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Stormy weather gripped Finnmark

While southern Norway was basking in warm spring sunshine this week, the northernmost county of Finnmark was slammed by stormy weather that was still causing...

Record little ice, record thin ozone

As Southern Norway basked in unseasonably warm sunshine this week came news of record little ice in the Arctic and reports that the Barents Sea...

Oil field starts up in disputed Barents

Italian oil company Eni could finally start up oil production at its Goliat field in the Barents Sea over the weekend, two years after...

Swede wins major Norwegian dogsled race

Petter Karlsson from Slussfors in Northern Sweden became the first non-Norwegian to win the gruelling long-distance dogsled race Finnmarksløpet in more than 26 years...

Little progress as coal dust settles

NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway made international headlines last year, and won lots of positive feedback, when the Norwegian Parliament ordered the country's huge sovereign wealth...

Lofoten village may be fenced off

Nusfjord, one of Norway's oldest and best-preserved fishing villages, may soon be fenced off to the general public. Only local residents and tourists willing...

More delays hit Barents oil and gas field

Italian oil company Eni’s huge Goliat oil and gas project in the Barents Sea has been delayed once again. Production was supposed to have...

Diplomats issue a new border alarm

Two top diplomats in Norway's foreign ministry have warned that the pressure on Europe's borders will only increase, and that border blockades in the Balkans...

US wants more military in Norway

US officials want to boost their military presence in Northern Norway, at a time of rising tensions with bordering Russia. Their Norwegian counterparts appear to be...

Avalanche fences didn’t help in Hammerfest

Three boys out playing were caught in an avalanche that crashed down on their playground in the center of Hammerfest on Sunday. Special snow...
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