Norway cancels NATO Arctic military exercise due to coronavirus outbreak
More than 15,000 soldiers from nine countries will put down their weapons and start preparing to go home from their
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16,000 NATO troops kickstart Arctic war game in northern Norway
Northern Norway is battle zone in this year’s major allied Arctic exercise. Temperatures were dropping to below minus 20 degrees
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U.S. nuclear sub leaves Norway to track Russian subs in North Atlantic
USS Minnesota takes part in the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between NATO and Russian subs in the Norwegian Sea. The U.S.
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Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill: Norwegian intel
At least eight nuclear-powered submarines sailed out from their homeports on the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia last week, the
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Norway, Russia set differences aside for WWII commemorations in Kirkenes
Norway’s king and prime minister met Russia’s Sergey Lavrov by a memorial devoted to Soviet liberation of Norwegian border town
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Canada names diplomat with strong Arctic background as ambassador to Russia
The appointment of a career diplomat with strong background in Arctic affairs but also deep knowledge of Eastern Europe and
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Norway absent from massive US-led multinational drill in Europe next year
NATO’s northernmost country with direct border to Russia’s militarized Kola Peninsula relies heavily on allied reinforcements, but lacks capacity to
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Russia’s massive exercise in Norwegian Sea a warning to NATO, Norway defence chief says
Russia wants to show that it can prevent NATO from operating in the North Atlantic, the Norwegian Chief of Defense
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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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US, Russian bombers fly missions on same day near Norwegian airspace
Both the American B-52 and the Russian Tu-160 are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. In February US President Donald Trump
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Iceland & UK sign agreement to boost security, defence cooperation
Iceland and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement to boost security cooperation between their two countries. The Memorandum of
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Fighter jets flying low over Arctic Finland for military drill in northern Sweden
Planes from the Finnish and Swedish air forces could be seen flying over Finnish Lapland on Friday as part of
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Iceland talks Arctic, Trump’s ditching of climate accord, with U.S. Secretary of State
Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir discussed climate change with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Reykjavik on Friday, saying the continued
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GPS jamming latest thorn in once-cordial relations between West and Russia
A smiling Jens Stoltenberg, then Norwegian PM, got his border zone ID card to enter the Pechenga region five years
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Russia accuses Norway of northern military buildup
Norway allows allied nuclear submarines to make port calls to the civilian industrial harbor of Grøtsund north of Tromsø, 375
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