MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. Norway is practically violating provisions of the Svalbard Treaty and is rejecting the idea to meet for bilateral talks on the issue, spokeswoman for the Russian ...

Andrei Gurulyov, a member of the Defense Committee of the State Duma, told the Russia-1 channel it is necessary to move from joint development of Svalbard to a Russian option.

Norwegian soldiers have embarked on the longest mid-winter training exercise in recent history, cutting all contact with the ...

At the end of World War I the Svalbard Treaty gave Norway sovereignty over the archipelago, whose resources Sweden and Russia also eyed. The treaty proved to be a turning point. Over the course of ...

No Residence Permits Thanks to the 1920 Svalbard Treaty, people from any nation can reside and work in the archipelago without applying for a visa or residence permit. Unlike most other ...

The Svalbard Treaty, signed in 1920, grants Norway sovereignty over the archipelago but allows all other signatories to exploit its natural resources, which currently includes 48 parties, including ...

However, while the Svalbard Treaty grants Norway full sovereignty and doesn’t allow the archipelago to be used for military purposes, free entry and residence is in place for nationals of signatory ...

Thus, in accordance with Article 9 of the 1920 Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Treaty, Norway is obligated not to create or allow the creation of infrastructure that can be used for war purposes.