The proposed legal change comes amid the possibility of a future increase in Norwegian and allied presence in the area.

STORY: Local politicians on Britain's Orkney Islands say they are considering what they're calling "alternative forms of governance" -- including potentially leaving the UK and becoming part of Norway ...

A jagged thread of granite and sea stacked above the Arctic Circle, Norway’s rugged Lofoten islands look less like they were placed on a map than hurled at it. Primordial, vast and vertical, its ...

Planning a trip to the Lofoten Islands, Norway, but don’t know where to start? Keep scrolling for my ultimate guide to planning a trip to Norway’s Lofoten Islands! This Lofoten Islands planning guide ...

Don’t you wish those long summer days could last forever? An island in northern Norway is campaigning to do just that. With the Northern Hemisphere’s summer solstice just around the corner on June 21, ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Russia accused Norway of militarising the Svalbard archipelago, a claim Norway denied in a comment to news agency NTB after Russia on Friday had summoned the Norwegian ambassador ...