Russia accuses British spy plane of violating airspace north of Kola Peninsula
British RC-135 with equipment to collect real-time electronic intelligence data was forced out of Russian airspace by a MiG-31, the
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Barents Sea
Duma speaker instructs Foreign Affairs Committee to review Barents Sea treaty
Speaker of Russia’s Parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, wants a study on possible options of denouncing the 2010 Treaty with Norway concerning
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Warmest June ever at Svalbard
Average temperature at Svalbard airport Longyearbyen was 6,0°C, which is 2,4°C above average for June and the warmest ever recorded.
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Heatwave across northern Scandinavia
Temperatures surpassed 30 degrees Celsius across northern Scandinavia on Wednesday and many metrological stations hit new record high temperatures for
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Second Barents Sea oil discovery this spring
Operator of Skavl Stø exploration well, Equinor, announces the finding of more oil just two weeks after last significant discovery in the
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First tanker in 20 months embarks to energy hungry Europe
Norway’s role as a stable and predictable supplier of natural gas to Europe is pushed forward by dictator Vladimir Putin’s
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Equinor makes significant Arctic discovery
Well drilling reveals up to 50 million barrels of recoverable oil at Snøfonn Nord, near the Johan Castberg field in
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Russia issues largest warning zone in Norwegian Barents Sea “since Cold War”
“Impact Area for Russian missiles” reads the warning covering an area from the Varanger fjord in the east almost to
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Northern Fleet stages war games to protect Arctic shipping
The Barents Sea naval exercise will train coordinated combat actions between ships, submarines, aircraft, air defense units and garrisons of
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Russia’s Northern Fleet exercise area overlaps into Norway’s EEZ amid Europe tensions
Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) alert warnings show the scoop of actions with naval weapons in the Barents Sea for the
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Putin wants new Barents Sea rail link back on track
Still unclear who will possibly pay for the 500 kilometers long railway from Karpogory in Arkhangelsk region to the not-yet-built
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Norway makes more money on oil than ever
It was a great year for Norwegian oil and gas, the country’s Petroleum Director Ingrid Sølvberg said in her recap
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Lundin Energy invests in new Barents oil project
The Swedish company buys a 25 percent stake in the far northern Wisting license. The project is to come into
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Oil shipments through Barents Sea could rocket with Rosneft’s new Arctic field
The Russian state company intends to produce 30 million tons in its Vostok Oil project in 2024. Most of it
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Radioactive time bombs will be lifted from ocean floor in 2030
The two rusty nuclear submarines K-27 and K-159 will be raised from the sea bed of the Barents- and Kara
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