Tag: Ukraine

Russia’s threats bound to persist

Norway's foreign- and defense ministers joined US and NATO allies on Tuesday in warning of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, and announced that...

Norwegians urged to leave Ukraine now

It's not often that Norway's foreign minister suddenly holds a press conference on a Friday evening, or that the prime minister sits down for...

Norway braces for new Russian conflict

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has warned there's grave danger of armed conflict in Eastern Europe, after Russia has placed more than 100,000...

Heads shake over Crimea ‘nonsense’

The former leader of Norway's conservative Progress Party, Carl I Hagen, has never made a secret of how much he missed politics after retiring....

Russia’s hijacking ‘unacceptable’

Norwegian Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide joined European colleagues on Monday in condemning what many were calling Russia's "hijacking" of Ukrainian naval vessels in...

UD probes possible sanctions violation

Norway's foreign ministry (Utenriksdepartementet, UD) has confirmed that it's investigating complaints from Ukraine that ships have sailed from Norway with cargoes of metallic ore...

‘Sensible’ Brende back in Russia

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende tried to dismiss his Russian counterpart's greeting on Wednesday as a joke, but the words from Sergey Lavrov lingered: Brende's first...

Journalist denied entry to Russia

UPDATED: Thomas Nilsen, editor of the highly acclaimed Independent Barents Observer in Kirkenes, seems to have become the latest symbol of tensions between Norway and Russia....

The Russian Embassy in Oslo calls its relations with Norway ‘unsatisfactory’

UPDATED: Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende claimed on Thursday that he'd had "a useful conversation" with his Russian counterpart, Sergej Lavrov, at the G20 summit...

Political leaders bound for Moscow

For the first time since Russia controversially annexed Crimea, a high-ranking delegation from the Norwegian Parliament will be traveling to Moscow next week for talks with...
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