Russia is going to scrap two of its three remaining Typhoon-class nuclear-powered submarines, the legendary symbol of Soviet military power in the Cold War-era.
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.
Norwegian and Russian naval forces will soon be ready to start the annual POMOR exercise. Norway’s frigate “KNM Helge Ingstad” today arrived at the Northern Fleet’s main base of Severomorsk.
Despite hard talks about the strengthening of the Russian navy, the entire fleet of nine ballistic missile submarines only sailed five deterrent patrols in 2012, according to a report from the Federation of American Scientists.
This photo of the Russian strategic bomber with tail number 21 is taken from an NATO scrambled F-16 outside Norwegian airspace. On February 26 things could have gone really bad, when a fire broke out as the very same plane was taxing for takeoff.
Russian navy will reintroduce Soviet practice and make it more complicated for possible enemies to identify the submarines sailing in surface position.
Heavily armed forces guard the weapon-grade uranium from terrorists before departure, but such potentially deadly cargo can continue to be shipped northbound towards Murmansk when Norway’s radiation watchdog is sleeping.
More than 70 aircraft and helicopters are preparing for a large air force drill in Northwest-Russia next week. Parts of the drills will take place in Karelia on the border to Finland.
After nearly 70 years British Veterans of the Arctic Convoys who risked their lives on what Churchill called ‘the worst journey in the world’ finally received proper recognition yesterday.
Gazprom slashes gas production plans at the huge Bovanekovo field and could be forced to radically change its grand development scheme for the gas-rich Arctic peninsula.
Russia is going to scrap two of its three remaining Typhoon-class nuclear-powered submarines, the legendary symbol of Soviet military power in the Cold War-era.
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.
A treasure trove of Barents Sea fisheries data collected during Soviet-era research voyages have recently been digitalized and now yields precious new knowledge about the ecosystem in the area.
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.
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 number of Russian organizations listed as “foreign agents” is growing rapidly and might soon include also sociological polling centers, research institutes and others receiving support from abroad.
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 town's people celebrated “syttende mai”.