Norwegian researcher Salve Dahle fears Russia’s new law requiring NGOs to register as foreign agents could have a chilling effect on research cooperation in the Barents Region.
The gas company is abandoning the Shtokman project and instead revives plans for a LNG plant on the Baltic Sea coast.
“What I dream about...? Well, not so much about work and what I want to be, anyway. I dream about moving from here, for a while, having my own place, doing what I want, not needing to clean up the house every Saturday morning. Meet Kajsa Törmä from Kiruna.
Record numbers of blue whales were spotted off the coast of Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island, but researchers say the increase in sightings doesn't necessarily mean an increase in whales.
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 KIRKENES: Russia’s metal-giant in Nikel is notoriously violating the maximum allowed limits for air quality on the Norwegian side of the border. Sør-Varanger Mayor Cecilie Hansen says enough is enough and files charges.
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 VESTRE JAKOBSELV: The president of Norges Kystfiskarlag, the Coastal Fishermen's Association, is more concerned with the effects of salmon farming on wild fish populations than he is with the new quota recommendations. Comments
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 A study showing that high levels of mercury might prevent a Svalbard bird from breeding could have rippling implications for other large mammals, including humans, that live in the mercury-rich Arctic.
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Norway’s first ice-classed research vessel will be named after the country’s Crown Prince Haakon. The name was chosen through a contest on public radio.
Norway’s first ice-classed research vessel will be named after the country’s Crown Prince Haakon. The name was chosen through a contest on public radio.
China plans to establish a China-Nordic Arctic Research Center in Shanghai in partnership with a number of research institutes in the Nordic countries.
- New research vessel will be called «Kronprins Haakon» June 07, 2013 Comments
- China boosts Arctic research June 07, 2013 Comments
- More foreign Arctic research on Svalbard June 06, 2013 Comments
- Arctic change on Barents agenda June 04, 2013 Comments
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The World sails the White Sea
June 03, 2013
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- Permanent Arctic Council Secretariat opens Monday May 31, 2013 Comments
- Evacuation of Polar researches to start this week May 27, 2013 Comments
- Floating research station in need of evacuation May 23, 2013 Comments
- New funding saves Arctic research lab May 22, 2013 Comments
- New web tool maps Arctic nature and activities May 21, 2013 Comments
- Yes to China, No to EU May 28, 2013 Comments
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Canada brings indigenous voice to Arctic policy
May 28, 2013
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- Binding oil spill agreement signed May 28, 2013 Comments
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Norwegian researcher Salve Dahle fears Russia’s new law requiring NGOs to register as foreign agents could have a chilling effect on research cooperation in the Barents Region.
Norwegian researcher Salve Dahle fears Russia’s new law requiring NGOs to register as foreign agents could have a chilling effect on research cooperation in the Barents Region.
Three cadets from the Norwegian Police University College claim they were assaulted and robbed on their way out after a late evening at the striptease bar XXXX in Murmansk. Local law enforcement sources tells another story.
- Fears NGO-law could halt Barents research June 18, 2013 Comments
- Police Academy cadets in strip-bar trouble June 06, 2013 Comments
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Medvedev honored Red Army liberators
June 04, 2013
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Medvedev met by demonstrators
June 04, 2013
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- Barents: A new type of regional international relations May 31, 2013 Comments
- In border zone, a new international research institute May 31, 2013 Comments
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Twenty shades of Barents
May 31, 2013
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- Preparing for Arctic cycle race May 29, 2013 Comments
- Case against Murmansk activist dismissed May 28, 2013 Comments
- Foreign agents everywhere May 23, 2013 Comments
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Constitution Day celebrations in Kirkenes
May 23, 2013
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Victory Day celebrated
May 13, 2013
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- YLE starts publishing in language spoken by 400 May 09, 2013 Comments
Politics
Indigenous Peoples activist Dmitry Berezhkov is a free man after a court decision in Northern Norway on Saturday says the conditions for extradition to Russia is not present.
Indigenous Peoples activist Dmitry Berezhkov is a free man after a court decision in Northern Norway on Saturday says the conditions for extradition to Russia is not present.
Indigenous Peoples activists arrested in Tromsø after petition from Russian police.
