After having been on the verge of bankruptcy, the Northland Resources now confirms that it has the funding needed for continued development of the great Kaunisvaara iron mine project in northern Sweden.
The Nadvoitsy aluminium plant will be rescued, the jobs saved and production preserved, Governor of Karelia Aleksandr Khudilainen says after his meetings with the Kremlin. However, plant owner Rusal does not agree.
This week Russia may stop accepting fresh fish from Norway due to violations of quality standards and norms. The ban is not to be spread on the frozen fish.
ROVANIEMI: Sharp decline in visitors from continental Europe to Santa Claus’ hometown during Christmas season is compensated with a similar sharp increase in Russian tourists.
Road construction, airport development and high-speed Internet connection are our main priorities, Nenets Governor Igor Fyodorov’s says to Prime Minister Medvedev.
We remain committed to cooperate with Murmansk, the Finnish political establishment underlined to Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun during her visit to Helsinki.
Russian President Vladimir criticizes the United Shipbuilding Corporation for delays in delivery of warships to the navy and appoints new head of the state-run company.
KIRUNA: the Arctic Council’s biodiversity group today released the “Arctic Biodiversity Assessment”, a report containing the best available science on the status and trends of Arctic biodiversity and accompanying policy recommendations for biodiversity conservation.
After having been on the verge of bankruptcy, the Northland Resources now confirms that it has the funding needed for continued development of the great Kaunisvaara iron mine project in northern Sweden.
World Wildlife Fund has launched a web-based map showing natural resources and updated overviews of activities like shipping or oil drilling in the Arctic.
In a rapidly changing Arctic, the region's indigenous people are standing at the forefront of climate change and resource development – a situation that's putting them increasingly in the international spotlight and raising questions about their role in Arctic policy making.
10 Barents Spektakel festivals in a row in Kirkenes calls for a one year festival break for the organizers in the art curator group "Pikene på Broen". The next festival will probably be held in the winter of 2015.
Russia’s crack-down on foreign funded groups have reached Nordic Council’s information office in Kaliningrad. Carl Bildt and the other Nordic Foreign Ministers lodge sharp protest.
EU’s Economic and Social Committee recommends in its Arctic Policy opinion that key civil society partners should be given a stronger advisory role in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council.
The town of Kirkenes on the border to Russia was blessed with unusual nice weather on this year’s National Day. Have a look at how the towns’ people celebrated “syttende mai”.
Last Thursday people all over Russia celebrated Victory Day, which marks the capitulation of Nazi Germany to the Soviet Union in the Second World War. BarentsObserver brings you photos from the celebrations in Murmansk, Nikel, Arkhangelsk and Litsa.