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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.

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Illustration: Aker

Record investments in petroleum industry

2009 might beat the records with regard to petroleum investments in the Norwegian shelf. There is a planned increase in investments of 1.3 billion EUR.

November 12, 2008
Hans Olav Karde

No financial panic in northern Norway

There is no signs of an acute financial crisis in northern Norway, says Hans Olav Karde, chief executive of the region’s largest bank Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge.

November 11, 2008
Runar Sjåstad

"Postpone Goliat development"

Chairman of Finnmark County Council Runar Sjåstad is calling for a postponement of the Goliat field development in the Barents Sea. He would like to wait for more discoveries in the area, which he believes would open for a new debate on the possible landing of the oil.

November 10, 2008
Goliat Platform

No landing of Goliat oil

ENI Norway upholds its decision not to land the oil from the “Goliat” oil field. All production phases will be made at sea.

November 07, 2008
North Atlantic

North-Atlantic focus in Nordic cooperation

Iceland will take over the chairmanship of the Nordic Council of Ministers at the start of 2009. In the country’s recently presented program for the period, there is a strong focus on northern Atlantic issues.

November 07, 2008
Photo: SAS

SAS in financial trouble

Scandinavia’s main airline company SAS is in deep financial trouble, and will have to cut 500 million EUR in its budget. Many predict that SAS will be sold to a larger European airline company in near future.

November 06, 2008
The Icelandic shelf

Norway and Iceland sign border treaty

This week Norway and Iceland signed a treaty which outlines the framework of oil and gas exploration on the continental shelf between Jan Mayen and Iceland.

November 05, 2008
Photo: NRK Brennpunkt

Soviet provocation met with silence

In the summer of 1968 the Soviet Union marched up tanks and soldiers along the border to Norway. On the Norwegian side the military had no idea about what was happening, a new documentary film shows.

November 05, 2008
Photo: www.dirnat.no

Fish industry gains on financial crisis

While most industrial sectors suffer from the global financial crisis, Norwegian fish industry may earn more money than ever in the time to come.

November 04, 2008

Opening up border towns

The Russian Border Commissioner has notified his Norwegian colleague that the border towns of Nikel, Zapolyarny and Pechenga soon will be open for all visitors again.

November 04, 2008