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Norway and Finland to further enhance military cooperation

Defense ministers Jussi Niinistö and Frank Bakke-Jensen are sharing experiences and enhancing cooperation. Here, they are visiting the Norwegian border guards in the Pasvik valley.
September 27, 2018

Big upgrade for Russia's northernmost airstrip

The 2,500 meter long runway on the Nagurskoye base in Russia’s Franz Josef Land is getting a new and solid top layer which will open up for year-round flights with heavy aircrafts.
September 26, 2018

Russia shows off new missile shooting in high Arctic

For the first time, mobile coastal defense system Bastion test launched from Russia’s remote Arctic base of Kotelny.
September 26, 2018

The first surprised NATO by sailing quiet, here comes a new improved sub of the same class

Russia’s first updated Yasen-class submarine, the Kazan, is now sailing its maiden voyage in the White Sea.
September 25, 2018

Who is ready to invest €5.1 billion in new Novaya Zemlya seaport?

As the Russian treasury is running out of money, government appeals to the country’s biggest industrial companies for funding to new projects.
September 24, 2018

Russian citizen arrested for illegal intelligence-gathering in Norway

The man was detained at Oslo airport Friday evening by the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) on suspicion of illegal intelligence-gathering during a seminar at the Norwegian Parliament.
September 23, 2018

Busy military aviation week in the Arctic

Russian and American long-range bombers and numerous other military aircraft have been flying missions over the Barents- and Norwegian Seas.
September 23, 2018

Northern Fleet vessels hunt enemy submarines in Bering Strait

As they sailed thought the shallow waters separating Russia and the U.S.A, the ships lined up in battle formation and engaged in anti-submarine training.
September 20, 2018

Former defense chief sees a serious Russian threat against Norway’s Finnmark region

In case of a bigger conflict, it is quite likely that Russian armed forces would initiate a ground operation against the neighboring Norwegian region, Lieutenant General Kjell Grandhagen argues.
September 19, 2018

With female touch, tank drivers show off finesse near border to Norway

These representatives of the Northern Fleet’s motorized infantry brigade know how to chop a melon with a tank gun.
September 10, 2018

Murmansk wants better radiation control on road to Norway

And the Norwegians should pay for it, says Deputy Governor Yevgeny Nikora.
September 05, 2018

Russia builds another military base in East Arctic

As the Northern Fleet unfolds a series of exercises in Russian east Arctic waters, Head Commander Nikolay Yevmenov announces the construction of a new base on the coast of the Laptev Sea.
September 03, 2018

New weapons testing is worrying, but does not raise tensions in the north, Defense Minister says

Norway’s Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen is clear: Our contact is good. We still have a direct line to Russia’s Northern Fleet.
August 26, 2018

Ministers in cross-border mobile phone trouble

Government officials from Norway are no longer allowed to bring work-phones to Russia, and even near-border areas can be problematic.
August 25, 2018

Serious faces as Niinistö meets Putin in Sochi

The language turned sour as soon as the two presidents touched on the role of NATO and an upcoming major allied exercise.
August 23, 2018

«There is no reason for any state to have a nuclear-powered missile»

Russia’s missing reactor-powered cruise missile in the Barents Sea obviously causes concerns, says Norway’s Environment Minister, Ola Elvestuen.
August 23, 2018

As grand military rehearsal kicks off in Russian East, a Northern Fleet flotilla comes in through the Arctic

A group of at least eight ships sails into east Arctic waters at the same time as a major unannounced drill unfolds in Russia’s Eastern Military District.
August 22, 2018

Nuclear-powered missile crashed in Barents Sea, intelligence report allegedly claims

While Vladimir Putin bragged about the invincible new missile in his annual speech to the nation, a U.S. intelligence report claims each of the four tests crashed.
August 22, 2018

With electric bikes, military border guards can patrol with silence

The Norwegian soldiers guarding the border to Russia is the world’s first military unit to use electric all terrain bikes.
August 17, 2018

Military expedition continues across Novaya Zemlya

About 30 top-trained servicemen from the Northern Fleet are taking part in a major exploratory operation through the northern parts of the Arctic archipelago.
August 15, 2018

18 years after Kursk disaster, a sister ship show off sailing all along Norway in surface position

Norwegian radiation watchdog says its round-the-clock alert-readiness is prepared to act in case of accident.
August 09, 2018

With warming Arctic, Russian navy gets larger areas to patrol

Eight Northern Fleet vessels sail out from the Kola Peninsula heading northeast on a long-distance Arctic voyage.
August 09, 2018

Navy gives way to oilmen in Murmansk shipyard

State oil company Rosneft says it intends to build two major dry-docks for Arctic oil platforms in Shipyard No 82 in Roslyakovo.
August 07, 2018

With a nuclear submarine in centre, Northern Fleet flotilla sails home

After parading at Navy Day in St. Petersburg, four warships are this weekend sailing into Scandinavian waters.
August 04, 2018

To the memory of the submarine commanders who fired nuclear torpedoes at Novaya Zemlya

It was early morning 10th October 1957 when Captain Georgy Lazarev slowly sailed his «S-144» submarine into the quiet waters of the Chernaya Guba to conduct the first ever launch of a nuclear torpedo. More than 60 years later, his devastating blast is honoured with a monument on site.
August 03, 2018

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