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Sun’s return adds to Arctic winter joy

The sun has been reappearing during the past week in the northernmost areas of Norway, with Tromsø welcoming its return last Thursday and the...

Tromsø shines in mid-winter spotlight

PHOTO FEATURE: Norway's northern city of Tromsø was welcoming thousands of visitors last week for its annual Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF). Scenes outside packed...

Cheers and anger over oil field plan

Statoil's latest plans for its large Johan Castberg oil field off the coast of Northern Norway have cheered the oil industry, but enraged local officials...

Mining company declares bankruptcy

As many as 400 people lost their jobs in Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark on Wednesday, after Sydvaranger Gruve AS announced that it was filing...

Order to disarm police reversed

UPDATED: As Norwegians continued to stream to the French Embassy in Oslo over the weekend, to honor those killed in Friday night's terrorist attacks in...

Russia willing to take back refugees

Russia's consul general in Kirkenes says his country is willing to take back refugees who have no grounds for seeking asylum or settling in...

Norway to halt refugee influx

The vast majority of refugees who've been streaming into Norway over its northern border to Russia don't qualify for asylum and will be sent back, either...

Brende: ‘Border won’t close now’

Foreign Minister Børge Brende announced late Friday afternoon that Norway won't close its border to Russia, at least not right now. He added, though,...

New refugee record at Russian border

As politicians in Oslo kept debating Monday over how to deal with the refugee influx, officials are struggling to control the numbers of people still...

Russia ‘surprises’ Norway up north

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende got what he called a "positive surprise" on Thursday when his Russian counterpart, Sergej Lavrov, told him that Russia was...
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