The agreement between Russia and Norway on the maritime delimitation line in the Barents Sea and the Polar Sea will be signed in the Russian city of Murmansk on September 15th.
Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and his Russian opposite number, Sergej Lavrov, will sign the agreement, public broadcaster NRK reports, quoting the Norwegian Ebassy in Moscow.
The signing marks the end of 40 years of negotiations on the maritime border in the North between the two nations.
Agreement on the new border agreement was announced in April, during Russian President Dmitrij Medvedev's visit to Norway.
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Open borders and mild sentences encourages more foreigners to come to Norway to commit criminal acts, says Oslo Police Chief Hans Sverre Sjøvold.
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The Norwegian government has provided NOK 35 million in a “winter package” for Syrian refugees and internally displaced people.
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- The UN has been and continues to be essential to our efforts to promote the welfare, security and fundamental political values of Norwegian society, says Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide.
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The owners of the property at Årvoll in Oslo gave the Roma people a 6 p.m. departure deadline on Tuesday, ten days after they first settled at the camp, and all have now left.
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According to the Norwegian Bureau of Crime Investigation (Kripos), criminals from Lithuania have become one of the groups that pose the largest criminal threat to Norway.
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I still remind people that I chose life when I decided to fight for democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi told NRK in an interview Saturday. Today, 10,000 people celebrated the Nobel Peace Price Winner in the town hall square.
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Bilder Nordic School of Photography is located in central Oslo, Norway, and is one of the leading photography schools in Scandinavia today.
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During the past eight years, the export of Norwegian literature has more than doubled, and this year the government plans to spend NOK 12 million on promoting Norwegian literature beyond our borders.(Photo: Author Jo Nesbø)
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According to Norway's new Defence Plan includes providing the personnel needed to help strengthen NATO’s new missile defense system, the so-called rocket shield defence.
There will be Norwegian staff involved in both the operational functions and the actual decision-making process, Aftenbladet reports. Norway will also assist with the intelligence aspect of the project, while other tasks and involvement may arise as the system develops.
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Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says Norway will ratify the Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. He made the statement at the Nuclear Safety Summit in Seoul.
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Students from KUM SONG School here playing Norwegian group A-ha's "Take-on-me". Recorded in Pyongyang, North Korea December 2011. The video has already become a hit on Youtube with more than 1,2 million views by now.
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