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Oil field starts up in disputed Barents

Italian oil company Eni could finally start up oil production at its Goliat field in the Barents Sea over the weekend, two years after...

Little progress as coal dust settles

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway made international headlines last year, and won lots of positive feedback, when the Norwegian Parliament ordered the country's huge sovereign wealth...

More delays hit Barents oil and gas field

Italian oil company Eni’s huge Goliat oil and gas project in the Barents Sea has been delayed once again. Production was supposed to have...

Russia ‘poses a considerable risk’

The chief of Norway's military intelligence agency followed up on earlier claims by other Norwegian intelligence officials on Wednesday, reporting that while Russia poses no...

Sun’s return adds to Arctic winter joy

The sun has been reappearing during the past week in the northernmost areas of Norway, with Tromsø welcoming its return last Thursday and the...

Tromsø shines in mid-winter spotlight

PHOTO FEATURE: Norway's northern city of Tromsø was welcoming thousands of visitors last week for its annual Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF). Scenes outside packed...

Cheers and anger over oil field plan

Statoil's latest plans for its large Johan Castberg oil field off the coast of Northern Norway have cheered the oil industry, but enraged local officials...

Brrrrrrrrrrr – it’s COLD out there!

Norwegians woke up to more bone-chilling temperatures on Thursday, especially in Northern Norway, where thermometers were showing 40-degrees below zero or even lower. Residents of...

Polar bears make a surprise comeback

Researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute had some good news to report just in time for the Christmas holidays: Polar bears seem to be...

Child’s death deepens avalanche grief

The small resident community on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard was mourning the death on Monday of the child who was critically injured in...
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