Alexander Stubb, famous in the Barents Region for branding the north as the world´s most sexy region, is put on track to take over after Jyrki Katainen.
Oslo asks Moscow for an explanation after BarentsObserver earlier today reported that Russia’s sanctioned Deputy Prime Minister suddenly appeared on Svalbard.
Conservative leader Erna Solberg forms a minority government with the Progress party with parliament backing from the Liberals and Christian Democrats based on an agreement not to open for controversial Arctic oil drilling.
Thirteen of the nineteen top officials in the Murmansk Finance Ministry are women. This week Tatyana Poronova was officially appoined new regional Finance Minister.
The maritime border agreement could create new businesses, new jobs and new cooperation across the borders, says Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
KIRUNA: Prime Ministers of the four Barents countries plan to adopt a new Kirkenes Declaration when they meet in Kirkenes for the 20 years anniversary for the Barents cooperation.
21 year old Murmansk student Anton Kosterin protested against election fraud during the Russian Duma elections in december 2011, and was evicted from university. On March 21st Kosterin’s case is on trial in a district court in Murmansk.
