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The first days of May have been all time high for border-crossings at Russia’s northernmost check-points to Europe.

May 07, 2013
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A cross-administrative border traffic working group is established to facilitate trade and travelling between the countries.

April 04, 2013
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KIRKENES: Russia’s General Consulate in Kirkenes outsources parts of the visa handling to a private company. Longer opening hours, free consultation and online applications are some of the advantages for the public.

March 22, 2013
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The Nordic country might let Russian state officials across its border without a visa.

March 15, 2013
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MURMANSK: Norway has the world’s most effective visa center and experiences a 40 percent boost in issued visas in Murmansk so far this year.

March 14, 2013
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Finland plans to open even more visa centers in Russia. Already the country counts for one third of all Schengen visas issued in Russia.

March 12, 2013
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Several key EU countries are ready to compromise on the Russian demand for visa-free travel to holders of so-called service passports.

March 07, 2013
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Russia should strengthen systems for monitoring enforcement regimes, along the border, in the border areas and on the continental shelf.

February 15, 2013
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Finland sees an exceptional rise in visitors from Russia and had an estimated income of €1,2 billion last year from Russian shoppers and tourists.

February 14, 2013
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MURMANSK: Elena Goncharuk is servicing one of the 13 counters at Norway’s new visa center in Murmansk where customers are guaranteed to have their paperwork done in less than 15 minutes.

January 24, 2013
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Both Norway and Finland issued a record peak of Schengen visas to inhabitants in Barents Russia in 2012.

January 15, 2013
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More and more of the parking slots outside this food-store in Ivalo are occupied by Russian cars. Finnish Lapland experienced a 36 percent increase in traffic over Salla and Raja-Joosepi border check-points in 2012.

January 08, 2013
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Traffic across Russia’s border to Norway peaked to all time high in 2012 with December as the busiest month as the Russians crowded for Christmas shopping.

January 02, 2013
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