Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich polar ...

There are long-term patterns in how Russia approaches Norway on Svalbard. Over the years, Moscow’s proposals for bilateral ...

Since 2008, 1.3 million seed varieties from 128 countries have been deposited in the global seed vault, located in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. It serves as a life insurance policy in case of ...

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the ...

OSLO - Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich ...

Svalbard, a remote Norwegian archipelago located close to the North Pole, is known for its stunning landscapes, harsh Arctic ...

"Svalbard is an important part of Norway and thus important to us all," King Harald, 88, said in a speech in Longyearbyen, the archipelago's main settlement. "We see an increased interest in the ...

The Svalbard treaty restricts military use of the archipelago, but the islands are not a demilitarised zone. Russia has in the past accused Norway of militarising Svalbard, which Oslo denies.