BarentsObserverBarentsObserverhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easyThu, 11 Mar 2010 20:56:07 +0100 OPINION: Norway’s Foreign Minister will not participate when EU’s foreign affairs chief and seven European Foreign Minister’s today meet for informal talks about EU’s neighbourhood policy at the remote ski-resort Saariselkä in Finnish Lapland, just some few kilometres from the border to Russia in the north. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:56:07 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/stoere-not-invited-to-sauna-talks.4758551.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/stoere-not-invited-to-sauna-talks.4758551.html French oil company Total wants Sevmash to participate in the construction of a production ship for the Shtokman project, General Director of the Russian yard confirmed after his meeting with Total CEO Christophe de Margerie. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:50:05 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/total-wants-sevmash-on-board-at-shtokman.4758479.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/total-wants-sevmash-on-board-at-shtokman.4758479.html The Zvezdochka yard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, has removed nuclear fuel from the retired submarine “Borisoglebsk”. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:26:28 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/spent-nuclear-fuel-removed-from-sub.4758469.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/spent-nuclear-fuel-removed-from-sub.4758469.html The United Russia party in Novodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, has expelled city mayor Ivan Popov from the party following his conflicts with city officials and party colleagues. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:34 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/united-russia-expelled-novodvinsk-mayor.4758454.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/united-russia-expelled-novodvinsk-mayor.4758454.html In May last year the Russian fish cargo vessel “Petrozavodsk” ran aground in the coastal cliffs of Bear Island outside Svalbard. The worst scenario for the planned removal of the wreck became reality recently when it broke in two pieces. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:28:45 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/russian-vessel-petrozavodsk-disintegrating.4758266.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/russian-vessel-petrozavodsk-disintegrating.4758266.html Regional contacts with Russia are more and more important for Norway. All three Governors of Northern Norway are heading eastward to strengthen the regions ties with Russia. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:14:43 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/north-norwegian-governors-tour-russia.4758260.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/north-norwegian-governors-tour-russia.4758260.html A French navy vessel will visit Severomorsk in the end of March to conduct joint drills with a Russian navy vessel in the Barents Sea. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:51:30 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/joint-french-russian-naval-drills-in-arctic-waters.4758244.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/joint-french-russian-naval-drills-in-arctic-waters.4758244.html The development of the first phase of the Shtokman project was on the agenda when Gazprom Deputy Aleksandr Ananenkov today met with owner representatives of the Shtokman Development AG. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:23:36 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/gazprom-discussed-shtokman-timeline.4757679.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/gazprom-discussed-shtokman-timeline.4757679.html The reservoirs for CO2 storage in the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea have less capacity than expected. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:09:33 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/snoehvit-co2-reservoirs-with-little-capacity.4757670.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/snoehvit-co2-reservoirs-with-little-capacity.4757670.html The Foreign Ministers of the Nordic Countries will meet in Copenhagen on Thursday to discuss joint foreign- and security cooperation. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:08:26 +0100http://www.barentsobserver.com/meeting-on-nordic-security-cooperation.4757664.htmlhttp://www.barentsobserver.com/meeting-on-nordic-security-cooperation.4757664.html