- Dmitry freed from jail June 15, 2013 Comments
- Dmitry Berezhkov arrested by Norwegian police June 14, 2013 Comments
- New senator highlights energy and Arctic June 10, 2013 Comments
- Shocked by lack of Indigenous Peoples funding June 07, 2013 Comments
- Backs out of Barents Cooperation June 06, 2013 Comments
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More cooperation on rescue operations
June 05, 2013
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- Money needed for indigenous participation June 10, 2013 Comments
- "We are eager to help build a sustainable region" June 04, 2013 Comments
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New Kirkenes Declaration presented
June 04, 2013
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“We will celebrate and look ahead”
June 04, 2013
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- Former diplomat calls original Kirkenes Declaration "amazing" June 04, 2013 Comments
- An indigenous voice in the Kirkenes Declaration June 04, 2013 Comments
- Calls for regional focus June 02, 2013 Comments
Energy
The gas company is abandoning the Shtokman project and instead revives plans for a LNG plant on the Baltic Sea coast.
The gas company is abandoning the Shtokman project and instead revives plans for a LNG plant on the Baltic Sea coast.
Facebook has signed a five-year agreement with the energy producer Vattenfall AB on renewable electricity for its computer center in Luleå in Northern Sweden.
- Gazprom from Barents to Baltics June 18, 2013 Comments
- Facebook gets hydro power for datacenter June 17, 2013 Comments
- Oil ministers shuttle between Russia-Norway June 13, 2013 Comments
- Russian breakthrough on Norwegian shelf June 12, 2013 Comments
- At Varandey, new low followed by upswing June 11, 2013 Comments
- The answer is blowing in the wind June 10, 2013 Comments
- Statoil postpones Barents drilling June 06, 2013 Comments
- Giant offshore licenses for small money May 29, 2013 Comments
- Seeking Arctic energy reconciliation May 23, 2013 Comments
- Shrinking demand puts Yamal gas plans in jeopardy May 23, 2013 Comments
- First oil from Yamal May 16, 2013 Comments
- Where the wind blows the most May 07, 2013 Comments
- Preparing for visit to Kirkenes, Medvedev says drill May 03, 2013 Comments
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STORSKOG: Dmitri Medvedev and Jens Stoltenberg concluded the Barents Summit with a relaxed walk over the joint Norwegian, Russian border after getting their own visa-free ID-cards.
STORSKOG: Dmitri Medvedev and Jens Stoltenberg concluded the Barents Summit with a relaxed walk over the joint Norwegian, Russian border after getting their own visa-free ID-cards.
KIRKENES. The Russian prime minister wants to see new joint projects within the field of industry and transportation and proposes the introduction of Barents regional visa-free traveling.
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Prime Ministers' border-crossing exercise
June 04, 2013
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- Medvedev proposes Barents visa-free travel June 04, 2013 Comments
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Peak hours at Barents borders
May 07, 2013
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- Finland, Russia aim at smoother border traffic April 04, 2013 Comments
- Russia opens visa center in Kirkenes March 22, 2013 Comments
- Finland mulls further visa liberalization March 15, 2013 Comments
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Waiting time reduced to 20 seconds
March 14, 2013
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- Finland opens more visa centers in Russia March 12, 2013 Comments
- Overcoming deadlock in visa facilitation talks March 08, 2013 Comments
- Putin calls on FSB to strengthen border regimes February 15, 2013 Comments
- Expects 20 million border crossings by 2017 February 14, 2013 Comments
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Faster, better and friendlier visa service
March 07, 2013
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- Record year for visas January 17, 2013 Comments
Business
HAPARANDA: Despite hailing from four countries the young business owners voiced a single opinion during the Barents Reunion: The North is rich with opportunity but needs to think globally to support fledgling businesses, say Young Barents Entrepreneurs
HAPARANDA: Despite hailing from four countries the young business owners voiced a single opinion during the Barents Reunion: The North is rich with opportunity but needs to think globally to support fledgling businesses, say Young Barents Entrepreneurs
HAPARANDA: The 2013 Barents Reunion in Haparanda, Sweden attracted more than 70 Russian entrepreneurs, an enormous increase over 2012 when no Russian entrepreneurs were present.
- Rich Opportunity, Poor Cross-Border Communication June 15, 2013 Comments
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Russian Entrepreneurs go Barents
June 13, 2013
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- Norwegian leader of Russian fertilizers June 12, 2013 Comments
- BarentsObserver designer: Entrepreneur of the year June 13, 2013 Comments
- Mega polluter cashes out $2 bn dividend June 07, 2013 Comments
- Diminishing economic growth in Russia June 07, 2013 Comments
- Preparing for record season on the Northern Sea Route June 06, 2013 Comments
- Genetic delousing May 31, 2013 Comments
- Tapping into the salmon genome May 31, 2013 Comments
- Big plans for small port May 24, 2013 Comments
- Salmon genome to be sequenced this winter May 26, 2013 Comments
- New credits save Lapland iron May 08, 2013 Comments
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Svalbard coal mine reduces staff
May 04, 2013
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Nature
KIRKENES: Russia’s metal-giant in Nikel is notoriously violating the maximum allowed limits for air quality on the Norwegian side of the border. Sør-Varanger Mayor Cecilie Hansen says enough is enough and files charges.
