Tag: Russia-sanctions
Norway closes borders and harbours to Russian transport
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE just two months ago, given years of border cooperation between Russia and Norway - but then Russia invaded Ukraine,...
Solberg survives Bergen Engines breakdown
Prime Minister Erna Solberg has avoided a lack of confidence vote in Parliament after she and her justice minister, Monica Mæland, apologized for the...
Government halts firm’s sale to Russia
After weeks of controversy, the Norwegian government has changed its mind and will, after all, halt the sale of Bergen Engines to TMH International...
Norway joins new Russia sanctions
Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide confirmed on Thursday that Norway is attaching itself to new sanctions that the European Union (EU) is imposing against...
Hopes high before meeting with Putin
NEWS ANALYSIS: Norway's alleged spy on trial in Moscow on Tuesday wasn't the only thorny issue as Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg prepared to...
Russia objects to US troops in Norway
Russia's foreign ministry made it clear Thursday night that it's not at all in favour of Norway allowing US troops to be stationed at Værnes...
PST warns of Russian spy traps
Norway's police intelligence agency PST is warning "naive Norwegians" against falling into espionage traps allegedly set up by Russian counterparts with the help of vodka...
Russian envoy: ‘Norway is overreacting’
UPDATED: Russia's ambassador to Norway trooped up to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry on Monday after being summoned to explain why his country's deputy prime minister...
Russian defies Norway in Arctic
The Norwegian government has summoned Russia's ambassador to Norway to a meeting at the Foreign Ministry on Monday, after a high-ranking Russian government official not...
Putin’s ‘oil czar’ visits Norway
He's been banned from entering the United States, but top Russian oil executive Igor Sechin was in Norway on Thursday for business meetings with Norwegian...
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