Tim Whewell reports on what it means for the Norwegian outpost of Kirkenes, where Norwegians and Russians work closely together in the oil and fishing business and where cooperation and friendship go back decades.

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Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on Saturday said the Norwegian government will soon ask that parliament increases its financial backing for Ukraine. Stoere said they would go back to parliament in the near future with a proposal to increase the support Norway’s parliament had late last year agreed to support Ukraine with 35 billion

Tim Whewell reports on what it means for the Norwegian outpost of Kirkenes, where Norwegians and Russians work closely together in the oil and fishing business and where cooperation and friendship go back decades.

"The allegations have no basis in reality at all. Norway has solid and good intelligence cooperation with the US," Nils Andreas Stensønes, head of the Norwegian Intelligence Service, responded on Thursday.

Norway will more than double its aid to Ukraine in 2025 to bring the annual total to 7.8 billion US dollars, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced Thursday, expressing concern that Russia was "heavily arming".

Norway will more than double its financial pledge to Ukraine this year while also hiking its own defence spending, the prime minister said on Thursday, declaring the Nordic country faced its most serious security situation for 80 years.

Funds would serve to strengthen Ukraine’s position, support a peace plan, enhance European security, prime minister says - Anadolu Ajansı

The Norwegian government will soon ask that parliament increases its financial backing for Ukraine, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told public broadcaster NRK on Saturday.