Russia and Norway

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 …

Russia is extending its ban on imports of food from the EU and other countries through the end of 2017, with exceptions for meat and vegetables for baby food. The …

On the 5th of February, the government of Russia will review the so called anti-crisis plan for the year 2016. The main idea of which, it seems, is the expansion …

“Lukoil” has included the sector in the region of Svalbard (Shpittzbergen in Russian) which is considered an economically independent zone, in the next round of auctioning that Norway is holding. …

Russia will reportedly not accept refugees deported from Norway. The move by the Russian government comes as Norway seeks to tighten requirements for asylum seekers and send some refugees to …

The United Nations’ refugee agency UNHCR expressed concern Wednesday over Norway’s policy on returning refugees to Russia and plans to tighten rules for family reunifications. “We consider that the Norwegian …

Norwegian migration police superintendent Tor Espen Haga reports that Norway returned about 600 asylum seekers arriving from Russia back to that country in November through December 2015, according to NRK. …

Russia on Sunday confirmed it had shut for “security reasons” an Arctic border post with Norway to migrants being controversially returned from the Nordic country. Norway on Saturday said it …

Thomas Nilsen, the former editor of an online newspaper in Arctic Norway who was recently fired, may have been a victim of Norway’s unusual relationship with Russia in the Arctic, …

Russian experts will conduct an aerial surveillance flight over Norway in an An-30 cartography aircraft within the scope of the Treaty on Open Skies, the head of Russia’s Nuclear Risk …

Norway has set itself up against Russia, and therefore we are being punished, says Aftenposten’s former editor, Kjell Dragnes. Norway has objected against the superpower, the neighbour in the East, …