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More oil found as anti-oil trial begins

Norwegian state oil company Equinor seems to believe that the best defense is a good offense. Not only did it announce a large discovery...

Svalbard seed vault wins more acclaim

The international seed vault that Norway administers on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard has been ranked among the world's most influential projects...

Norwegian vessel sails to North Pole

Norway's polar exploration heroes Fridtjof Nansen and Roald Amundsen never managed to sail all the the way to the North Pole, but a vessel...

Russia posts missiles near the border

Russian officials have disclosed that they've moved a coastal missile system to a new location on Russia's Sredny Peninsula in the far north. The...

Norway braced for Russian exercises

The Russian Navy is expected to launch "unusually high activity" off the coast of Northern Norway next week, after announcing more military training exercises...

Calls roll in for a train line to Tromsø

Norway's Socialist Left party (SV) is calling "all aboard" for its proposal to build a long-sought train line to Tromsø in Northern Norway. The...

White whale’s fate subject to debate

The tame white whale known as Hvaldimir disappeared from his refuge in Hammerfest late last week, only to resurface Sunday near Alta, more than...

North Cape battle polarizes community

A major hotel chain backed by the slimmest possible majority of local politicians won last week's battle over control of the North Cape. The...

Battle flares over popular North Cape

Norway's North Cape is one of the country's foremost tourist attractions where visitors have long had to controversially pay for access to the Arctic...

Two East Barents wells come up dry

State-owned oil company Equinor is disappointed while climate activists are relieved: Norway's Petroleum Directorate has reported that a second well drilled by Equinor and...
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