BarentsObserverBarentsObserverhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easyFri, 19 Mar 2010 13:42:43 +0100 The Norwegian Barents Secretariat gets NOK 36 million to bilateral Norwegian-Russian project cooperation in 2010, up one million from last year. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:42:43 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/more-cash-to-barents-projects.4761471.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/more-cash-to-barents-projects.4761471.html The Russian Northern Fleet’s strategic nuclear Delta-IV class submarine K-407 “Novomoskovsk” will be launched after in November after modernization at the Zvezdochka shipyard in Severodvinsk. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:36:49 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/another-modernized-nuclear-submarine-to-be-launched-in-2010.4761358.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/another-modernized-nuclear-submarine-to-be-launched-in-2010.4761358.html Vnukovo airport outside Moscow should become the main logistics base in Russia’s increased focus on the High North, says Presidential Aide on Arctic and Antarctic Affairs Artur Chilingarov. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:59:30 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/moscow-airport-vnukovo-to-become-arctic-logistics-base.4761334.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/moscow-airport-vnukovo-to-become-arctic-logistics-base.4761334.html Despite the economical crises, there was a slight increase in the numbers of Russian tourists visiting the northernmost part of Norway last year. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:47:46 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/more-russian-tourists-to-northern-norway.4761320.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/more-russian-tourists-to-northern-norway.4761320.html It is a biological mystery; the Black-legged Kittiwakes have already arrived in the coastal border areas between Norway and Russia in the north. The birds are nesting between ice and snow. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:30:00 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/early-arrival-for-seabirds.4761133.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/early-arrival-for-seabirds.4761133.html airBaltic is launching four new flights to destinations in Barents Region making Riga the new hub for interconnecting flights between east and west in the north. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:15:00 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/linking-the-baltics-with-barents.4761117.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/linking-the-baltics-with-barents.4761117.html A visa-free system between Finland and Russia would have implications for the whole of the European Union, and the question will of course be a specifically EU issue, says Finland’s Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:33:11 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/finland-sets-conditions-for-visa-free-travel-agreement-with-russia.4761013.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/finland-sets-conditions-for-visa-free-travel-agreement-with-russia.4761013.html Finnish President Tarja Halonen will next week meet with Russian Prime Minister Putin in St Petersburg. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:47:46 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/halonen-to-meet-putin-in-st-petersburg.4760961.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/halonen-to-meet-putin-in-st-petersburg.4760961.html The Finnish Border Guard confirms that it in 2009 prevented 3,200 attempts of illegal immigration, practically all of them from Russia. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:34:19 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/border-guards-stopped-3200-illegal-immigrants.4760950.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/border-guards-stopped-3200-illegal-immigrants.4760950.html The administration of the far northern Nenets Autonomous Okrug intends to make oil companies finance the projected road between Naryan-Mar and Usinsk, the only way connecting the region with the outside world. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:58:40 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/oil-companies-to-finance-nenets-highway.4760923.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/oil-companies-to-finance-nenets-highway.4760923.html