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President Joe Biden on Thursday hailed the complex prisoner-swap deal with Russia that freed unjustly imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, and two others in exchange for prisoners including Russian assassin Vadim Krasikov as a prodigious “feat of diplomacy.”

Norway signed a deal to start stockpiling grain, saying the COVID-19 pandemic, a war in Europe and climate change have made it necessary.

Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the move was a step towards focussing “all our efforts” on a two-state solution.

Israel formally summoned the ambassadors of Ireland, Norway, and Spain on Thursday and made them watch recently-released footage of Hamas abducting female Israeli soldiers as part of an official reprimand.

Hamas celebrated Wednesday as Ireland, Norway, and Spain announced that they would recognize a Palestinian state in the wake of the October 7 terror attacks against Israel, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors from all three.

A Norwegian citizen born in Oslo to Pakistan immigrants, Bhatti was a leading figure in radical Islamic circles in Norway for years.

A convicted sex offender is asking the Norwegian Supreme Court to declare that social media access is a human right.

Two bomb threats led to a brief lockdown of the Norwegian parliament Wednesday, while lawmakers continued debate inside.

Norway has become the latest European state to look again at its conscription programme, pushed by Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Denmark is more than doubling the period of mandatory service, calling up more young people, and requiring women to enrol for the first time.

Pro-Israel women in Oslo, Norway, were prevented from attending an International Women’s Day march by organizers and pro-Palestinian participants on Friday.

A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane arrived on Friday in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi.

A Norwegian lawmaker revealed on Friday that he had nominated the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), its office dedicated to services for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, for the Nobel Peace Prize.

A Norwegian citizen originally from Iran was charged with aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in Olso.

A group of northern Euro nations has agreed to work together, saying they will share deportation flights and organise voluntary repatriations.

Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store on Sunday decried Israel’s response to the terrorist attack by Hamas earlier this month as “disproportionate.”

Norway will spend $6 million per year stocking up on grain as the pandemic, war, & climate have made it necessary, govt says.

Mathias Normann terminated his contract with the team and left Russia after a drone strike on buildings near the neighborhood where he lived.

Police arrest Norwegian citizen in Hungary on suspicion of planning extremist attack modeled on 2011 massacre in Norway that killed 77.

It is “obvious” why Russia is interested in European infrastructure and there is suspicion cables and pipes may already have been “mined”. 

A classic of the Cold War — Russian spy trawlers — with ostensibly civilian ships loitering close to NATO exercises and underwater cables. 

Russia has dismissed as “fake news” claims the country is spying on NATO neighbour state Norway, and now considers the country hostile.

Norway’s govt said it was expelling 15 Russian diplomats, saying they were suspected of spying while working at the Russian Embassy in Oslo.

A TikTok data centre is using so much electricity there isn’t any spare to power the expansion of an arms manufacturing plant, they claim. 

Norway’s medical watchdog has ruled that “not enough research” has been done on the safety of trans drugs and surgery for children, and that such treatments should be regarded as experimental. 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Police on Thursday removed activists from the entrance to two Norwegian government offices as campaigners continued their protest against a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway.

Greta Thunberg was hauled off by police in Norway on Wednesday during a protest against a wind turbine project in the country’s north.

Professional protester Greta Thunberg helped block the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry Monday to demand freedom for indigenous reindeer herding.

The number of alleged anti-“LGBTQ+” attacks in Europe spiked in 2022, a year that saw the highest number of asylum seekers arrive on the continent since the 2016 migrant crisis.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Ukraine is using up ammunition far faster than its allies can provide it.

Oil-rich Norway is looking to donate 75 billion kroner ($7.3 billion) to Kyiv as part of a five-year support package.

Norwegian authorities cancelled a Qur’an burning protest that was set to take place on Friday after Turkish officials summoned the Norwegian ambassador in Ankara.

Norway’s University of Bergen has launched a study of the role played by white paint in extending white supremacy around the globe.

A Norwegian filmmaker is facing up to three years in jail for posting on Facebook that male-to-female transgenders can’t be lesbians — an apparent violation of the country’s hate speech laws.

The son of a Russian businessman close to President Putin has been acquitted of violating a law that bars Russians from flying drones.

Norwegian police said two people tried in vain to glue themselves to Edvard Munch´s 1893 masterpiece “The Scream”.