The mid-winter visit by France’s Chief of Defence, General Fabien Mandon, to Norrbotten Air Wing (F 21) at Kallax air base in Luleå was overshadowed by Donald Trump's push for Greenland at Donald ...

The Mys Zhelaniya is well known in the Russian North. The 143-metre-long cargo ship has its home port in Arkhangelsk, and it is regularly used for shipments of goods to Russian Arctic ports. This week ...

As Norwegian fisheries sanctions against Russia become more restrictive, the export of Norwegian salmon smolt reached its ...

The upcoming Cold Response 2026 will be the largest military exercise in Norway in 2026 with an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 participants from more than ten countries. "There will be about 4,000 US ...

The Saam FSU was built for transhipment of liquified natural gas from Russian Arctic plants, but has hardly been in use since it was deployed in the Ura Bay in June 2023. That is about to change.

Weapons that have been deployed by Ukrainian defence forces against Russian invaders are part of a new exhibition at the children and youth centre in Murmansk. In addition to the used M72 LAW and the ...

22-year-old Savelii Korostelev is seen as one of Russia's most talented skiers and as one that could challenge the hegemonic position of Norway in the sport. Recently, he has defeated Aleksandr ...

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree, according to which a mountain top in the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya will be named after Pyotr Fomin. The 1241-metre-high peak did not ...

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Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the population of the Murmansk region has decreased by 73,000 people. This follows from the official data of Rosstat. As of January 1, 2022, ...

"Today is a significant event for us – the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Khabarovsk is being launched from the renowned Sevmash shipyard," Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said after Navy ...

One week after Russia test-flew the nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile for 15 hours, Putin announced that the nuclear-powered underwater drone Poseidon has also been tested successfully. "For the ...