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All Arctic projects under pressure

Record numbers of delegates were gathered in Norway's northern city of Tromsø on Monday for the largest Arctic Frontiers conference ever, but some of the issues...

New battle looms over Arctic oil

As oil prices fell again on Tuesday, down to around USD 45 a barrel for North Sea crude, business and labour leaders in Northern Norway...

Oil fund’s coal investments ‘OK’

An expert commission thinks its perfectly fine for Norway's huge oil fund to keep investing in coal and other fossil fuels. Environmentalists objected immediately,...

Fur flies over reindeer herds

Reindeer owners in Northern Norway were furious this week that Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) revealed the size of their herds, and revealed that some owners had...

Sun sets on Norway’s far north

The sun has gone down for the last time this year in Norway's northernmost counties, and won't rise again until well after New Year. That...

Battle begins over coal on Svalbard

As debate flies over how Norway can cut its own carbon emissions, the top political leader on Svalbard is mounting a battle to keep the...

‘Sad day for Svalbard’ as mine lays off workers

Around 100 workers at the Store Norske mine on Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard are being laid off, as a result of low coal...

Wildlife suffers as Svalbard melts

Norway's Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has experienced the sharpest rise in average temperatures in all of Europe, according to a new climate study set to...

Northerners cling to open border

As Norwegian and Russian officials gather near their shared border in the northern Norwegian city of Kirkenes this weekend, local residents fervently hope they'll "break the...

Northern Norway’s grief remembered

Norway's late King Olav V called it the greatest castastrophe in Norwegian history since the plague devastated the country in 1349. This week marks 70...
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