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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.

June 18, 2013 Comments

The gas company is abandoning the Shtokman project and instead revives plans for a LNG plant on the Baltic Sea coast.

June 18, 2013 Comments

“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.

June 18, 2013 Comments Has gallery images

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.

June 17, 2013 Comments

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.

June 18, 2013 Comments

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.

June 17, 2013 Comments Has gallery images

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.

June 17, 2013

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.

June 17, 2013

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