Alexander Stubb, famous in the Barents Region for branding the north as the world´s most sexy region, is put on track to take over after Jyrki Katainen.
Oslo asks Moscow for an explanation after BarentsObserver earlier today reported that Russia’s sanctioned Deputy Prime Minister suddenly appeared on Svalbard.
Conservative leader Erna Solberg forms a minority government with the Progress party with parliament backing from the Liberals and Christian Democrats based on an agreement not to open for controversial Arctic oil drilling.
The European Union is ready to start up talks with Russia about a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, the Unions Slovenian Presidency confirms.
Amid heavy support from the governor, acting city mayor Viktor Pavlenko failed to win this weekends mayors election in Arkhangelsk. Larisa Bazanova, a previously unknown businesswoman from Moscow, will be the new mayor of Arkhangelsk, the local election commission confirms.
“We, the leaders of the European Union and Russia, today started the negotiations on a new Russia-EU Agreement, which will replace the existing Partnership and Cooperation Agreement from 1997”, a joint statement from today’s EU-Russia summit reads.
Russian regions are sceptical about the ambitious innovation plans presented by federal authorities. Insufficient state funding and under-developed infrastructure are the main obstacles, they say.
The leaders of the EU have decided to put talks on a new Partnership Cooperation Agreement with Russia on hold until the country backs out of Georgia proper.
Nikolay Kiselyov, the former governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast, will be deprived his current position as the region’s representative in the Federation Council, the upper house in the federal parliament.
In their meeting today, EU leaders failed to agree on when to restart negotiations with Russia over a new partnership agreement. Instead, it was agreed to initiate “a full in-depth evaluation of EU-Russia relations”. The Commission still hopes to resume talks on 14 November.
Along with several cabinet ministers, Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen today met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The meeting comes only one day after Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb went to the Russian capital to meet with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Following the dismissal of Governor Yevdokimov and the appointment of Dmitry Dmitriyenko new acting governor, the whole Murmansk regional government resigns.
