Russia summons Norwegian ambassador over drone pilots
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
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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Swedish military ramps up presence in Baltic Sea due to Russian activity
Sweden has ramped up its military readiness this week in the Baltic Sea and on Gotland in response to what
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Norwegian police arrests citizen suspected of selling state secrets to Russia
The arrest happened at a restaurant in Oslo. « We have detained a man his 50s, suspected of sharing information
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Russia’s Northern fleet to perform drills in Barents Sea
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 is changing as U.S. B-2s again flies Arctic mission together with Norwegian F-35s
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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Russian Embassy denies accusations of influence operations in Norway
“As normal there are no evidence, just general speculations,” the Embassy writes in a statement to the Barents Observer. On
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Russian influence ops seek to fuel discord between Arctic Norway and Oslo, Norwegian intelligence service says
Kremlin seeks to exploit any issue that can create split, said Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde when presenting the Intelligence
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64 years tracking Santa with the North American Aerospace Defense Command
Did you know that you can follow Santa Claus on his long journey around the world? For the 64th time,
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12,000 Finnish soldiers start war games
From Wednesday the 27th through December 4th, Finnish defense forces will be mounting resistance to an imaginary attack from the
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Russia establishes new Arctic air squadron to protect its Northern Sea Route
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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Norway rearming in Arctic to face new security landscape
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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Climate change a threat to bases across the U.S., Defense Dept. says
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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Canada will buy a sixth Arctic and offshore patrol ship
The Canadian government is purchasing another ship to be built in Halifax (Maritimes), the defence minister said a day after
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With warming Arctic, Russian navy gets larger areas to patrol
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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