Sami National Day celebrates 100 year anniversary
The indigenous Sami are celebrating their National Day, Monday, beginning a week of events to mark the 100th anniversary of
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Society (Norway)
No, CNN, US Marines do not train on Norwegian-Russian border
CNN draws fire from Norwegian Army and Moscow’s RT news network for misleading headline. The story spread like wildfire. Same
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Norway acquires five patrol aircraft for Arctic waters
P-8A Poseidon will fly on intelligence missions over areas where Russia’s submarine fleet is more and more active. “The introduction
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Norway will not give away mountain peak
Norway refuses to give Finland what could have been the country’s highest mountain peak. A campaign in Norway to give
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Norway orders new Coast Guard vessels as vanishing sea ice increases areas needing patrol
Three new vessels with ice-breaking capabilities, helicopter and longer sailing range will be built simultaneously. Norway has nearly 2 million
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Norwegian security fence may be too close to Russia
Up to 50 meters of Norway’s new security fence could be teared down and rebuilt. Supposed to be finished before
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Finnmark introduces strict regulations on grouse hunting
Grouse population in Finnmark is estimated to be only one-third of last year’s. Finnmarkseiendommen, the landowner that administrates 95 percent
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This is a Norwegian-Russian success story
Almost half the population of Kirkenes can cross the border with Russia without a visa. For many locals in the Norwegian
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Norwegians detained for ‘cross-border stone throwing’ at Russia
Don’t throw the first stone. Norwegian military border guards and police acted properly. It was Sunday evening that the military
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Good grouse hunting season in Arctic Norway
More than half of all grouse shot in Norway last season were hunted in the two northernmost counties; Troms and
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Russia – Norway border traffic twice as high as few years back
Including July, this year has seen more crossings at the Russian-Norwegian border than during entire 2009. Immigration officials at Norway’s
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New study spurs debate about Barents reform
The motivation is there, but stronger leadership and clearer mandates are needed, Rebecka Snefuglli Sondell says about her study on
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Migrants headed for Norway from Arctic Russia, stopped by FSB
Two groups of migrants were promised sea transportation from Murmansk to Norway by traffickers. Instead they ended up with fines
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Cause of cargo plane crash still unclear
Swedish accident investigators are still searching for answers as to why a cargo plane carrying mail crashed in a remote area of
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Putin orders security services to strengthen control over refugees in transit to Europe
Police in the northern Russian city of Murmansk have arrested an alleged organiser of human trafficking, but the number of
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