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Trawler pulls up dead, decaying body

The crew on board a Norwegian trawler fishing in Arctic waters found a human body snagged in its nets when they pulled them up...

Cyber attacks high on defense agenda

Norway's defense minister had the threat of cyber attacks high on his agenda when he met with foreign correspondents in Oslo earlier this week,...

Muslims met by threats in Finnmark

Muslims arriving at mosques in Norway's northern county of Finnmark this week were met by placards calling for "revolution" against Islam. The offensive notices...

Rabies threatens Svalbard reindeer

Authorities on Norway's Arctic island group of Svalbard have burned the carcass of a local reindeer suspected of being infected with rabies. The reindeer's...

Finnmark mining protests underway

Government ministers arriving for the weekly Council of State at the Royal Palace on Friday were met by noisy and angry demonstrators, protesting their...

Norway won snow crab conflict

Norway's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Latvian fishing vessel that was convicted of illegally trapping snow crabs off Svalbard. The high...

Critics rage against new Amundsen film

Roald Amundsen remains one of Norway's greatest heroes, a polar explorer who brought pride and fame to a newly independent country at the turn...

Climate change ravages Svalbard

A new report compiled by Norway's leading climate researchers predicts much warmer temperatures on the Arctic island group of Svalbard in the years ahead,...

Residents evacuated as storm hits Svalbard

More than 100 residents of Longyearbyen, the main settlement on Svalbard, were evacuated after a severe winter storm slammed into the Arctic island group...

Pollution fears rise around Svalbard

A particularly senstive area of Svalbard was under threat of oil pollution this week, after a trawler grounded in bad weather in a remote...
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