Kirkenes is one of the most curious spots on the Norwegian tourist trail. The only reason the small Arctic town is on the radar of tourists at all is because its port is the turnaround point for the ...

Snowcapped peaks plunging straight down to glassy fjords, the unmistakable flash of the shimmering Aurora Borealis and the chance to taste king crab fresh from the Barents Sea — all this and more ...

Town was symbol of cross-border cooperation in Arctic Norwegians, Russians, Ukrainians live together Businesses are dependent on Russia, lessening their ties KIRKENES, Norway, May 11 (Reuters) - (This ...

SETERMOEN/KIRKENES, Norway (Reuters) - Under a soft winter sun in northern Norway, U.S. Marines train in the ice and snow as they learn how to fight in the freezing cold. "Which country is to the ...

Rising tensions between Russia and NATO have extended to the Arctic, where the US has increased its military presence. Those strained relations have worried many who are used to living with relative ...

KIRKENES, Norway — The Russian city of Nikel is a ghost town. Norwegian border guards, from their observation tower a few miles away, peer over into the former factory city, which has seen its decline ...

FILE - A sign indicating the Storskog border crossing between Russia and Norway is pictured near Kirkenes, Norway, on Sept. 28, 2022. Norway on Thursday May 23, 2024 said it would further tighten ...

Frode Berg, a trusting pensioner, willingly worked for Norwegian intelligence. Then, he says, they hung him out to dry. By Anton Troianovski KIRKENES, Norway — Frode Berg says he never meant to be a ...

Frode Berg was a border inspector on the brink of retirement when, in 2014, he was first recruited by the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS). Berg was based in Kirkenes, a town of 3,500 nestled amid ...