Oil ship is on its way to Norway’s new Arctic field
The 300 meter long FPSO will before year’s end be ready to give a boost to the country’s oil production
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Norwegian Customs lack overview of attempted smuggling of banned goods to Russia
While Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland start implementing common requirements and procedures for control over sanctioned goods on move
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Satellite images reveal worrying scale of Svalbard glaciers loss
By Elizaveta Vereykina During this summer, the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard has been melting five times faster than normal. “Svalbard
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Longyearbyen sees first time ever above 20°C in August
Temperature records continue to fall across the Arctic. Svalbard airport Longyearbyen measured 20,3°C on Sunday. Hottest day ever recorded in
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Mayor wants to tear down Russian-initiated war monuments
“I want them removed as they are misused by sympathisers and Russian authorities,” says Vardø Mayor Tor-Erik Labahå. The two
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Increase in Russia-Norway border crossings
Traffic was up 22,7% in July compared with June, despite Norway’s decision this spring to deny entry for Russian citizens
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Plastic waste has increased in the Barents Sea, study shows
By Elizaveta Vereykina The majority of sea birds have microplastics in their stomachs, scientists report. There is an increasing amount
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Norwegian and Finnish soldiers train together in Lapland this week
By Hannah Thule The RYSKE military exercise ends on Friday, July 26. This week the military exercise RYSKE will occur
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Turkish science team explores Russia’s Svalbard plans
Infrastructure, logistics and life were on the agenda when a Turkish research delegation came to Pyramiden, the ghost town Russia
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Svalbard had warmest June on record
Longyearbyen airport had an average temperature of 6.1°C, which is 2.5°C above normal. This is the warmest June recorded at
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Oslo funds honorary consulate in Russian region with no Norwegians
The office still helps facilitating visas to Vardø, the Norwegian town where Russia’s orthodox church from Arkhangelsk wanted to build
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Nuclear-powered icebreakers bring record loss for shipyard
Construction of the two icebreakers “Sibir” and “Ural” were unprofitable, the Baltic Shipyard says as its 2023 financial report shows
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Norway’s decision to block property sales contradicts Svalbard Treaty: experts
By Hannah Thule Legal experts argue that the decision violates Article 7 on equal treatment in the Svalbard Treaty. The
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Blog: Oasis No More? Svalbard and Contested Arctic Strategies
Although there remains much conventional wisdom which still considers the Arctic to be only loosely situated within international law, and
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Oslo prolongs Russia’s permission to call on ports in Northern Norway
The Norwegian Government on Friday made clear that Russian fishing vessels are welcome to visit the three ports of Tromsø,
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