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Oil minister ‘crazy’ to open oil fields

Fishing industry- and environmental advocates were reacting with disbelief on Tuesday after Norway's new Oil & Energy Minister Terje Søviknes announced plans to open up...

Oil enthusiasm fails to dip on price fall

Oil prices have fallen recently and so has the value of Norway's currency, the krone, but that's not dampening enthusiasm for those who still...

Man killed in fox hunt

A 26-year-old man in Balsfjord, Northern Norway, was shot and killed while apparently out fox hunting Tuesday evening. Police have charged a 41-year-old man, who...

Norway and Russia friendly up north

Despite lots of tough official language and rising tensions lately, Norwegians and Russians continue to get along well in the northern area around their shared...

Sami question the pace of their progress

NEWS ANALYSIS: Sami peoples were gathering in Trondheim this week to mark the 100th anniversary of the Nordic countries' indigenous peoples' first showing of national political...

Turmoil rules at Sami Parliament

Norway's Sami Parliament (Sametinget) is in the midst of high-level political turmoil. The Labour Party politician who took over as president just before Christmas wound...

Severe storm hits Finnmark, again

The residents of Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark are having a rough winter. Bad weather also bore down on other northern counties on Wednesday, leading to...

Solberg faces more opposition over the Arctic

Business, political and environmental leaders gathered in Tromsø this week, along with indigenous peoples and researchers, for the annual Arctic Frontiers conference. It was...

‘Game over’ for Norway’s seal hunt

Norway's northern city of Tromsø used to be a major port for Norway's controversial seal hunters, but they've now faded into the history books. For the...

New Sami president didn’t speak Sami

For the first time ever, the president of the Sami Parliament (Sametinget) in Norway could not and did not deliver the president's annual New Year's Day...
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