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Military employees can still commute

Even though Norway's defense build-up will create thousands of new jobs in Northern Norway and other areas of the country, military employees won't be...

Norway apologizes for assimilation policy towards ethnic minorities

The Norwegian Parliament issued a formal apology on Tuesday to Norway's indigenous people and ethnic groups including the Sami, Kvener and Finnish migrants. Norwegian state...

Tighter border control wins support

Norway's northern border to Russia will no longer offer a gateway for Russians keen on entering not just Norway but the entire European economic...

NATO launches new ‘Nordic Response’

They're part of the largest NATO military exercises since 1952, and the first with new Nordic members: More than 20,000 soldiers from 13 countries...

Sparks fly around Bodø’s opening as a European Capital of Culture

Norway's northern city of Bodø defied all the odds and could officially start its year this week as a European Capital of Culture. Neither...

Storm batters Northern Norway

Hurricane-force winds swept over much of Northern Norway on Monday, tearing down some buildings, throwing boats up on roads and leaving thousands of people...

Spy suspect admits to being Russian

A man who identified himself as José Assis Giammaria from Brazil, and secured a guest researcher post at Norway's Arctic University in Tromsø, has...

Norway’s border to Russia may close

Norwegian Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl said she's prepared to close Norway's border to Russia in the far north, if there's any sharp or...

Reindeer tragedy in Finnmark

More than 100 reindeer returning from summer grazing land along the coast to inland winter grazing in Northern Norway were found drowned in a...

Bird flu threatens Norway’s wildlife

Norway's northern regions of Finnmark and Troms are battling the largest outbreak of bird flu ever seen in the country. More than 10,000 dead...
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