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Festival preparations are well underway

2012-02-07
Kirkenes is preparing for the Barents Spektakel 2012 festival. Stages for performances are being built, concerts are being rehearsed, people are arriving from near and far.
Foreign Ministers signing the Kirkenes declaration on January 11 - 1993.

New Kirkenes declaration in progress

2012-02-07
Next January marks the 20th anniversary of signing the Kirkenes declaration establishing the Barents cooperation. Norway now wants to take successful cross-border cooperation a step further and asks for input to a Kirkenes declaration, part II.
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North Korean accordionists perform A-ha tune in Barents

2012-02-06
Barents Spektakel arts and culture festival in Kirkenes near the Russian border opens this week with cross-border artists from around the world. A highlight is North Koreans performing “Take on Me.” See the video here.
Radio Barents 111

Tuning in on Barents identity

2012-02-02
Radio Barents 111 is a theatre performance which tries to explore life along the border in the north. Miles away from foreign minister’s negotiations on border regulations; the Samovarteateret wants to figure out why people live in the far north of Europe.
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Peanuts for Shtokman

2012-02-02
Gazprom intends to invest $7 million in the Shtokman project this year.
Photo: Trude Pettersen

Global tourism trends in Kirkenes

2012-02-02
More and more Russians and Chinese tourists visit Kirkenes. Global tourism trends are affecting the snow hotel in Kirkenes.
Reconstruction of Storskog border station. Winter 2012.

Reconstructs before demolishing

2012-02-01
Norway is urgently expanding its border station to Russia to meet booming traffic. The new constructions will however soon be demolished to clear the way for a brand new border station.
Navy officers in the Northern Fleet have noe reason for complaining about their salaries.

Russian military salaries soar

2012-02-01
Russian authorities have boosted military salaries to unprecedented levels. Military servicemen in Murmansk now earn twice as much as others.
Radioactive contaminated area.

Measures radioactive iodine in Barents Region

2012-01-31
Very low levels of the radioactive isotope iodine-131 in northern part of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Norwegian Radiation authorities is unsure about the source, but says it might come from, or via Russian territory.
Gazflot´s Arkticheskaya rig (photo: gazflot.ru)

Gazprom sells Gazflot

2012-01-31
One of Russia´s top offshore exploration companies might be up for sale.
 
Igor Orlov has to be approved by the regional Duma before the can enter the post as Governor of Arkhangelsk. (Photo: Belomornews)

Medvedev chooses Orlov as Governor of Arkhangelsk

2012-01-31
Igor Orlov is suggested by Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev as Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast.
Jan Helge Skogen, President of Statoil Russia

Statoil courts Rosneft

2012-01-27
OSLO: The Norwegian oil major is eager to join the development of huge offshore fields in Russia´s Arctic. But first it wants tax breaks from Moscow.
The LNG-plant on Melkøya outside Hammerfest in Northern Norway.

Increases Snøhvit gas estimates

2012-01-27
Statoil says the reserve is now believed to contain additional 20 million cubic meters.
Skiing in Norwegian mountains.

Moscow tourists want Norwegian adventure

2012-01-26
Visa boom to Norway as northern-Norway, the fjords and Oslo allures Russians.
Murmansk coal harbor

Going for coal

2012-01-26
Russia will boost its coal production with 30 percent. A significant share will be taken from Arctic mines.

Medvedev tells FSB to protect Arctic fisheries

2012-02-07
Russian President says additional measures should be taken to protect ...

University focuses interest on indigenous people

2012-02-07
Nenets Oil Company and Northern Arctic University (NARFU) establish a ...

El-consumptions peaks in cold Russia

2012-02-07
Severe cold made Russian consumption of electricity reach a historical...

Putin’s cousin invests in Murmansk

2012-02-06
Igor Putin, the Prime Minister’s cousin, plans to build an internation...

All time high at Lapland borders

2012-02-06
Never before has so many crossed the borders between Russia’s Kola Pen...

Pro-Europe Sauli Niinistö new president

2012-02-06
Landslide victory in Finland’s presidential election.

Norway, Russia plan path towards Arctic energy exploration

2012-02-06
Norway announces an initiative to invest about 6 million NOK in a Norw...

Lahnstein leaves Foreign Ministry

2012-02-03
Norwegian Government relocates State Secretary – no longer responsible...

Loggers protect Arkhangelsk forest

2012-02-03
Long negotiations between World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the biggest ti...

Trademark Barents

2012-02-02
The Barents cooperation has paved the way for the popularity of using ...

Yara drops cross-border processing idea

2012-02-02
Will be too expensive to process Lapland ore on Russia’s Kola Peninsul...

A great year for Gazprom

2012-02-02
The Russian giant increases production, boosts reserves and exports an...

FSB softens border regime

2012-02-01
Tears down newly established check-point in the border zone road towar...

Russian victories in cross border tournament

2012-02-01
Murmansk football teams won all matches when Russian and Norwegian foo...

No more Lada

2012-01-31
The Russian car was once the most sold vehicle in Finland. Now it is a...

Nuclear icebreaker turns south

2012-01-28
”50 Years of Victory” crossed the Arctic Circle Sunday morning and sai...

Testing out LNG on Northern Sea Route

2012-01-27
In the very near future we will conduct test sailing with LNG on the N...

Youth innovates Arctic in Arkhangelsk

200 young and creative entrepreneurs from all over the Barents region ...

Longyearbyen heats up

2012-01-27
Plus 1 degree celsius in Longyearbyen on Friday as the strange winter ...

Sir Elton John to Tromsø

2012-01-26
Sir Elton John will play a concert in the Arctic town of Tromsø in the...

Russia falls on Press Freedom Index

2012-01-26
Reporters Without Borders’ latest index downgrades Russia to 142nd pla...

Free access to research documents on the High North

2012-01-26
The University Library of Tromsø is launching a new service that servi...

Russia scraps three nuclear icebreakers

2012-01-26
By 2020 the nuclear icebreakers “Arktika”, “Sibir” and “Rossiya” will ...

Minister: “Lapland becomes Northern Congo”

2012-01-26
Foreign mining companies dig ore and leaves minimal benefits to Laplan...

It’s on the radio

2012-01-26
”Europe Plus” is the most popular radio station in Murmansk. Every six...

Lapland unemployment heats up presidential race

2012-01-26
Two candidates ready for second round of Finland’s presidential electi...

Murmansk governor still in power

2012-01-26
Dmitry Dmitriyenko today opened a meeting in the regional government, ...

Lukoil invests $1.3 billion in Titov and Trebs

2012-01-26
The development of two of the biggest remaining fields in the Timan-Pe...

Emma and Emil most popular

2012-01-25
See the list of most popular names in Norway in 2011.

0,3 percent visa-rejections

2012-01-25
Nearly everyone that applies in Murmansk get visa to Norway.