Lawmakers in Norway make a deal opening up for deep sea mining in Arctic Ocean
Norway’s minority center-left government and two large opposition parties made a deal Tuesday to open the Arctic Ocean to seabed
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Norway nixes border surveillance helicopter despite Murmansk migrant queues
Despite hundreds of migrants queuing up in the Murmansk region with a strong will to make it to Europe, Norwegian
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Drug smugglers exploiting snow and ice in northern Sweden
Criminal gangs are exploiting winter conditions in northern Sweden’s large unguarded border routes to smuggle narcotics into Finland and Norway,
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Russia sends asylum seekers on bicycles over Arctic border to Finland in -22°C
Tensions are increasing as FSB again sends migrants across its northern checkpoint with Europe. A group of 35 asylum seekers
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Reindeer herders in northern Norway feel left out as cooperation with Russia shrinks
By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer Sami reindeer herder Egil Kalliainen can’t imagine a better job than herding. “I
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Border traffic between Murmansk and Norway dropped after entry-ban for private car
The Norwegian police border control authority says travel across Schengen’s northern entry from Russia is dramatically lower compared with last
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Isolated Russia invites faraway countries to Svalbard science center in Pyramiden
India, Turkey, China, Brazil and Thailand are all interested in teaming up under Moscow’s umbrella at a new science complex
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Sole U.S. diplomatic station above Arctic Circle opened in Tromso, Norway
The United States opened a diplomatic station in Tromso, Norway on Friday, its sole such post above the Arctic Circle.
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Russian Foreign Ministry summons Norway’s Ambassador over Kirkenes incident
According to Sergei Lavrov’s men in Moscow, the adjustment of a Russian wreath at the local war monument in Kirkenes,
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Russia threatens to withdraw from fishery deal with Norway
Limiting access for Russian fishing vessels to Norwegian ports is illegitimate, Moscow claims and warns that further restrictions could cause
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Russian General Consul stirs strife by the war memorial in Kirkenes
Despite repeated warnings from local authorities, Russian diplomat Nikolai Konygin showed up at the war monument in the Norwegian border
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Arctic Council continues steps towards resuming expert group work
The Arctic Council has taken another step towards resuming work, with a meeting this month with the body’s six Indigenous
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Food authorities suspend seafood import from Russia at Storskog checkpoint
The physical facilities at Storskog border checkpoint do not meet the Norwegian standards required for carrying out control. From Friday,
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Border trouble not on agenda when FSB boss visited Norway
Last year’s controversial illegal border crossings and Russia’s military exercises troubling Norwegian fishermen in the Norwegian economic zone were not
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British & Norwegian F-35s scrambled in North to intercept Russian military plane
A group of British and Norwegian F-35s were scrambled to escort the Russian military plane that flew in vicinity of
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