Ottawa, Canadian North, reach new agreement on 2019 airline merger
Transport Canada has agreed to new terms with airline Canadian North regarding its 2019 merger with First Air. Ottawa said
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Expelled ‘diplomats’ left Norway via Kirkenes and Istanbul
The last of the 15 Russian intelligence officers that were declared unwanted from Oslo left the country on Friday. The
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Satellite imagery reveals construction progress on new Chinese Antarctic base
A US think tank report suggests that China’s expanding activities in polar regions, including a new Antarctic research station currently
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Sweden’s air defence tested in Aurora 23 military exercises
The ability of Sweden’s Armed Forces to protect the country from a full-scale attack by a foreign military power, depends
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U.S. report claims Trudeau told NATO Canada will never meet military spending target
By Alexander Panetta Washington Post report says Canadian allies fret over what they allege is chronic underfunding A massive leak
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Arctic security key in upcoming defence agreement: acting Danish defence minister
Security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic will be a key focus in the upcoming Danish defence agreement, Denmark’s
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Iceland authorizes U.S. submarine service visits
Iceland has authorized U.S. submarines to make service visits to the country, it said in a news release on Tuesday.
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Russian spy ships surveying Nordic energy infrastructure
Russia is using civilian vessels to survey critical Nordic infrastructure. That’s according to Swedish public service tv SVT’s investigative programme
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Russia labels Bellona “undesirable organization”
By Thomas Nilsen & Denis Zagore The Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow on Tuesday said the Norwegian non-governmental ecological organization
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Political, military luminaries call on Ottawa to stop backsliding on national defence
Letter says ‘business as usual’ won’t be enough to cope with a more dangerous world More than 60 of this
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Norway expels 15 intelligence officers at Russian Embassy
“They have engaged in activities not compatible with their diplomatic status,” says Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt. According to the
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Russia opens new airfield in remote Arctic archipelago Severnaya Zemlya
It is built to handle “any heavy cargo aircraft” and will serve primarily Arctic researchers and their drifting North Pole
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U.S. air base in Greenland gets new name inspired by Inuit language
Thule Air Base in Greenland, the U.S.’s northernmost military installation, has been renamed Pituffik Space Base. U.S. officials says the
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Russian Arctic rescue exercise attended by observers from Iran and Saudi Arabia
The exercise called “Secure Arctic 2023” included 16 scenarios and was held in nine Russian Arctic regions, from Murmansk in
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Finland’s Border Guard not planning big changes after NATO membership ratification
There will be more Border Guard units out and about, as staff are shifted from border checkpoints. Following Finland’s accession
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