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Mining company allowed to dump in local fjord

Despite protests from the Sami Parliament and several environmental organizations, Norway's government ministry in charge of climate and environmental issues has allowed a mining...

More oil exploration sparks objections

Just a week after the Norwegian government finally secured what it calls "the greenest budget" in history, Oil Minister Tord Lien was moving forward with...

Finnmark clobbered by winter storm

Nearly 30 roads were closed in Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark on Friday and police were urging residents against trying to drive anywhere. Strong...

Norway braces for new refugee influx

Norway's immigration agency UDI (Utlendingsdirektoratet) is bracing for another influx of asylum seekers over its northern border to Russia. Officials won't specify why, but...

Airline offers flights to Northern Lights

Norwegian airline Widerøe's trademark green aircraft are nearly the same colour at their latest unusual tourist destination: the Northern Lights. Flights to see the Northern...

‘People’ sue state over Arctic oil

Two environmental organizations, backed by what they called a wide range of Norwegian groups and individuals, went ahead on Tuesday with plans to sue the...

Arctic oil pact can defy climate goals

Despite all the international tension at present, Norway and Russia have once again managed to strike an important agreement, this time on how to...

Troubled ‘Goliat’ rig back in business

Improvements to an emergency generator were among the maintenance tasks that allowed Italian oil compani Eni to crank up production again this week on its long-troubled Goliat oil...

Russia sets off ‘busy week in the Barents’

With the Russian military stepping up its training exercises in the Arctic, and Norway keen to follow the action with not just one but...

Portions of new border fence may be torn down

A controversial fence being erected on either side of Norway's border crossing to Russia at Storskog in Finnmark has run into more trouble. Authorities now...
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