Polish archaeologist Michał Konrad Grabowski from the University of Warsaw published in the journal International Journal of Nautical Archaeology the first results of the study of a wooden ship from the first half of the 17th century, found on the bottom of Greifswald Bay off the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany. The vessel was accidentally discovered in 2023 during preparations for the construction of a 50-kilometer underwater gas pipeline between the LNG terminal in Mukran on the island of Rügen and the gas transmission station near the resort of Lubmin.

#archeology #BalticSea #GerardvanKeulen #Germany #ship #Norway

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In 2027, Norway plans to allocate 85 billion Norwegian kroner, or about $9 billion, to support Ukraine. This was stated by Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre after a meeting in New York with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

#AlexanderStubb #VladimirZelensky #JonasGahrStøre #Norway #NewYork #Ukraine

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The EU Council approved the eighth tranche of nearly €3 billion from the fund for Ukraine, and Kyiv will soon receive these funds. Nearly €800 million of this amount will be provided for the first time from the loan funds to support Ukraine.

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Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russian drones twice tried to attack his plane. According to him, the first episode was on September 8 during departure to Oslo, and the second — when he was returning to Kyiv from Chișinău, the capital of Moldova.

#CBSNews #VladimirZelensky #Kiev #Moldova #Norway #Russiandrones

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The German startup Isar Aerospace successfully launched a rocket into orbit from a launch complex in Norway. The flight with five small satellites became the first successful commercial orbital launch from continental Europe.

#IsarAerospace #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanSpaceAgency #Norway #Paris #FriedrichMerz

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The Russian Foreign Ministry said it will seek the lifting of the arrest on the vessel «Professor Molchanov». The ministry also demanded that Oslo comply with international law, including the provisions and spirit of the Svalbard Treaty.

#TreatyofSpitsbergen #RussianMinistryofForeignAffairs #Naftogaz #Norway #ProfessorMolchanov #Spitsbergen

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The Nord-Troms District Court in Norway on August 31 granted the claim filed by Ukraine’s Naftogaz and ordered the arrest of the Russian research vessel Professor Molchanov in Barentsburg on Svalbard. On September 2, the Governor of Svalbard placed the vessel under arrest, and it will remain moored in Barentsburg until further notice.

#Arktikugol #Barentsburg #Naftogaz #Norway #ProfessorMolchanov #Spitsbergen

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