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‘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...

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...

Ukraine returns Solberg’s visit

UPDATED: There was no firing of the canons at the Akershus Fortress because Ukraine's president, Petro Porosjenko, was making an "official" visit to Norway on...

Norway upholds sanctions against Russia

Norway and Russia have long been fairly good neighbours, but political opposition over Russia's ongoing intervention in Ukraine means economic sanctions won't be lifted any...

NATO chief flies home to some critics

Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg arrived back home in Norway this week, on an official visit in his new role as secretary general of...

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...
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