Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is in lead for a large Norwegian delegation to Arkhangelsk next week. The main event is the opening of Norway’s new honorary consulate, but the program is also packed with other political, cultural and scien...
For the first time ever, a bulk carrier with non-Russian flag is using the Northern Sea Route as a transit trade lane, when transporting iron ore from the Northern Norway to China via Arctic and Russian waters.
Today we mark the 70 years anniversary for one of the many events that took place in the Northern areas of Norway, Russia and Finland during WWII. On August 16, 1940, the Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha, the Princesses Ragnhild and Astrid and Prince...
The head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat’s Russian offices, Andrey Shalyov, is to become Norway’s Honorary Consul in Arkhangelsk. The Honorary Consulate will be opened in September.
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The Kremlin changes politics towards governors of Russian regions. They must create good relationship with local political elites, or face dismissal. 
The Municipality Council in Pechenga, located on the border to Norway and Finland, last week elected a temporary mayor until a town manager can be appointed.
In less than two months, the Russian municipality of Pechenga, located on the border to Norway and Finland, has lost two mayors under tragic circumstances. T...
Yevgeny Nikora, leader of the United Russia party in Murmansk and speaker in the regional parliament, has resigned from his post.
The last elected Governor in the Russian part of the Barents Region resigned on Wednesday. The leader of the Karelian Republic Sergey Katanandov leaves the o...
The October Court in Murmansk has turned down a case from Sergey Subbotin, the disgraced city mayor who was dismissed by the City Council last month.
Aleksey Palamarchuk has been appointed acting City Mayor of Murmansk.
The local United Russia party branch in Arkhangelsk last week decided to work for the abolishment of direct city mayoral elections and instead introduce a sy...
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