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The King of Norway was hospitalized in Malaysia due to an infection during a private trip to this Southeast Asian country.

Today, on February 27, animal rights activists and wildlife lovers join the celebration of the International Polar Bear Day. Polar bears are the largest terrestrial carnivores on the planet.

Ukraine has started negotiations with Norway on a bilateral security agreement to formalize their security commitments to support Ukraine against Russian invasion.

Ukrainian athlete Mariia Stashko won a bronze medal in air rifle shooting among juniors at the 2024 European Shooting Championships.

Ukraine is working on a security cooperation agreement with Japan and will discuss the content of the agreement with the United States after Congress approves further assistance to Ukraine.

The first group of four Ukrainian pilots will complete training on F-16 fighter jets by summer, the Arizona National Guard reports.

The Netherlands has begun transferring drones to Ukraine as part of an international drone coalition to support Ukraine's defense needs.

Most of Ukraine's public debt consists of long-term concessional loans from international partners. According to the Ministry of Finance, 10 countries provided grant assistance to Ukraine, namely: The United States, Japan, Norway, Germany, Spain, Finland, Switzerland, Ireland, Belgium, and Iceland.

Today, on the third Sunday of February, many countries around the world are celebrating World Whale Day. The organizers of the event tried to draw the attention of society and governments to the need to take measures to restore the whale population on the planet, which has been significantly affected by whaling.

Russian children near the Norwegian border are taught military skills, such as shooting assault rifles and making camouflage.

The new members of the Donor Coordination Platform will commit more than $5. 5 billion to Ukraine's recovery to help avoid financial instability in 2024.

Norway will start a training course for Ukrainian marines in small boat operations in the spring.

The EU proposes to impose sanctions on North Korea for supplying russia with missiles used against Ukraine.

russia is gradually gaining the upper hand in the war against Ukraine thanks to military support from countries such as North Korea and China, the head of Norwegian military intelligence believes.

India is close to signing a unique USD 100 billion trade agreement with Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, which provides for significant investment in India in exchange for easier access to trade.

The US and the Philippines conducted joint naval and air patrols in the South China Sea as part of annual military exercises, with a US general saying that this does not affect America's focus on the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Norway plans to transfer ten more launchers and four more air defense fire control centers to Ukraine to strengthen its air defense against Russian missiles and drones.

Nordic and Baltic lawmakers expressed concern over delays in providing military assistance to Ukraine and called for a clearer American strategy to counter Russian aggression.

To counteract the reduction in livestock, the government will provide UAH 7 thousand of state aid per head to farmers with 3 to 100 cows.

Representatives of Ukraine and Sweden discussed the financial terms and obligations of Ukraine to participate in the project, as well as the terms, conditions, and mechanism for the procurement of CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles.

Norway refused to grant asylum to Andrei Medvedev, a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group, but granted him a temporary residence permit due to a security threat if he returned to russia.

During his visit to Norway, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine discussed the purchase of weapons directly from Norwegian defense companies and the establishment of joint production of weapons in Ukraine.

Former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will lead an independent review of the UN Refugee Agency following Israeli accusations that some staff members were involved in a Hamas attack.

Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party and its allies boycotted an extraordinary session of the Hungarian parliament, which was to vote on the ratification of Sweden's application for NATO membership, making the vote impossible.

Norway grants the Pentagon access to eight additional military facilities in Norway as part of an amendment to the bilateral defense cooperation agreement until 2022.

The employment program for refugees from Ukraine in Germany has so far proved to be unsuccessful: only 170,000 out of 840,000 refugees were employed three months after its introduction.

Ukraine is actively developing partnerships in the defense industry, having concluded dozens of agreements on joint arms production with more than two dozen countries.

The German states have agreed to provide part of the assistance to asylum seekers through payment cards to prevent money transfers abroad.

Norway will introduce stricter rules for Ukrainian refugees to reduce pressure on municipalities, including work requirements and restrictions on financial assistance to those living outside of refugee centers.

The Ukrainian government has decided to lease a part of the Sukhoi Estuary in Odesa region for mariculture, allowing entrepreneurs to grow clams, shrimp and other seafood. This will help to provide the domestic market with healthy seafood, drawing on the experience of mariculture leaders such as Norway and Chile.