What with the two-front fishing war against both Britain and the EU set to commence on January 1 and now this, Norway has suddenly gone all hyper-aggressive.
From The Barents Observer:
Lapland Border Guard investigates a case of a Norwegian soldier, from the Garrison of Sør-Varanger, on foot walked a few meters into Finnish territory on December 8.
It was the Norwegian police who told their Border Guard colleagues in Finland about the incident.
“Suspected territorial violation,” says the Finnish Border Guard when informing about the case.
Spokesperson for the Norwegian Army, Major Eirik Skomedal, says in a phone interview that the incident happened at the tripoint where the borders between Norway, Russia and Finland meet. The site, in the wilderness of the Pasvik valley, is on a hill and is clearly marked with a Three-Country Cairn made of stones. Trees are logged along the border, but there are no fences to stop trespassing....
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And back in 2018:
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