Norway’s Arctic University Museum to Be Located in Tromsø City Centre "This is the starting point for a brand new museum building which will have great significance for Tromsø as a knowledge city," says Oddmund Hoel, Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education.
Stortinget says yes to Swedish and Finnish NATO Membership On Thursday, the Norwegian parliament Stortinget voted to include Sweden and Finland into NATO. Turkey is still not willing to approve their applications, and Finland’s prime minister fears a frozen process.
2021 Parliamentary Elections in the Arctic Four Arctic nations have parliamentary elections in September this year. The people of Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Russia will have their say in who is to govern the Arctic for the next four years.
“Norway’s National Security Can Only Be Maintained Through Close Cooperation With Our Allies”. Security politics in the recent Norwegian High North whitepaper leads to increased militarization of the Arctic, according to Lieutenant Colonel Tormod Heier. “Norway’s deterrence and defense capacity is inextricably linked to our NATO membership, in which the USA constitutes the biggest military capacity”, says Hårek Elvenes (Conservatives), MP and member of the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and Defense Policy.
The Political Oil Decisions Resemble A Rave Party with High Drug Factor Commentary: There is something highly symbolic about the Norwegian parliament, Stortinget, yesterday choosing to close its doors when seeking an explanation for the NOK 200 billion Equinor collapse in the USA. Coincidentally, that happened at the same time as news broke that the Norwegian Ministry of Oil and Energy a few years ago manipulated its way into opening southeastern parts of the Barents Sea for oil exploration.
Claims Russia was Behind Cyber Attack against the Norwegian Parliament Tuesday, the Norwegian government announced that it has concluded that Russia was behind the cyberattack against the Norwegian parliament Stortinget on 24 August, an attack in which email accounts of both MP’s and Stortinget staff were attacked.
