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Swedes are most active voters in Barents Region

While election turnout in the neighboring countries is in serious decline, the Swedes still go massively to the polls.   

September 30, 2015
New pipeline connects Arctic with Europe

The last pipe has been laid at the 482 km long Polarled Pipeline, the first Norwegian pipeline stretching north of the Arctic Circle.

September 30, 2015
Finland trims economic growth forecast

Finland’s Finance Ministry says Finnish public finances will remain in deficit until the end of the decade, even if government implements proposed deep spending cuts.

September 30, 2015
Massive support to BarentsObserver

 “This sends a clear message to Russia that things aren’t so good when it comes to basic journalistic values in Norway either” The firing of BarentsObserver’s Editor Thomas Nilsen has led to massive reactions from journalists and other protectors of press freedom. 

September 29, 2015
Made in China for Russian shelf

Chinese companies will provide a lion’s share of the technology needed for Russian offshore energy projects, the government plans.

September 29, 2015
What will happen with BarentsObserver?

”We will continue to publish good Barents stories as long as we can”

September 29, 2015
Activists briefly blockaded a Shell icebreaker in Portland, Oregon, USA in July 2015.
Shell abandons oil exploration in Arctic Ocean

Results of its multi-billion dollar efforts in the Chukchi Sea have been “clearly disappointing,” states the oil giant.

September 28, 2015
Owners fire BarentsObserver editor

They first refused to give the newspaper editorial freedom. Today they followed up with the dismissal of Editor Thomas Nilsen.

September 28, 2015
Giants fight over Murmanskoye

Both Gazprom and Rosneft want the license to the Murmanskoye field in the Barents Sea. 

September 25, 2015
Political cleanse in Komi continues

The onslaught of the political elite in the Komi Republic expands as regional police arrests the mayor of Syktyvkar.

September 25, 2015
70 years since last Soviet troops left Norway

70 years ago, on September 25 1945, the last Soviet troops left Norway, nearly one year after they liberated the region from Nazi occupation.

September 25, 2015
On agenda, defence alliance between Finland and Sweden

We should quickly agree with the Swedes about the formation of a defence alliance, head of the Finnish parliament defence committee says.

September 25, 2015
First indigenous foreign agents in Barents

The Nenets organization Yasavey Manzara is the first indigenous peoples´ organization in the Barents Region to be declared as “foreign agents”.

September 24, 2015