“For me there are no borders”, says Johs Kalvemo, the journalists in NRK Sami Radio that once by accident swam naked over the border to Russia in the Pasvik River.
She has invited North Koreans to conduct Norwegian soldiers, hosted a symphony concert without conductor, and given us all another spectacular Barents Spektakel. Meet Luba Kuzovnikova and her visions.
Tatiana Kulbakina is a 24 year old with a strong voice and presence in the Murmansk community. -I want a nuclear-free and fossil fuel-free development with values of freedom, equality, solidarity, self-organization, she says.
Oxana Karcha (31) did what many other young people from the north do: she left Murmansk and moved to Moscow. There, she had a good job, but missed family and friends. When she got the chance to work in Shtokman Development AG in Murmansk, the choice was simple, though her employer in Moscow promised both a new apartment and a higher salary.
In the seaside village of Bugøynes in Eastern Finnmark a small segment of the 200 inhabitants speak an ancient Finnish dialect passed down through generations.
