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Jonas Karlsbakk

Jonas Karlsbakk
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Jonas has been working for the Norwegian Barents Secretariat since 2008. He has a Masters Degree in Geography from NTNU in Trondheim from 2003. Between 2003 and 2008 he worked as a journalist in the local newspaper in Kirkenes, Sør-Varanger Avis.

Content by Jonas Karlsbakk

Jonas Gahr Støre. Pia Svendsgaard, Ilya Mikhailchuk and Runar Sjåstad (Photo: Jonas Karlsbakk)

New agreement for strengthened regional cooperation

ARKHANGELSK: The Norwegian counties of Troms and Finnmark signed a renewed cooperation agreement with Arkhangelsk Oblast today, with the Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre present.

September 16, 2010
Map illustration by NRK.no

Russia ready for joint management of the Barents Sea

Russian wants joint mapping, joint resource management and joint development with Norway in the Border areas of the Barents Sea.

August 30, 2010
Bobrov, Rafaelsen and Sakserud.

Family gathering securing cross border relations

This photo of the Russian and the Norwegian border commissioner without their uniforms shows in its simple manner the close relations on the Norwegian-Russian border.

August 23, 2010
The "Goliat" and "Snøhvit" fields

High costs and few discoveries in Barents Sea

Oil companies have spent 5 billion EUR on exploration drillings in the Barents Sea since the area was opened. However, the only gas or oil fields of economic interest which are found are the Snøhvit and Goliat fields.

August 03, 2010
Reinertsen Office Building in Murmansk (Photo: Harald Sørensen)

Reinertsen struggling in Murmansk

The Reinertsen Company had their biggest surplus ever on their annual accounts of 2009. However, their offshore yard in Murmansk ended up with a deficit of almost 2 million EUR in 2009.

July 29, 2010
Boris Gleb road reconstruction

Completing border zone road

Most of the border zone road from the Norwegian-Russian border crossing at Boris Gleb towards Nikel, was modernized in 2003. Now the remaining parts are being modernized.

June 10, 2010
Andrey Shalyov, Norwegian Barents Secretariat, Arkhangelsk Office

The new Norwegian Honorary Consul in Arkhangelsk

The head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat’s Russian offices, Andrey Shalyov, is to become Norway’s Honorary Consul in Arkhangelsk. The Honorary Consulate will be opened in September.

May 19, 2010
Barents House plans (Ill: Reiulf Ramstad Architects)

Norwegian investor ready to build Barents House

The idea to build a Barents House as the world’s tallest wooden building in the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes, was launched last year. Now, Norwegian investor Arthur Buckhardt is ready to build the house, but he needs support for the plans from the local county council.

May 14, 2010
Geir Andreassen, Sparebank1 Nord-Norge

Optimism dominates northern Norway

A recent published survey shows that the effects of financial crisis have been minor in northern Norway. With the delineation agreement in the Barents Sea, and subsequent increased possibilities for petroleum activity, optimism is higher than ever in the region, the survey concludes.

May 10, 2010
Fiber-optic cable to Ny-Ålesund

The world’s northernmost fiber-optic connection

The Norwegian settlement in Ny-Ålesund on the northwestern part of Spitzbergen will soon have the world’s northernmost fiber-optic data connection. A project which will provide the world with easier access to important data from the observatories in Ny-Ålesund.

May 10, 2010