Finnish Minister of Labour Tarja Cronberg believes the EU Northern Dimension must be extended with new partnerships in field of transport and logistics, culture as well as renewable energy. In addition, she would like the Northern Dimension concept to include also security issues.
-In this region, it is the close issues which are the big political topic between Norway and Russia, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre says. On Monday he will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Kirkenes, on the border between the two countries.
The Russian General Consul in Kirkenes, Norway, says he believes the upcoming foreign minister meeting between Russias Sergey Lavrov and Norways Jonas Gahr Støre will be a landmark in Russian-Norwegian relations.
Norwegian consulting and advisory company Ramboll Storvik AS has signed comprehensive frame agreements with StatoilHydro and Subsea 7. The deals could prepare the ground for assignments in the Shtokman project
Since early last year, the Norwegian government has been ready to extend the opening hours at the Storskog/Borisgleb border pass with three hours. However, the issue has stranded in Russian bureaucracy.
Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry, Dag Terje Andersen, brought with him the license and approval for new mining activity in Kirkenes, when he visited the Norwegian border town this week.
The Syd-Varanger mining project outside the town of Kirkenes, Norway, could trigger a power deficit in the region, which might hamper the development of alternative industry.
