Many women in the Barents region enjoy a level of gender equality unmatched anywhere else in the world, but those behind a new project called Her High North still believe women’s issues in the region need more attention.
All Norwegian flights between mainland Norway and Svalbard are temporarily cancelled as ash from the Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano swept across the Norwegian area of the Barents Sea on Monday night. Russian flights are still operating in the area.
Norwegian classical singer Anne-Lise Berntsen has modeled a musical project after the centuries-old practice of trade between the Norwegians in East Finnmark and Russians living on the coast of the White Sea.
