Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide

Bulgaria and Norway are going to work together on joint projects in the Western Balkans in order to urge young people to stay and develop in their home countries, reported the Bulgarian National Radio.

This was agreed by Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide.

Norway has announced plans to send an armored infantry battalion to its arctic border with Russia and buy more tanks and artillery in response to growing threats, according to Reuters.

Scandinavian Defense Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide did not mention Russia as she revealed the government's military plan. She explained that there is no specific military threat at the moment.

Norway has deployed more soldiers to a remote region called Finnmark in the Arctic circle on its borders with Russia. The move comes as tensions between Russia and the US, UK and Norway are rising as the NATO members are monitoring Russia’s activities in the North.