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Behind Russian bars

"He screamed in pain for three days and then he died"

Indigenous and minority language names for Norway now have official status

Fighting the virus

North Swedish regions take lead in vaccination

Shelf exploration

Russian Arctic oil races against time

COVID-19

Northern Sweden reports high spike in COVID-19

Svalbard gets vaccine priority

Norway cancels allied exercise over COVID-19 safety concerns

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German warship tests missiles outside northern Norway

Russian navy's most advanced

Northern Fleet gets first Yasen-M class submarine

climate crisis

Scientists fear more lung cancer as radon is released from thawing permafrost

Opinion

Exercise Barents challenged by COVID-19

Russia gets dressed

At the feeding trough in a uniform

In political shoot-out, opposition leader takes aim at Moscow's man in Komi

Arctic demography

Russian North sees sharp decline in population. Only military towns grow

Andrei Borovikov gets 2,5 years in jail for sharing music video by Rammstein

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  • CLICK ON IMAGE FOR GALLERY OF ALL PHOTOS: The port call by USS New Mexico to this municipal harbor in Tromsø is the first of many NATO submarines to change crew and get supplies in the years to come. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • USS New Mexico surfaced early Monday morning outside Troms, northern Norway. Here sailing Lenangen en route to Tromsø. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • Norwegian military guards at the port of Tønsnes, some 10 kilometers north of Tromsø city center. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • Tønsnes port is a civilian municipal port in Tromsø with military guards during the visit of the American nuclear-powered submarine. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • During May 10 to 12, the port of Tønsnes is heavily guarded and there is a no-fly zone in a radius of 1 nautical mile. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • Fresh air for the crew for first time after weeks of underwater patrol. Here north of Tromsø Monday morning. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • Norwegian special navy forces dive near the port of Tønsnes to secure the waters before the arrival of the American nuclear submarine. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • The USS New Mexico (SSN 779) is of the Virginia class fast attack submarines. The 115 meters long vessel has a crew of 130 and is powered by one reactor. The sub was commissioned in 2010 as the sixth in its class, which so far consists of 19 vessels. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • The US submarine is escorted inshore by the Norwegian Coast Guard. Photo: Kystvakten
  • This is the first time an NATO nuclear-powered submarine makes port call to a civilian harbor in northern Norway. The guarding and security is comprehensive. In the future, Tønsnes port near Tromsø will have some 3 to 4 port calls by nuclear subs annually, the Norwegian Defense officials inform. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • The Virginia-class USS New Mexico. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret
  • Tønsnes harbor just north of Tromsø is a civilian municipal harbor where Norway has given green light for NATO submarines to dock. Photo: Helene Sofie Thorkildsen/Forsvaret

USS New Mexico making port call to Tromsø

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With threats looming, Nordic countries strengthen defense cooperation

Diplomatic tensions

Zakharova erupts in fury over Norway’s military deal with the United States

New infrastructure

It's an order from Moscow: the new Murmansk railway line must be completed

Russian renewables

Ships loaded with wind turbines are on their way to Murmansk

Glacier mass decreasing across Arctic but at different rates, says study

Political intimidation

Murmansk: gunshots against window of opposition leader

Nuclear power plant construction in north Finland faces delay, increased costs and geopolitical uncertainties

Arctic gas

Total buys stake in Murmansk LNG terminal

Amid pandemic, Murmansk gets new flights throughout Russia

Northern Fleet starts removing oldest ballistic missile subs

Political repression

Navalny's regional offices close as "the darkest of times" is coming to Russia

Ten months after giant Arctic spill, inspectors fear more accidents at Nornickel's oil tank farms

New batch of satellites brings broadband to the Arctic

Hammerfest LNG plant pushes restart date to March 2022

Chinese and Turkish shipbuilders fight over Russian icebreaker dock

Navalny rallies

As riot police started detentions, the protesters recited Pushkin and chanted songs by Viktor Tsoy

Reindeer cooperative on Kola starts meat export to Finland

Russia postpones its Arctic Forum to spring 2022

State of affairs

Putin's speech: social issues, crisis with the West and a grand Arctic infrastructure project

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On patrol along its Arctic coast, Norway's relation with Russia is challenged between deterrence and reassurance

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Miners hunting for metals to battery cars threaten Sámi reindeer herders' homeland

Norway's celebration of Svalbard Treaty was followed by ardent and coordinated response from Moscow media

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Pasvik, the river that tells the High North

Climate change is about to divide Norway’s largest Arctic island into two

Russia presents a grandiose 5-year plan for the Arctic

Work on Trans-Arctic fiber-optic cable starts this spring

Blinken set to meet Lavrov at Reykjavik Arctic Council ministerial, Eriksen Søreide yet to confirm attendance

Northern Sweden reports high spike in COVID-19

Russia with artillery shelling in Varanger fjord near Norway's Grense Jakobselv

Northern Fleet kicks off major exercise

With nickel from Kola, Finnish city of Vaasa chosen for battery materials plant

Scramble for Yamal resources: Novatek puts its eyes on Gazprom's Tambey fields

U.S. Navy will build airport infrastructure in northern Norway to meet upped Russian submarine presence

Arctic chair

On Putin's table is an Arctic Council meeting on the North Pole

deterrence in action

Norway to host biggest exercise inside Arctic Circle since Cold War

Russia's Bal missile system will cover entire Northern Sea Route

Visiting Northern Fleet, Defense Minister Shoigu signals buildup along Ukrainian border will end in 2 weeks

Remote delivery

The military cargo ship that was ice-trapped for weeks delivers goods to Franz Josef base

Political opposition

A sharp regime critic flags her candidacy in Murmansk election

Arctic Guardian exercise 2021 underway to test joint emergency marine response

Energy Ministry forecast

Russia may have passed peak oil output

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Russia celebrates 60 years since Gagarin's spaceflight - This was his air base near Norway

1.9% increase per year

Study finds increasing mercury levels in Narwhals

Climate crisis tops agenda as parliamentarians meet ahead of Arctic Council ministerial

Heavily-armed frigate sails Norwegian Sea to "ensure safety of Russian fishermen"

Repressive state

Navalny's partner Ivan Zhdanov sees father detained, sent to prison in Russian North

Rare delivery

Norway's Equinor is buying a shipload of LNG from Russian Arctic

From desert heat to Arctic cold

U.S. Special Operation Forces exercise winter combat in northern Sweden

Chechen troops

Militant islamic fighters train counter-terrorism in Russian Arctic

Russia’s Northern Sea Route push is met with scepticism

Reactor core unloaded from fire-hit Losharik submarine

Northern Fleet marines use clearly marked Red Cross vehicle as target and cover in ambushing drill

life in the arctic

Military constructs kindergarten for 360 kids at Novaya Zemlya

Arctic deal

Crisis-ridden Hurtigruten sells properties in Svalbard

Bigger NSR

North Russian regions want extension of Arctic shipping route

Big Arctic investment

Arctic LNG 2 aims to raise $11 billion in a 50/50 split between domestic and Asian banks

from pollution to solution

Cold weather perfect to pioneer electric aviation says Finnair and signs intention to purchase 20 battery planes

Climate crisis

This Russian Arctic coast has planet's quickest warming

Near border to Norway

Sounds of heavy gunfire echo through Pechenga Valley

Finland-Sweden train travel moves a step closer

Busy day for Russian military in the skies above Arctic

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