National security or legal niceties? Norway picks a path – closing down opportunities for members of the authoritarian axis is not always as easy as it looks. ~misc politics Article 899 words 7 votes
Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China ~misc politics Article 381 words 30 votes
The last remaining privately owned land on the Svalbard archipelago in Norway, "with significant environmental, scientific and economic importance" is on sale, for €300 million ~finance Article 728 words 7 votes
Norway's Supreme Court could set a legal precedent for control of the natural resources around the strategically important Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic ~enviro Article 446 words 4 votes
Russia filed a protest to Oslo after Norwegian coastguards detained a Russian trawler near a remote chain of islands in the Arctic ~news norway.svalbard politics Article 302 words 4 votes
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov requests a meeting with Norwegian authorities to remove limitations on Russian activity on Svalbard ~news norway.svalbard russia politics Link 4 votes
Svalbard: Minute By Minute – Norway's state-owned NRK is about to air its longest and most ambitious show yet ~tv Article 514 words 8 votes