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Lavrov’s call for security consultations with Norway was followed by strategic bombers

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 08:26
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Busy day in the skies over the Barents- and Norwegian Seas as NATO scrambled F-16s and F-35s to meet a

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Big blow for Barents Council as Swedish FM skips meeting with Lavrov in Tromsø to host NATO seminar

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 25, 2021 at 10:51
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Amid Russia-NATO turmoil, the foreign ministers of Russia, Norway and Finland will meet in Tromsø on October 26 to discuss

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Britain offers Canadian military help to defend the Arctic

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Friday, September 24, 2021 at 09:56
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Experts say that concerns about sovereignty have made Ottawa reluctant to let allies operate in the region Britain is signalling

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Norway & Russia update agreement to avoid dangerous aircraft, warship encounters

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 7, 2021 at 09:33
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Increased military activities up north by both nations make it important to have good mechanisms to ensure that episodes do

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“We take for granted that there will not be any problem in the Arctic that requires a military solution,” says Russian Arctic ambassador

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 14, 2021 at 15:38
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Nikolai Korchunov is Ambassador at large and has headed Russia’s delegation to the Arctic Council since 2018. He is likely

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USS New Mexico docked in Tromso on Monday as Norway, US bolster Arctic military ties

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 08:10
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The nuclear-powered Virginia class fast-attack submarine is the first to make port call to the civilian harbor just north of

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Russia’s FM spokesperson calls Norway’s military deal with U.S. “provocative”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 3, 2021 at 09:54
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Oslo follows a deliberate and destructive line towards aggravating tensions in the Euro-Arctic region, and destroying Russian-Norwegian relations, the spokeswomen

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Russia’s Northern Fleet kicks off major exercise

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 08:46
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NATO aircraft are in the skies over the Barents Sea watching as nuclear- and diesel submarines, surface warships, support vessels

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U.S. B-1 bomber makes first landing inside Norway’s Arctic Circle

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 15:15
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The short first-of-its-kind landing and refueling at Bodø Air Base was part of the training mission for the supersonic American

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Russia announces multiple missiles towards Bear Gap as US Air Force bombers deploy to Norway for first time

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:55
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“Impact area for Russian missiles,” reads a short notice to airmen (NOTAM) for the danger area activated north of mainland Norway. The

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Sweden to re-establish northern regiment, fears armed attack

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 19, 2020 at 16:04
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“Sweden will be affected if crisis or an armed conflict arises in our neighbourhood. An armed attack against Sweden cannot

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NATO’s new Atlantic command to keep watch over the European Arctic

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 15:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:59
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NATO’s new U.S.-based Atlantic Command was declared operational in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday, underlying the alliance’s

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London calling to the faraway north, leads largest NATO task force into the Barents Sea since last Cold War

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2020 at 13:53
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A British Royal Navy statement following this week’s exercise disproves the post-Cold War saying “High North – Low Tension.” “The

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A file photo of a F/A-18E Super Hornet launching from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in support of Exercise Trident Juncture 18 in the Norwegian Sea October 25, 2018. (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adelola Tinubu/Handout via REUTERS)
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U.S. wants to keep the Arctic an area of low tensions, top official

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 11:49
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The United States wants to keep the Arctic an area of low tensions, Washington’s newly appointed Arctic coordinator said Wednesday

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Allies testing naval readiness in Canada’s Arctic

Murray Brewster, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 09:48
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Operation Nanook, the Canadian military’s annual northern sovereignty exercise, is taking on a distinct NATO look this year with the

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