With its painstaking balancing act, Norway prepares for both peace and war

With its painstaking balancing act, Norway prepares for both peace and war Michael Byers Oslo Special to The Globe and Mail Published October 3, 2022 The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced here on Oct. [...] During the Second World War, German forces occupied Norway for five years, and during the Cold War, Soviet and U. [...] As Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said in June: “Norway has shared a border with the Soviet Union and then Russia, and while being a 1 member of NATO, managing a balanced relationship of cooperation and als. [...] In 2010, Norway and Russia also divided 175,000 square kilometres of disputed water and seabed in the Barents Sea in half. [...] When Norwegian sanctions impeded its resupply earlier this year, Norway solved the problem by transferring the supplies from Russian to Norwegian trucks at the land border between the two countries.