Norway Sweden Finland Murmansk Obl. Rep. of Karelia Arkhangelsk Obl. Nenets AO Rep. of Komi
The German theatre ensamble Pan. Optikum and their show IL CORSO

Barents Spektakel calling for Arctic focus

February the 3rd the Barents Spektakel festival of 2010 will kick off in the Norwegian-Russian border town of Kirkenes. This year’s festival slogan is Arctic Calling and most events give their individual views upon this theme.
Youth in the Barents Region are happier than in other parts of the Barents countries.

Children and youth are happier in the Barents region

A doctoral theses from the University of Lapland concludes that children and youth in the northern parts of Norway, Finland, Russia and Sweden are happier than in the southern parts of the same countries.
NATO-Russia Council

Revitalized military cooperation

NATO and Russia agreed on a framework for military-to-military cooperation at their Council meeting in Brussels on Tuesday.
M/S Traal (photo from http://home.no/traal/)

EU and Norway finally reached deals on fish

Two months after the negotiations on the annual fisheries agreement collapsed, EU and Norway on Tuesday reached a deal.
Photo: BarentsPhoto.com

Successful cross-border customs cooperation

Through a well-established cooperation the customs services in the four countries in the Barents region contribute to keep the level of smuggling across the borders low.
Russian Tu-95

NATO fighters scrambled 38 times in 2009

Norwegian F-16 jet fighters identified less Russian military aircrafts outside Norwegian airspace last year than in 2008.
Petrozavodsk (Photo Barentsphoto.com)

Wants to name street after Petrozavodsk

Local politicians in Rana, Northern Norway, want to name a street in the town after Petrozavodsk, capital in the Republic of Karelia.
Cleaning bird after oil spill

Oil spill more harmful to northern ecosystems

The ecosystems in the north are more vulnerable to oil spill than the marine- and coastal nature in southern areas, a new scientific report shows.
Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Jonas Gahr St�re

Norway, Russia pleased with progress in delineation of the Barents Sea

Russian and Norway are pleased with the progress in the talks on delimitation of the Barents Sea, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Alexey Filin and Maria Goman were the first Russian citizens to get multiple years valid visas to Schengen from the Norwegian General Counsulate in Murmansk in 2008.

Broad EU support to ease visa regime for Russians

None of European Union’s 27 member states have voiced opposition to last week’s initiative by the Spanish Foreign Minister to ease visa requirements for Russian citizens.