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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.

May 13, 2013
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Finland’s Sámi radio contributes to save the seriously endangered Inari Sámi language by going online with dedicated news.

May 09, 2013
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Nadezhda Petrovna in Petrozavodsk teaches Vepsian, one of about 70 of Russia`s over 100 indigenous languages that could face extinction in today’s Russia.

May 08, 2013
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In the run-up of tomorrow’s Victory Day festivities, Norway’s Consul General Øyvind Nordsletten lays wreath at the monument of Norwegian partisans outside Murmansk.

May 08, 2013
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Flight attendants for the Norwegian airline Widerøe went on strike Wednesday. All flights by the airline, which serves most of the airports in Northern Norway, were grounded.

May 08, 2013
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The Prosecutor General’s Office in Moscow has branded Human Rights organization Public Verdict as “foreign agents” saying it was financed from Norway’s Helsinki Group.

May 08, 2013
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Norwegian diplomat Ole Andreas Lindeman takes over the post as Consul General in Murmansk this fall.

May 07, 2013
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Russian NGOs like the Kola Environmental Center keep providing its documents to prosecutors’ revision trying to avoid the “foreign agent” stamp.

May 02, 2013
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APATITY: "More than ever before we need to set a strong focus on the challenges for Russian media when it comes to press freedom and freedom of speech", says Arne Egil Tønseth, Chairman of Barents Press Norway.

April 30, 2013
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…..as long as one agrees with the state,” says Alexey Simonov, chairman of the Glasnost Foundation, a Russian Press watchdog.

April 29, 2013
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Almost half a billion RUB will be invested in Dolina Uyut, the major ski complex in Murmansk.

April 25, 2013
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Second-hand clothes can be re-made into stylish garments. Students from Kirkenes and Murmansk show the results of their joint redesign project “Barentslook 2013”

April 24, 2013
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Lessons learned and priorities for the future are up for discussion when the 20-years anniversary of the Barents cooperation will be marked in Murmansk this week.

April 15, 2013
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