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Released spy answered questions

Frode Berg met Tuesday with members of the special parliamentary commission charged with controlling Norway's secretive intelligence-gathering agencies. Some politicians think the head of...

‘A scandal of huge proportions’

"I've been convicted of espionage, but I'm no spy," declared Frode Berg at the outset of his lengthy press conference in Oslo Tuesday evening....

Parliament probes spy’s recruitment

The Norwegian Parliament's special commission charged with monitoring the country's intelligence agencies has confirmed that it will investigate how convicted spy Frode Berg was...

Norwegian spy heads into the cold

UPDATED: Frode Berg, the former Norwegian border inspector in Kirkenes who ended up being convicted of spying for Norway in Russia, was pardoned as...

Hopes and tension at liberation jubilee

On the eve of Friday's ceremonies marking the Soviet liberation of Finnmark in 1944 came word that a Russian commission was recommending a pardon...

Berg seeks pardon as spy swap looms

Frode Berg, the former Norwegian border inspector convicted of espionage in Russia, has formally applied for a pardon. The move is believed to be...

Norway drops missile defense program

Just weeks before meeting Russian officials in the northern city of Kirkenes, to celebrate how the former Soviet Union liberated Finnmark from Nazi German...

Defense chief calls for major build-up

Norwegian defense chief Haakon Bruun-Hanssen is asking for, and may well receive, an extra NOK 25 billion (USD 3 billion) over the next eight...

Norway working to bring spy home

Norway's foreign ministry is reportedly spending millions trying to get convicted spy Frode Berg freed from prison in Moscow. The goal, reports state broadcaster...

Russia won’t let Hurtigruten sail

Russian authorities have spoiled some exclusive Arctic cruise plans for passengers on board one of the Norwegian shipping line Hurtigruten's newest vessels, the MS...
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