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Norway extends border closure with Finland due to pandemic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 18, 2021 at 11:39
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Full closure at the border in Neiden and limited opening hours at Tana, Karasjok and Kautokeino as Norway introduces obligatory

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Norway’s Supreme Court rules in favor of Arctic oil drilling

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 16:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 16:26
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Drilling for more oil can continue in the Barents Sea as Norway’s top court rejected the lawsuit filed by four

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Norwegians with Swedish property threaten legal action over travel restrictions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 10:08
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A group of Norwegians are threatening a lawsuit against their home country over its Covid-19 travel restrictions that they say

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COVID-19 Roundup: Sweden discusses virus’ impact on the military; Norway’s COVID reproduction rate falls to 0.61

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:10 — Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:25
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COVID-19 and its effect on the military dominated discussions at the Northern Group meeting of defence ministers this week, said

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Norway : Entire season in jeopardy for Svalbard expedition cruising

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 12:51
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“We get port call cancellations to Longyearbyen every day now,” says Assisting Harbor Master Rikhart Olsen Ingerø. Norway’s ban on

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Canada Norway Society Society (Norway) 

COVID-19 roundup: Norway extends its leisure travel ban; Yukon will reopen in 3 phases

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 19:29 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 18:30
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Norway has extended its leisure travel ban, implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, until August 20, but said it

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Growing concern among Nordic officials over increased Arctic border traffic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 11:39
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Finland, Norway is up 27%, while Finland, Sweden is up 25%. The biggest concern, though, is the Tornio, Haparanda border

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COVID-19 roundup: Norway’s reopening continues; census restarts in Alaska

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2020 at 17:27 — Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2020 at 17:37
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Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg said the population’s cooperation helped contain COVID-19 and has well-positioned the country to continue reopening

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North Pole Barneo camp cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 12:09
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With Norway partially shutting down its borders for foreigners, Svalbard airport Longyearbyen can’t be used to shuttle people and supply

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Scandinavian airlines cancel thousands of flights and lay off most of their employees

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 16, 2020 at 17:09
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Demand for air travel is essentially non-existent due to the coronavirus outbreak and airlines like SAS, Norwegian and Widerøe have

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Norway cancels NATO Arctic military exercise due to coronavirus outbreak

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 11:25
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More than 15,000 soldiers from nine countries will put down their weapons and start preparing to go home from their

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First case of coronavirus tested in Arctic Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 09:34
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A woman from the north Norwegian town of Tromsø has tested positive for the coronavirus. The woman was tested after

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The number of Russians getting Norwegian citizenship almost halved last year

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 09:36
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But in 2020 the number is again expected to rise as Norway now allows for dual citizenship 185 Russians were

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UN sustainable development goals translated into North Saami

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 15:01
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The United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) have now been translated into the North Saami language, the most widely spoken

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Norway to open new rescue base in Arctic to deal with rising ship traffic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 16:08 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:23
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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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