KIRKENES: Russia’s metal-giant in Nikel is notoriously violating the maximum allowed limits for air quality on the Norwegian side of the border. Sør-Varanger Mayor Cecilie Hansen says enough is enough and files charges.
Record numbers of blue whales were spotted off the coast of Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island, but researchers say the increase in sightings doesn't necessarily mean an increase in whales.
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Mayor lays charges against Norilsk-Nickel on pollution-crime
June 18, 2013
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- More blue whale sightings in Arctic waters June 18, 2013 Comments
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What the Black-Legged Kittiwake can teach us about mercury
June 17, 2013
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More concerned with fish health than quotas
June 18, 2013
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- Spilled oil covers tundra rivers June 14, 2013 Comments
- In Barents Cooperation, a question about environment June 12, 2013 Comments
- In Barents Cooperation, a question about environment June 08, 2013 Comments
- Scientists recommend increase in Arctic cod quota for 2014 June 07, 2013 Comments
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Sulphure dioxide clouds over Barents Summit
June 04, 2013
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- A very warm welcome to Barents Summit June 02, 2013 Comments
- Soviet oceanographic surveys opened up to western scientists May 23, 2013 Comments
- Mapping under the Barents Sea continues May 21, 2013 Comments
- Arctic Biodiversity Assessment released May 28, 2013 Comments
Culture
ARKHANGELSK: Employees from the National Park «Russian Arctic» found an unusual and interesting way of using rusty fuel barrels brought from the Arctic islands.
ARKHANGELSK: Employees from the National Park «Russian Arctic» found an unusual and interesting way of using rusty fuel barrels brought from the Arctic islands.
More than 80 years she sank off the northern coast of Canada, a ship designed and sailed by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen will start its journey home next year.
- Arctic garbage turns piece of art June 14, 2013 Comments
- Amundsen's ship to be towed home June 05, 2013 Comments
- Spektakel break in 2014 April 25, 2013 Comments
- Tromsø International Film Festival tours Russian cinemas April 17, 2013 Comments
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Lighting up European borders
March 22, 2013
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Ski race without borders
March 18, 2013
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- Torch-bearers bring Olympic flame through Barents March 03, 2013 Comments
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Barents Spektakel 2013
February 11, 2013
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- Barents Spektakel 2013 February 07, 2013 Comments
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World Heritage could be limited for tourists
February 01, 2013
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- Fear ex-governor will destroy Kizhi January 30, 2013 Comments
- Norwegian Pomor rock to Murmansk January 09, 2013 Comments
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Security
Russia is planning two test launches of the Bulava ballistic missile this year. The tests will be conducted by the country’s two newest nuclear-powered submarines.
Russia is planning two test launches of the Bulava ballistic missile this year. The tests will be conducted by the country’s two newest nuclear-powered submarines.
For the first time since the collapse of the USSR, ballistic missile submarines from Russia’s Kola Peninsula will next year patrol oceans on the southern hemisphere. And Murmansk-based aircraft-carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will by year-end sail to the Mediterranean.
- Russia resumes ballistic missile tests June 18, 2013 Comments
- Northern fleet to sail southern waters June 02, 2013 Comments
- Russia sends Coast Guard vessel to Svalbard May 30, 2013 Comments
- Arctic on Russian-Finnish military agenda May 29, 2013 Comments
- No deal on nuclear accident warning May 29, 2013 Comments
- Russia’s new super rocket prepared for launch May 28, 2013 Comments
- The hunt for Red October has come to an end May 23, 2013 Comments
- Putin calls on shipbuilder to speed up naval deliveries May 22, 2013 Comments
- Hercules investigation report postponed for fifth time May 07, 2013 Comments
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Norwegian-Russian POMOR-2013 naval exercise starts this week
May 07, 2013
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- Nuke missile subs mostly at port May 06, 2013 Comments
- NATO visit to Northern Norway May 06, 2013 Comments
- Nuclear traffic jam April 29, 2013 Comments
