United States will soon open a small diplomatic mission in Norway – only mission above Arctic Circle
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Norway takes over presidency of Arctic Council – questions about role intergovernmental body can play after Western countries suspended cooperation with Russia
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Norway has expelled fifteen Russian officials that it had accused of spying under diplomatic cover
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Norwegian Nobel Committee says 305 nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, the lowest number in four years
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Norway's Supreme Court could set a legal precedent for control of the natural resources around the strategically important Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic
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Winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine
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In accordance with annual tradition, a Norwegian Christmas tree has arrived in Trafalgar Square, London – this year marks the 75th anniversary
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Security services in Norway say they have arrested a university lecturer accused of working for Russia as a spy
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Protesters that gathered to demonstrate against the death of Mahsa Amini attempted to enter the Iranian Embassy in Oslo, leading to scores of arrests
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Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik is once again suing the Norway government in a bid to force an end to his isolation
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Wooden bridge over a river in southern Norway collapsed early Monday – a similar nearby bridge, also made of glued laminated timber, collapsed in 2016
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Gunman opens fire at Oslo gay bar, killing two on Pride parade day
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is set to extend his term as head of the alliance by another year due to the war in Ukraine, say reports
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Four dead after US military plane crashes in Norway – MV-22B Osprey was taking part in NATO exercise 'Cold Response'
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Taliban delegation is to hold talks with Norwegian officials and Afghan civil society representatives in Oslo next week
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Grandstanding fears as Norwegian mass killer seeks parole – Anders Behring Breivik goes to court claiming he is no longer a danger to society
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UK has reached an agreement with Norway and the EU over how to divide fish stocks in the North Sea next year
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Journalists Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa called for better protection for independent reporting as they received their joint Nobel Peace Prize
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Are we at war with Norway? – Brits mock sad gifted Trafalgar Square Christmas tree
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How one man was wrongly accused in Kongsberg attack – many international media outlets picked up on speculative tweets
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Bow and arrow attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg – Danish citizen charged as death toll reaches five
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Norwegian parties agree to form a centre-left minority government – two-party coalition will have to negotiate with other parties to pass laws
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The opposition Arbeiderpartiet has won Norway's general election – brings an end to eight years of conservative government, paving the way for a centre-left coalition
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Opinion polls show Arbeiderpartiet is on course to replace PM Erna Solberg's coalition – would need support from Rødt and Miljøpartiet De Grønne to secure a majority
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Denmark and Norway are closing their embassies in Kabul and evacuating their staff as the security situation worsens in Afghanistan
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Hungary formally lost access this week to over €200 million in grants from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein amid growing concerns about the country's democratic backsliding
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UK and Norway have failed to reach a fishing deal for this year, with the industry warning that hundreds of crew members will be left out of work
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Norway approves Utøya memorial for victims of 2011 massacre, despite local concerns – memorial is expected to be ready for the tenth anniversary of the attacks on 22nd July
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US Air Force is preparing to deploy bombers to Norway for the first time – detachment of B-1Bs, accompanied by 200+ personnel, is set to arrive at Ørland Main Air Station
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Partner of Norway's former justice minister has been found guilty of threatening democracy – she faked attacks on her family home and the torching of her car
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Norway may stop British and EU vessels fishing in its waters from January 1st – talks held up by London's protracted Brexit standoff with Brussels
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Norway will extradite a man to France who is suspected of taking part in an attack that killed six people in a Jewish restaurant in Paris thirty-eight years ago
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Norway has blamed Russia for a cyberattack on the email system in the parliament in August – Moscow has rejected the claim, calling it a serious and wilful provocation
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Norway grants asylum to man claiming persecution by Polish government – Rafał Gaweł's prison sentence for fraud was retaliation by rightwing regime, Norway says
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Norway's King Harald to undergo surgery to replace a heart valve – 83-year-old monarch has been head of state since 1991
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Anders Behring Breivik now wants to be released on probation – he is also planning a new lawsuit against the state for violating his human rights
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Norway arrests suspect linked to 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris – man held on European arrest warrant issued by French authorities over attack in which six people died
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Twenty-five people have been taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning after attending an illegal rave in a bunker in the Norwegian capital, Oslo
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Owners of a US B&B have removed a Norwegian flag from outside their business after being accused of promoting racism from people who thought it was a Confederate flag
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A Norwegian court has sentenced a gunman to twenty-one years in prison for killing his teenage step-sister and opening fire at a mosque
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Norway terror attack – prosecutors demand twenty-one year jail sentence for mosque shooting
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At first, the disappearance of the wife of one of Norway's richest people seemed to be an abduction – but then suspicion turned on the husband
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Norway mosque attack and murder trial begins in Oslo
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Postman delivers 'somewhere in Sheffield' parcel
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Norway has topped Reporters Without Borders' annual press freedom index for the fourth consecutive year
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Russia filed a protest to Oslo after Norwegian coastguards detained a Russian trawler near a remote chain of islands in the Arctic
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Norway extradites convicted Kurdish cleric to Italy, where he has been sentenced to twelve years in jail for planning terror
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Denmark charges Norwegian citizen over alleged Iranian assassination plot – attempt to eliminate a leading member of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz
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Norway's new F-35 scrambled for first time to meet Russian anti-sub aircraft – by 2025 all F-16s will be retired and a new fleet of fifty-two F-35s will be fully operative
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Two German tourists killed in Arctic avalanche – part of a guided snowmobile tour of the island of Spitsbergen in Norway's Svalbard archipelago
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