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Towards Visa Freedom

Russia will start collecting fingerprints from foreigners applying for visa. For Barents travelers, personal appearance to the nearest diplomatic mission can be too expensive.

Russia and Norway are discussing expansion of the visa-free zone to cover the whole of Finnmark and Murmansk says Federation Council member.

The cross-border cooperation between Norway and Russia has had huge impact on local business in the border towns of Nikel and Kirkenes, especially since the introduction of visa-free border crossings.

If the Norwegian Government does not allocate money for a new border crossing station soon, the situation at the Storskog border crossing could become chaotic, local police in Kirkenes warns.

MURMANSK: Member of the Norwegian Sami Parliament arrested by immigration authorities after participating at the annual meeting in the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region.

ARKHANGELSK: Norway’s Honorary Consul Andrey Shalyov has busy days as the number of cross-border travelers from the White Sea region beat all previous records.

KIRKENES. The Russian prime minister wants to see new joint projects within the field of industry and transportation and proposes the introduction of Barents regional visa-free traveling.

A cross-administrative border traffic working group is established to facilitate trade and travelling between the countries.

A cross-administrative border traffic working group is established to facilitate trade and travelling between the countries.

KIRKENES: Russia’s General Consulate in Kirkenes outsources parts of the visa handling to a private company. Longer opening hours, free consultation and online applications are some of the advantages for the public.

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