Norway outlines powerful electrification of its North
Major investments in renewables, new power lines and emission cuts are to set stage for an industrial revival of the
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Russian missiles jeopardize Norwegian Arctic SAR response
The NOTAM warnings place strong restrictions on possible search- and rescue (SAR) operations, says Lars Fause, Governor of Svalbard. Russia
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Russia’s Northern Fleet issues missile NOTAM for Bear Gap
The impact areas are in the strategically important Bear Gap, the waters between mainland Norway and Svalbard where the shallow
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Moscow called Oslo “unfriendly.” Now, it has become “very unfriendly”
Norway is the only of Russia’s neighboring countries that is included in a list of states with a so-called unfriendly
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Blog: Svalbard’s travails in a changing Arctic
Many aspects of Arctic politics which had remained predictable for years, or even decades, are now being called into question,
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Polar heat record. July average above 10°C
Never before has the average monthly temperature at Svalbard been measured above 10°C. That is not good news. Polar Climate
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Russian diplomat staged Navy Parade at Norway’s Svalbard archipelago
The world’s northernmost diplomat, GRU-affiliated Andrei Chemerilo, led the military-inspired small flotilla in the waters outside Barentsburg on Sunday. Five
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Sky-high Russian claim: Nature reserve demands NOK 47 million for Norwegian reindeer grazing on its territory
The Pasvik Nature Reserve in the Murmansk region demands 47 million Norwegian kroner (6,10 million) as compensation for the 40
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Border official was offered a bribe to sneak illegal migrants across Russia-Norway frontier
The four Syrians never made it to the Norwegian side of the border. The bribery attempt took place in May
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Supreme Court cancels Yakunin-case ruling, Russians not allowed to fly drones in Norway
“The flight ban for Russian nationals include drone flights,” the Supreme Court says in its ruling on Friday. With the
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Norway eyes a new future in the abyss
The country believes it has a treasure of rare minerals and metals under the seabed of its vast oceans. But
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Russia plans Svalbard science complex in cooperation with “friendly states”
The new science and research center will be built on the same model as the hyped Snowflake station to appear
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Russia’s Kirkenes Consulate remains open, but for how long?
Consulates across Europe and Russia are hit by a wave of closure as diplomatic relations worsen. The yellow building is
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires forecast to reach Norway
Norwegian officials said the smoke from Canadian wildfires that has enveloped parts of the U.S. and Canada in a thick
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Unique Russian-Norwegian medical evacuation in the High Arctic
Flying out of Longyearbyen, the medical evac chopper safely picked up a crew member from the Arctic research vessel “Severny
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