From Hygge to High Alert: Norway’s Turn to Hard Security
byFew countries project a gentler international image than Norway, with its fjord tourism, free-range parenting and electric-vehicle leadership. Behind its pastoral reputation, however, Oslo…
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Russia eyes raising thousands of radioactive relics from watery Arctic graves
byIt should have been an easy job. Instead, towing a rust-bucket nuclear submarine known as the k-159 to scrapping ended in a headache Russia…
Russia continues to test western resolve – Spetsnaz units operating in Norwegian territory
byOn 27 September 2019, the well-informed Norwegian security and defence portal Aldrimer.no reported that Russian Spetsnaz units were recently found operating inside Norwegian territory….
Kremlin Conducts Massive Arctic Nuclear War Games
byFour ballistic missiles were launched by Russian forces on Wednesday in one of the largest Russian nuclear drills since in the post-Soviet era. All…
Solberg To Return As PM After Close Norwegian Election
byNorwegian media reports that Erna Solberg is set to continue as PM after a close election, with the Bourgeois coalition of the Conservatives, the…
The Reality in Russia’s Fake News Attacks on Environmentalists
byWith the rise of Donald Trump, fake news hit the West with such surprising ferocity that it’s easy to forget how long Russia has…
US Congress Briefed on Russian Arctic Nuclear Cleanup
byNorwegian based Bellona briefs members of the US congress about efforts to clean up Russian nuclear waste in the Arctic US congressional staff in…
Lennart Meri Conference set to discuss future of Europe and NATO ahead of the Warsaw summit
byEntitled “Shaping the New Normal” the 10th Lennart Meri Conference will focus on the future of Europe and the West from 13th to 15th…
Baltic and Nordic Leaders In Reykjavik For Northern Summit
byThe Northern Future Forum opened with a press conference at Grand Hotel, Reykjavik where Iceland’s PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson stressed the importance of the…
Norwegian MPs push for all cars to be electric in 10 years
byNorway’s Liberal Party has suggested that the country make a full switch to electric cars by the year 2025, ridding its roads entirely of…