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Russia summons Norwegian ambassador over drone pilots

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2022 at 11:39
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Robert Kvile, Oslo’s new ambassador to Moscow, was told Monday by Russia’s foreign ministry that charges against Russian citizens for

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Norway to host biggest exercise inside Arctic Circle since Cold War

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 12:18
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About 40,000 soldiers will participate in Cold Response 2022, planned to take place in the Ofoten area with navy and

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The Swedish corvette HMS Visby under way on the Mysingen Bay on October 21, 2014 on their fifth day of searching for a suspected foreign vessel in the Stockholm archipelago. (Fredrik Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)
Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics Sweden 

Swedish military ramps up presence in Baltic Sea due to Russian activity

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 18:14 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 18:22
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Sweden has ramped up its military readiness this week in the Baltic Sea and on Gotland in response to what

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

Norwegian police arrests citizen suspected of selling state secrets to Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 09:44
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The arrest happened at a restaurant in Oslo. « We have detained a man his 50s, suspected of sharing information

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Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia’s Northern fleet to perform drills in Barents Sea

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 20, 2020 at 15:03 — Last Updated: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 14:07
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The surprise exercise was announced on the 17th July and is reported to include up to 150,000 soldiers in the

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) Politics USA 

Geopolitics is changing as U.S. B-2s again flies Arctic mission together with Norwegian F-35s

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 at 11:40
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Two B-2 Spirit strategic stealth bombers were Thursday flying from an airbase in Missouri across the North Atlantic to the

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian Embassy denies accusations of influence operations in Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 09:33
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“As normal there are no evidence, just general speculations,” the Embassy writes in a statement to the Barents Observer. On

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

Russian influence ops seek to fuel discord between Arctic Norway and Oslo, Norwegian intelligence service says

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at 10:23
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Kremlin seeks to exploit any issue that can create split, said Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde when presenting the Intelligence

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Society Society (USA) USA 

64 years tracking Santa with the North American Aerospace Defense Command

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 17:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:36
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Did you know that you can follow Santa Claus on his long journey around the world? For the 64th time,

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

12,000 Finnish soldiers start war games

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 16:40
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From Wednesday the 27th through December 4th, Finnish defense forces will be mounting resistance to an imaginary attack from the

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An Su-34 bomber jet flyng near Moscow in 2009. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP/ Getty Images)
General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia establishes new Arctic air squadron to protect its Northern Sea Route

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 19, 2019 at 16:20 — Last Updated: Friday, July 19, 2019 at 16:23
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A Russian fleet of Su-34 fighter jets is to be deployed across the Northern Sea Route. Their main base might

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Norway rearming in Arctic to face new security landscape

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 10:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 12:17
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The army is well underway with establishing a new Cavalry Battalion, Home Guard and a Ranger Company in Norway’s northernmost

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Environment Environment (USA) General News USA 

Climate change a threat to bases across the U.S., Defense Dept. says

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 10:44 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:45
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A new report by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) outlines how climate change is already threatening military installations around

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Business Business (Canada) Canada General News 

Canada will buy a sixth Arctic and offshore patrol ship

Mairin Prentiss, CBC News
Posted: Monday, November 5, 2018 at 12:11
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The Canadian government is purchasing another ship to be built in Halifax (Maritimes), the defence minister said a day after

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

With warming Arctic, Russian navy gets larger areas to patrol

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 10:50 — Last Updated: Friday, August 10, 2018 at 15:30
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Eight Northern Fleet vessels sail out from the Kola Peninsula heading northeast on a long-distance Arctic voyage. The flotilla sailed

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