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Snowden’s attorney vetoes Norway trip

An attorney for exiled US whistle-blower Edward Snowden has warned his client against traveling to Norway to accept a prize he won from a...

Russia responds to ‘challenges’

Russia's embassy in Oslo has responded in detail to questions raised about its intentions in the Arctic. Meanwhile, displays of military force continue on both...

Russian Embassy drew huge crowd

So many guests responded favourably to an invitation to a Liberation Day reception at the Russian Embassy in Oslo on Friday that they literally...

Northerners just want to stay friends

As Norway celebrated Liberation Day on Friday, 70 years after the end of five miserable years of occupation during World War II, many Norwegians...

Solberg rallied her party troops

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, whose leadership has been directly challenged this week on several key issues, went on the offensive Friday as she opened her Conservative...

Norway backs coal mining on Svalbard

The Norwegian government has decided to go along with controversial pleas to bail out the state-owned company that runs coal mines on Svalbard. Several other...

Putin least popular in Norway

A new Gallup poll indicates that Norwegians are not fond of the former KGB agent who's now turned into an aggressive president of Russia. Of all...

Norway to send F16s to the Baltic

Norwegian F16 fighter jets will start flying over the Baltic next month and through the summer, to help NATO with routine patrols of the...

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...

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