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This is the first time European leaders have had direct communication with Russia's president in more than a year.

Finland and Norway have called Putin about ending the Ukraine war, drawing Danish criticism. The dispute highlights divisions over European engagement with Moscow ahead of planned US-led peace talks.

​The ​leaders ​of ⁠ Finland ⁠and Norway spoke to Russian President Vladimir ⁠Putin on Tuesday to discuss the prospects for a peace deal in Ukraine. Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store initiated the call in consultation with Ukraine , they said in a joint statement. The call aimed to directly convey messages to Mr

Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Støre initiated the call to discuss efforts to end the Ukraine war.

<p>Jonas Gahr Støre says he and Finland’s Alexander Stubb had ‘substantive’ discussion with Russian president on behalf of their two countries only</p><p>Meanwhile, <strong>Wes Streeting, the defence secretary, has warned that Russia’s Vladimir Putin is “testing us and testing Nato’s resolve” as he condemned hybrid threats and “state-sponsored terrorism” fro

Finland's president and Norway's prime minister held a "frank and substantive" discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin about efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the Nordic leaders said.

"What about me?" wonders U.S. president in a new blast at Oslo over the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nicki Minaj said Donald Trump "has given us a future to look forward to" as she joined the US president on stage at a rally in Michigan.

Fewer than 20 coins minted under Norwegian King Olaf II Haraldsson have ever been found. "We can almost imagine Olaf himself holding this coin in his hand," one researcher says

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy met with Norwegian and Finnish leaders in Oslo and held talks with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Trump is pressuring Zelenskyy to "make a deal" with Russia.