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Norway deploys Home Guard soldiers on border with Finland in the Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at 18:30
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With the goal of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, Norwegian soldiers are now supporting local police with turning

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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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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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Equinor drops plan for oil transfer terminal at Veidnes in northern Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 09:56
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This Arctic beauty spot will remain exactly that; a beauty spot. The costs of constructing an oil terminal at Veidnes

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Time to end Western sanctions against Russia, Arctic Norwegian leader says

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 10:46 — Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 08:43
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It’s time for Norway to abolish sanctions against Russia and instead introduce similar measures against the USA, Finnmark County Council

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Arctic Norway: Russian FM to attend ceremony commemorating Soviet liberation in WWII

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 11:18 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 15:05
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October 25th marks the Soviet Red Army troops’ liberation of Kirkenes, the first town in Norway to be freed from

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Population declining in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 14:55 — Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2019 at 14:57
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Shrinking population also in cities like Tromsø, Harstad and Mo i Rana during first half of 2019. Population is down

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Russia deploys missile system in range of Norway’s Arctic radars

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 12:09 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 12:15
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Exercise shooting with the missiles designed to take out surface targets at a distance of up to 150 kilometres will

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Electric car sales skyrocket in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 11:32 — Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2019 at 11:35
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Sales rose 140% in the first half 2019 in Finnmark, Norway’s northernmost region, compared to the same period last year.

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Small traces of radioactive Cobalt-60 detected along Norway-Russia border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 11:03
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“The levels measured are very, very low and we don’t know its origin,” says Bredo Møller with Norway’s radiation agency’s

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Arctic Norway to get advanced EV charging network

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 11:40
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17 high-power 150 kW chargers and eight fast chargers will make it possible for practically all kinds of electric cars

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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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Minister downplays environmental impact of planned mine in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 14:52
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Dumping of tailings into the Repparfjord on Norway’s Barents Sea coast will not be problematic in such a way that

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Beijing finds a Chinatown in Arctic Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 11:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 11:57
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The Asian superpower looks towards the Arctic and finds a home in this year’s Barents Spektakel winter festival in Kirkenes,

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GPS jamming hindering construction work in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2019 at 14:16
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Repeated disturbances of satellite navigation signals now trouble road workers in Kirkenes, Arctic Norway. “It’s like being blind without notice,

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