Archaeology in Norway: University of Stavanger teams have reopened a long-studied burial mound first examined in 1902, uncovering clues that the site may still preserve parts of a roughly 50-foot Viking ship, including possible rivets and construction layers. Norway & geopolitics: Norway’s foreign minister Espen Barth Eide met Pakistan’s Mohsin Naqvi, with both sides pledging deeper counterterrorism and police cooperation and Naqvi citing a 47% drop in illegal immigration to Europe. Regional security talk: Poland’s Donald Tusk said Warsaw is building a northern alliance approach involving Norway, Sweden, Finland and Baltic states to better withstand Russia’s pressure. Sports (Norway): Norway’s Beatrice Nedberge Llano won bronze at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham in the women’s hammer, while Finland’s Silja Kosonen took gold. Culture & Oslo: Lily Allen brought her West End Girl stage show to Oslo’s Oyafestivalen, mixing theatre-style storytelling with a fashion-forward performance. Wildlife rules in Svalbard: A person was fined NOK 50,000 after sounding a ship horn to wake a sleeping polar bear in Svalbard. Chess: Magnus Carlsen defended his Esports World Cup title, finishing undefeated in the final.