The European Commission has granted Norway €16,4 million to improve border security along Norway’s 198 kilometres border with ...

Communism, like Lenin, is dead. But Russian national chauvinism has come to an unprecedented life under Putin. Perhaps that is why in today's Russian ideological labyrinth, in which chauvinism is ...

Mikhail Gorbatchev knew this better than most. In his landmark Murmansk speech in October 1987, the General Secretary called for the Arctic as a "zone of peace". The policy included establishing a ...

"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 ...

Although the number of tourists visiting northern Norway continues to increase, tour operators in Kirkenes are worried that ...

Three people are reported killed, including a seven-year-old girl after Russia launched 702 missiles and drones overnight ...

The drone was launched from a submarine on Tuesday October 28, Vladimir Putin said. The test has a huge psychological effect ...

Ahead of next month's climate summit in Brazil, the UN has emphasised positive trends while also highlighting the lack of ...

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It was during last week’s Congress of the Russian Geographical Society that Putin announced that 2027 will be a so-called ...