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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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De norske statsrådene Tora Aasland og Liv Signe Navarsete, rektorene Pål Pedersen og Konstantin Ivanov fra henholdvis UiN og

Aiming at world class

20 years of University cooperation between Bodø and Baltic State Technical Universities marks just the beginning of what the future will bring of creativeness and innovations in the northern regions, says Norwegian minister of Research and Education Tora Aasland.

October 05, 2011

Record high cod stock

The cod stocks in the Barents Sea has shown a remarkable growth over the last years, and recent numbers show an all time high for the stock in 2011.

October 05, 2011

Skeleton burial denied

The Sami population on the Kola Peninsula wanted the skeletons of their ancestors to be returned from the exhibitions at the Murmansk Regional Museum to their original grave, but the claim was denied by the Museum.

September 28, 2011
Skolt sami skeletons brought back to Neiden.

94 Sami skeletons brought to final rest

In 1915 Norwegian researchers from the University of Oslo bought 94 buried Skolt Sami skeletons for less than one Euro per person. The skeletons were brought to the laboratory with the aim to study race and migration. On Sunday the skeletons were finally put to rest in their original grave on the river banks of the Neiden river. After 96 years in laboratory storage.

September 27, 2011
Marja Kyllönen has no money for Arctic Ocean railway.

- Railway to Norway? It’s hallucinations

- Finland has no money to build the Arctic Ocean railway to Norway, and will not apply to the EU for funding either, says the Finnish Minister of Transport Merja Kyllönen.

September 21, 2011
The Barents Youth NGO and Volunteer Forum 2011

Youth focus on renewable energy

Barents Youth is fighting for a sustainable development in the Barents Region, and highlights the need for more focus on renewable energy. That was the final conclusion of the Volunteer forum 2011.

September 20, 2011

Arkhangelsk in center of autumn events

Autumn breeze normally brings an endless flow of events to Arkhangelsk. This year is no exception. See slide show from the opening of the annual Margaritinskaya fair.

September 19, 2011
Hurtigruten Nordlys on fire outside Ålesund

Deadly fire on Norway's Coastal Steamer

The fire on Hurtigruten ”MS Nordlys” was alerted this morning while it was entering the port of Ålesund. Two of the crew members have died and sixteen persons are reported to have been injured as a result of the fire.

September 15, 2011
Governors Odd Eriksen, Pia Svendsgaard and Runar Sjåstad.

Four more years for Barents Governors

However, the Conservative party is the big winner of the regional elections in Norway this Monday.

September 13, 2011
Audun Celius from Tschudi Shipping Company and hans Kuiper from Graniet Import are ready for larger contracts with their Russian

Norwegian granite for Russian pipelines

Iron ore is not the only valuable resource in the Sydvaranger iron ore mine in the border town of Kirkenes. Aggregates from the mines are now exported in large volumes to pipeline work outside the Yamal Peninsula.

August 22, 2011