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On eve of NATO membership, defense ministers from Finland, Sweden discuss Nordic cooperation on border to Russia

Few days ahead of decisions that could change the European security landscape, the Finnish and Swedish defense ministers meet with Nordic NATO colleagues at Svanvik, the Norwegian village located only few hundred meters from Russia.
May 12, 2022

In Murmansk war parade was presented new coastal radar and missile system

For the first time, the 9th of May military parade in Murmansk included the coastal missile system Bal and coastal radar system Monolit-BR. Both can be deployed near the border to Norway.
May 10, 2022

A state of paranoia is embracing Russian government officials

In a bid to curb dissent in the state apparatus, the Kremlin establishes units that can promote patriotism and report on the "emotional climate" in all government bodies and state companies.
April 29, 2022

Defence Minister goes from Ramstein to Kirkenes, says Norway must get stronger in the North

On the day after his meeting at the U.S base in Germany, new Norwegian Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram travelled to Kirkenes, the town on Norway's border to Russia.
April 27, 2022

Full speed ahead in rearmament of the Kola Peninsula, Shoigu told military commanders

In the shadow of Russia’s bloody war on Ukraine will Arctic combat capabilities get an extra boost in 2022, the defense minister assures.
April 21, 2022

The "Moscow" is on the bottom of the Black Sea, but on the shores of the White Sea awaits a new cruiser

The "Admiral Nakhimov" will be the most powerful surface vessel in the Russian Navy when reconstruction is completed presumably in 2023.
April 20, 2022

On Russia's remotest Arctic coasts resounds a heil for Putin's war

Villagers in Taymyr form a "Z" with their snowmobiles and indigenous dancers from Chukotka make a patriotic performance to honour the President.
April 19, 2022

Putin orders comprehensive upgrade of military towns on Kola

Houses and infrastructure - largely built in Soviet times - are severely run down with frequent breakdown of basic needs like heating.
April 19, 2022

British aircraft carrier visits remote island in Norwegian Arctic

The "HMS Prince of Wales" made a rare visit to Jan Mayen before sailing deeper into the Arctic for harsh cold climate operations.
April 16, 2022

NATO’s northern flank would be more robust if Sweden and Finland join, expert says

A possible NATO membership for Finland and Sweden would be the biggest redrawing of the military map in northernmost Europe since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
April 15, 2022

With Russian aggression comes turbulence for Norway’s air defense planning

The war in Ukraine has made the Nordic country reconsider its plans to close two Arctic air bases.
April 13, 2022

Survey: Majority of Finns consider Russia a significant military threat

Eighty-four percent of Finns consider Russia to be a significant military threat, according to a recent values and attitudes survey from the Finnish Business Policy and Forum (Eva).
April 12, 2022

U.S. amphibious combat group deploys to the high north amid high tensions

800 soldiers from the fast responding U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit have arrived in Tromsø, making ready for joint winter training with Norwegian troops.
April 12, 2022

Oslo expels three diplomates from Russian Embassy

"The three individuals have carried out activities that are incompatible with their diplomatic status," Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt said.
April 06, 2022

In northern Norway, fears grow over saboteurs, spies and influence operations

Eastern Finnmark with the border to Russia is very close-on and the new security situation is highly topical here, said Emilie Enger Mehl, Minister of Justice and Public Security, as the government chose the border town of Kirkenes when presenting an extraordinary boost in funding to the security police.
April 06, 2022

Norway boosts military spendings in the north

The security policy situation has changed, the Government says and adds another 3,5 billion kroner (€362 million) to the budget for strengthening defense and civil preparedness.
April 03, 2022

Norwegian PM talks Ukraine with Vladimir Putin

"As neighboring country we have a special responsibility to speak up," says Jonas Gahr Støre.
March 31, 2022

Zelensky warns Norway against Russian Arctic militarization

"We do not have common borders, but we have a common neighbor that stands against our common values," the Ukrainian President says in an address to the Norwegian parliament.
March 30, 2022

Russian cyber attacks, espionage pose growing threat to Finnish national security

March 30, 2022

Flexing a nuclear-powered submarine in Lyngen, UK sharpens Arctic military presence

Against the backdrop of snow-covered mountains of the Lyngen Alps in northern Norway, a team of commandos soldiers surfacing from a submarine trained landing and raid on the icy shores, as Defense Secretary Ben Wallace presented the UK’s new military Arctic strategy on Tuesday.
March 30, 2022

Hundreds of Arctic troops killed, says Ukrainian adviser

The Russian Army on Friday updated its losses to 1,351 soldiers killed in action in the Ukraine war. An adviser with the President’s office in Kyiv says its armed forces destroyed an Arctic tactical group of which only three out of 648 soldiers survived.
March 26, 2022

As bombs fall on Ukrainian churches, the Metropolitan of Murmansk says this is a war against Antichrist

The church leader from the militarised Russian region calls on his parish to pray for the successful accomplishment of the "sacred" mission.
March 25, 2022

"We now have an unstable, unpredictable and more dangerous neighbour in the North"

Norway's Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt says she is starting to prepare her diplomatic service for 'a new time in Europe.'
March 24, 2022

More than 2,300 Swedish and Finnish troops advance into Northern Norway to join NATO drills Cold Response

Membership in the defence alliance has never been closer as the two Nordic countries send major contributions to the exercise.
March 22, 2022

Battlecruiser launched surface-to-air missiles in Norwegian Sea

The Russian Northern Fleet exercised with both artillery and surface-to-air missiles at a pre-announced area halfway between Northern Norway and Iceland in the first week of NATO’s Cold Response.
March 22, 2022

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