BarentsObserver SpotlightsBarentsObserver Spotlightshttp://www.barentsobserver.com/CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easyWed, 04 Jan 2012 10:27:03 +0100 Read BarentsObserver's articles about the December 2011 Duma election and the upcoming Presidental election in March. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:13:53 +0100 http://www.barentsobserver.com/russia-between-elections.5000487.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/russia-between-elections.5000487.html Unusual warm weather in the Barents Region makes headache for winter tourism. Santa Claus’ home is nearly without snow and ski-resorts have record late season opening. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:17:30 +0100 http://www.barentsobserver.com/the-heat-is-on.4990862.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/the-heat-is-on.4990862.html Arctic Sea ice is shrinking so rapidly that by the summer in as little as four years’ time it could vanish altogether at the top of the globe. The International Energy Agency warns that climate change is irreversible by 2017. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:30:06 +0100 http://www.barentsobserver.com/alarm-ice-free-north-pole-by-2015.4983269.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/alarm-ice-free-north-pole-by-2015.4983269.html The Russian Government will next week discuss a draft for a grand-scaled state program for exploration and development of the continental shelf. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:03:53 +0100 http://www.barentsobserver.com/russia-draws-up-state-program-for-shelf-development.4982055.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/russia-draws-up-state-program-for-shelf-development.4982055.html Read BarentsObserver’s articles following the fire on the nuclear powered Delta-IV class submarine “Yekaterinburg” north of Murmansk. Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:27:03 +0100 http://www.barentsobserver.com/submarine-fire.5004047.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/submarine-fire.5004047.html KIRUNA: European financial crisis is of no concern and unemployment does not exist. Iron ore company LKAB's profit is skyrocketing as they dig their way deeper and deeper down under the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden. Now, the town has to move to prevent it from sinking into the cracks left by the mine. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:16:02 +0100 http://www.barentsobserver.com/mining-down-deep-profits-sky-rocket.4979524.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/mining-down-deep-profits-sky-rocket.4979524.html NIKEL: People in the Russian border-town can see Norway from their kitchen windows, but find it much easier to apply for visa to Finland when traveling abroad. Obtaining a Pomor-visa to Norway requires personal attendance at the consulate general in Murmansk, a distance far longer than the border itself. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:39:13 +0200 http://www.barentsobserver.com/norwegian-visa-bureaucracy-hampers-cross-border-development.4973869.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/norwegian-visa-bureaucracy-hampers-cross-border-development.4973869.html Public prosecutor says Norway has no intention to change the routines in the fishery protection zone around Svalbard. Russian Fish Producers’ Union however claims that the fishing ground has status as an open sea where vessels are subject only to the laws of the country which owns them. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:24:46 +0200 http://www.barentsobserver.com/-russians-must-follow-norwegian-law.4972044.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/-russians-must-follow-norwegian-law.4972044.html KIRUNA: The meetings in the Regional council and in the Barents Euro-Arctic council took place in Kiruna this week on several spectacular locations. See BarentsObserver.com's photos from Kiruna. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:32:04 +0200 http://www.barentsobserver.com/photos-and-video-from-kiruna-meetings.4971777.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/photos-and-video-from-kiruna-meetings.4971777.html ARKHANGELSK: Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin outlines a bright future for the High North as a provider of new transport routes and as an arena for international cooperation. Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:10:19 +0200 http://www.barentsobserver.com/putin-sees-bright-future-for-arctic-transport.4963803.html http://www.barentsobserver.com/putin-sees-bright-future-for-arctic-transport.4963803.html