Very low levels of the radioactive isotope iodine-131 in northern part of Norway, Sweden and Finland. Norwegian Radiation authorities is unsure about the source, but says it might come from, or via Russian territory.

The ENPI Kolarctic Programme, which supports cross-border projects between Northwest Russia and the Nordic countries, announces its fourth call.

..and Sweden do better than Norway in new global Nuclear Threat Initiative index.

The groundbreaking developments in Norwegian-Russian relations, which unfolded in 2010 and 2011 should be followed up with more regional cooperation and new joint action in the two countries´ borderlands, the authors of the Barents Review 2012 write.

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.

JUKKASJÄRVI: Space tourism from Arctic Sweden can be reality within some years. In the meantime, Spaceport Sweden launches Northern Lights flights this winter.

Hundreds of jobs in the solar industry in northern Norway and northern Sweden could go.

Opposition parties in the Swedish Parliament want the government to take a stricter stand towards future oil exploitation in the Arctic when Sweden has the chairmanship for the Arctic Council.

A new web site presenting news on research in the Nordic countries has recently been launched.

At a recent meeting in Umeå, Sweden, the Ministers of Environment of the Barents member countries could cross out three of a total of 42 official “hot spots” in the Barents Region.