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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Norway
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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GPS interference forces plane to abort landing in Arctic Norway
A Widerøe Dash-8 plane travelling from Vadsø to Vardø in Norway’s northeastern-region could not land because of jamming of the
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Russia trains coastal attack scenario 30 km from border with Norway
Bombardment from fighter aircraft to assist ground troops, artillery, grenades dropped by drones, and storm troopers. Russia’s high north war games
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Plastic in Arctic Norway: “I feel irritated looking at this pile of rubbish”
By Elizaveta Vereykina A group of volunteers in northern Norway have raised the alarm about the amount of plastic waste in
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BLOG—A crash course in snowmobiling across Svalbard
On the first day of a three-day snowmobile expedition across Svalbard, I learned that operating the machine involves just throttling,
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Ship involved in Russian weapons deliveries is on the way to Svalbard
The Kapitan Yakovlev is sanctioned by the US and Ukraine because of its shipments of weapons in the Black Sea. The 100-metre-long
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Norway elections: Labor Party wins amid populist right-wing surge
Jonas Gahr Støre continues as prime minister after the social democratic Labor party wins re-elections despite a surge in support
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Blog: Norway’s Arctic policy and a kaleidoscope election
Election season has begun in earnest in Norway, as the country now faces a host of domestic and foreign issues in
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Norway set to buy frigates from the United Kingdom
The purchase of British Type-26 frigates will be the largest Norwegian defence capability investment to date. Delivery will start in
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NATO warships sail into Barents Sea
As of Friday morning, a multi-national group of naval vessels sailed east of North Cape in the Barents Sea. The
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Security top priority in Oslo’s new High North strategy
Two Norwegian government ministers came to Kirkenes, northern Norway, to present the country’s new High North strategy. Despite their emphasis
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Suspected illegal Arctic border crossing from Russia to Norway, person detained
Norway’s military guards detained a person suspected of illegally walking over the Grense Jakobselv creek from Russia in the wilderness
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Amid Norway’s celebration of Svalbard Treaty comes another verbal attack from Moscow
The country’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister came to the far northern archipelago to celebrate 100 years of Norwegian sovereignty.
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Norway spy chief blames Russian hackers for dam sabotage in April
By Nerijus Adomaitis Russian hackers briefly took control of a dam in Norway earlier this year, the head of the
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