BarentsObserverBarentsObserverhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easyTue, 06 Jan 2009 10:55:36 +0100 The Russian Armed Forces are going through radical reforms to become more mobile and more capable to solve local conflicts with neighbouring states. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:55:36 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/russian-army-to-become-more-mobile.4541460.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/russian-army-to-become-more-mobile.4541460.html In her annual speech in the Oslo Military Society yesterday, Norwegian Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen said that the general higher level of tensions between Russia and the West affect relations also in the High North. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:49:18 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/norways-defence-analysis-of-russia.4541436.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/norways-defence-analysis-of-russia.4541436.html The Russian government is ready to cash out almost 10 trillion RUB in counter-crisis measures. An economist says the state support is badly and inefficiently distributed and that it will only hamper the modernization of the Russian economy. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:55:35 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/expert-crisis-measures-hamper-modernization-of-economy.4541368.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/expert-crisis-measures-hamper-modernization-of-economy.4541368.html As recession looms, the people of Finland increasingly worry about the situation in the labor market. Unemployment is now a bigger concern for the average Finn that climate change, a new poll concludes. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:59:55 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/higher-unemployment-raises-concern-in-finland.4541245.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/higher-unemployment-raises-concern-in-finland.4541245.html The Norwegian government demands that the tourism industry in northern Norway speeds up the elaboration of a joint promotion plan for the entire region. However, the industry is still arguing wheather joint efforts will be in the best interest of all or not. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:01:03 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/disagreement-on-joint-efforts-for-tourism.4541298.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/disagreement-on-joint-efforts-for-tourism.4541298.html Shafig Amrahov, editor of the Regional News Agency in Murmansk, was severely wounded after he got several gunshots in the head when entering his apartment house. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/murmansk-editor-shot.4541078.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/murmansk-editor-shot.4541078.html The air wing from the Russian Northern Fleet aircraft carrier ”Admiral Kuznetsov” will conduct training over Greek air territory in January. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:57:15 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/russian-aircraft-carrier-to-conduct-training-outside-greece.4540831.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/russian-aircraft-carrier-to-conduct-training-outside-greece.4540831.html At the end of January the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes will be the venue for one of the Barents Region's largest cultural festivals, the Barents Spektakel. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:04:21 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/more-spectacular-than-ever.4541191.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/more-spectacular-than-ever.4541191.html The Norwegian Defense will upgrade the infrastructure at the military camp and patrol stations along the border to Russia for some 100 million USD. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/military-investments-at-border-to-russia.4541072.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/military-investments-at-border-to-russia.4541072.html In the course of 2008, the Murmansk Regional Ministry for Recourses and Ecology gave 163 permissions to emissions of dangerous pollutants into the air. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:54:43 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/163-pollution-permits-in-murmansk-last-year.4540822.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/163-pollution-permits-in-murmansk-last-year.4540822.html