Tag: politics

Norway both scolds and negotiates with Russia at the same time

Norway has heightened security around all critical infrastructure and harbours, and called the Russian ambassador in on the carpet in Oslo. At the same...

Parliament opens amidst crises

King Harald V read what many called the most serious speech from the throne they'd ever heard during the formal annual opening of the...

Norway tightens Russian border control

Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl flew up to Northern Norway's border to Russia on Sunday to meet with local police and defense forces stationed...

Gas leak and emissions ‘enormous’

Methane gas emissions were swirling over Scandinavia this week, after explosions on two Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea blew out a total...

Defense forces sail out to oil fields

UPDATED: Norwegian naval vessels were sailing out to offshore oil and gas installations on Friday, and may be joined by NATO allies, after more...

Tall Ship sailed around gas leak

One of Norway' three classic old sailing ships, the Christian Radich, suddenly found itself too close for comfort while sailing from Oslo to Gotland...

Prime minister: ‘Sabotage suspicions have been strengthened’

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said at a press conference that "information we have received today strengthens further suspicions" that the gas leaks...

Norway’s pipelines now branded as a ‘prime target for sabotage’

Norway's offshore oil and gas installations and pipelines have suddenly emerged as "probably Europe's biggest sabotage goal," according to one of the country's leading...

Alarms ring around offshore security

UPDATED: Norwegian oil authorities and several top politicians called for heightened security around Norway's offshore oil and gas platforms and gas pipelines, and the...

‘No regrets’ for angering Iran

The president of the Norwegian Parliament, whose family came to Norway as refugees from Iran, has set off a diplomatic incident after publicly protesting...
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