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Finnmark communities lost coverage

Several communities in Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark were without either broadband or mobile phone coverage on Friday. An error in state-controlled Telenor's mobile...

Lavrov likely to re-visit Finnmark next year

Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't expected to take part in next year's 75th anniversary of the Soviet liberation of Finnmark from Nazi German forces...

Nature lovers meet some opposition

At the height of the annual fall hiking and hunting season, doubts are suddenly emerging about Norwegians' alleged attachment to the great outdoors. A...

Calls rise to invite Putin to Finnmark

Next fall marks the 75th anniversary of how Soviet forces liberated Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark from the clutches of Nazi German occupiers in...

Murder shakes a small Arctic city

Police in the far northern Norwegian city of Vadsø are baffled and residents stunned by the murder last weekend of a young Norwegian man,...

Russia jails Berg for two more months

Frode Berg, the retired Norwegian border inspector who's charged with espionage in Moscow, was ordered held in prison for another two months on Wednesday....

Melting ice makes drilling ‘immoral’

A Norwegian researcher's findings that the Barents Sea may be ice-free by 2040 has unleashed new heated opposition to Norway's granting of licenses for...

Finnmark’s fight repeats history

NEWS ANALYSIS: A fight over the future of Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark has hit fever pitch, with the local population battling a forced...

Huge majority votes against Finnmark-Troms merger

A referendum held during the past week in Norway's northern-most county of Finnmark has resulted in fully 87 percent saying "no" to a pending...

Finnmark fights forced merger

Residents of Norway's northernmost county of Finnmark are so angry over the terms of a looming and likely forced merger with neighbouring Troms that...
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