wegge. NATO’s new
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Norwegian police makes arrest in Russia-related espionage
By Thomas Nilsen, Atle Staalesen A 27 years old is arrested by the Police Security Service (PST) in Oslo accused of espionage.
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Nordic countries get ready to establish cross-border military corridors
“It is of paramount importance that we are able to receive and move allied forces across the Nordic region as
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OPINION: It’s high time to close Russia’s Consulate General in Kirkenes
Conventional wisdom holds that diplomatic channels are the last you should close in times of tensions. Up north, where small-state
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Soviet Kirkenes liberators honoured while current Russian aggression condemned
Words of gratitude were offered for the Soviet soldiers that 80 years ago liberated Kirkenes. But today’s ceremony in the
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Norway, Russia navigate tensions at wreath ceremony
Norwegian authorities removed their remembrance wreaths so Moscow’s diplomat in Kirkenes, Nikolai Konygin, could stage Russia’s two wreaths in the
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Two carrier groups on exercise outside Norway
This is deterrence against potential future attacks on the Nordic region, says the Norwegian Armed Forces in a statement released
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Nordics consider joint procurement of infantry fighting vehicle
Amid closer military ties in northern regions, discussions have now started between Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark on acquiring a
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Landmark flight from from the Mediterranean to Barents Sea
A British surveillance aircraft is first to conduct a full transit flight along NATO’s eastern border from Greece via the Black
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