Russia and Norway

The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned the Russian ambassador to complain after Moscow refused to issue visas to two Norwegian members of parliament. The ministry said …

Norway has resumed high-level talks with Russia on trade and economic cooperation that were broken off after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries …

Russia is to install a heavy-duty radar station near Murmansk, not far from the border with Finland and Norway, to warn of potential missile strikes, according to Sergei Boyev, chief …

A senior member of Russia’s defense and security committee told Russian TV that Norway has been added to the list of potential targets for a nuclear strike after Norway agreed …

The Russian embassy in Oslo said: “Taking into account multiple statements of Norwegian officials about the absence of threat from Russia to Norway we would like to understand for what …

Russia expressed surprise Friday about the mooted deployment of US troops in neighboring Norway. “Taking into account multiple statements made by Norwegian officials about the absence of threat from Russia …

Yan Petrovsky was a mercenary in Donbas, fighting for pro-Russian forces. 29-year-old Yan Petrovsky, a militant from Rusich battalion of pro-Russian forces, detained in Norway – reports NRK. Police established …

TANKS, artillery and gear for 15,000 US Marines is being hidden in secret cave systems on the border with Russia, it can be revealed. Thousands of pieces of military gear …

The Norwegian military said Tuesday it had taken photos of a Russian fleet, including its flagship aircraft carrier, which were shadowed off its coast as they headed for the eastern …

The Ministries of Defense of the United States and Norway are discussing the possibility of deploying U.S. forces in Scandinavian countries bordering the Russian Federation, Deutsche Welle reported. “The capacities …

Two Russian TU-160 bombers were intercepted by NATO fighter planes as they flew from Norway to northern Spain and back, BBC reports. Air Force fighter jets from Norway, Great Britain, …

Norwegian Energy Minister Tord Lien has stated that Europe is “a very important gas consumer,” both for Norway and Russia. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has discussed with his Norwegian …

The United States and Norway will conduct an aerial surveillance flight over Russia under the Treaty on Open Skies. The head of Russia’s Nuclear Risk Reduction Center said Monday, Russian …

Norway will build a wall at Borisoglebsk — Storskog checkpoint at the border with Russia to prevent the flow of refugees, reports the RIA Novosti referring to the Reuters. The …

Almost half of all Norwegians believe Russia and President Vladimir Putin pose a “real security threat” to their country, according to Norwegian daily tabloid Dagbladet. Norway is a NATO member …

It is likely that Norwegian troops will be stationed in Lithuania early in 2017 to join in NATO’s fortified line of defense against Russia. According to VG, Prime Minister Erna …

Cooperation in the North continues, but consequences of the conflicts are primarily noticeable on the political level and in military cooperation. – I think the notion of “Arctic exceptionalism”, in …

State Secretary Tore Hattrem’s speech at the 200th anniversary of the Office of the Auditor General of Norway. Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to be …

On the 16-17th of June the delegation of the Council of the Federation headed by the Chairman of Committee on Foreign Affairs Konstantin Kosachev is visiting Oslo. Today senators held …

On the 17th of June the delegation of the Council of the Federation met with State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tore Hattrem.

Norway announced plans Friday for its biggest military upgrade effort since the end of the Cold War, to bolster its defenses against an “increasingly unpredictable” Russia. The Scandinavian country, a …

Rosselkhoznadzor head Sergey Dankvert met with Jose Miguel Burgos, the head of Chile’s Sernapesca fisheries body, on Thursday. “The sides [Russia and Chile]…have mapped out concrete steps for the supply …

– It is not as though all channels of communication between the Norwegian Armed Forces and the Russian military in the north are broken, specifies Chief of Communications, Colonel-Lieutenant Ivar …

On the 10th of June Russian Embassy in Norway hosted a solemn reception on the occasion of the oncoming National Day of Russia. The event was attended by Members of …

Russian naval presence in the North Atlantic and High North areas is beginning to bring about the revisited notion of collective defence in the maritime domain, according to Norwegian State …