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Norway’s Foreign Minister Børge Brende has asked Russia for an explanation to the high number of asylum seekers coming to Norway via Russia. Syrian refugees that have lived in Russia for a long time, will be stopped on the border and sent back.

October 15, 2015

Microplastics, the tiny plastic particles that are accumulating in marine waters and big lakes around the world, are now showing up in the Arctic waters south and southwest of Svalbard, Norway, a new study says.

October 15, 2015

A series of high-level talks were held in the run-up to today’s session in the Barents Euro-Arctic Council.

October 15, 2015

Statement delivered by Foreign Minister Lavrov ahead of Barents meeting is bound to stir controversy in Finland 

October 15, 2015

The Norwegians are known as staunch supporters of the Barents Cooperation. But they show a clearly fading engagement in the Barents Regional Council. 

October 15, 2015

We want to strengthen cross-border regional cooperation in the Barents Region, the new Chair of the Barents Regional Council says.

October 14, 2015

Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Northern Fleet’s “Admiral Kuznetsov”, has finished repairs and is ready to leave the port of Murmansk. According to a Russian news agency, the vessel will sail to Syria.

October 14, 2015

The BarentsObserver editor gets compensation from Barents Secretariat board.

October 14, 2015

Mind the governance gap! Arctic municipalities and industrial megaprojects.

October 14, 2015
Suenjel Skolt Sámi community archive

UNESCO places the Suenjel Skolt Sámi community archive onto an important register of world heritage.

October 13, 2015
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The Barents region is the exception to an ecological deficit in Europe. But the long-term trend shows a reduction in biocapacity also in the north. 

October 13, 2015

Warming soils will allow long-dormant bacteria to wake up and begin converting inert mercury to its more toxic form, say scientists.

October 13, 2015

The Norwegian Coastal Administration has developed a mobile application that makes mapping of oil spills easier and faster.

October 13, 2015