Europe An Arctic ‘Great Game’ as NATO allies and Russia face off in far north Members of the Jarfjord border guard team pose for a portrait near the seaport of Kirkenes, Norway, on June 7. A cable car view of Tromso, a coastal city in the Norwegian Arctic, leading to Mount Storsteinen, on June 9, 2023. Berg, who admitted that he cooperated with Norwegian intelligence and traveled to Russia as a courier, was freed in a prisoner swap. “We are quite certain that he is not Brazilian,” said the Norwegian Security Service’s Thomas Blom last fall. “Our main mission at this time is to keep the council intact, surviving,” said Morten Hoglund, the chair of the Senior Arctic Officials of the Arctic Council.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 17, 2023 10:40 UTC