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Trude Pettersen

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Trude Pettersen worked for the Norwegian Barents Secretariat from 2008 - 2016 as the assistant editor of BarentsObserver. Trude graduated from the University of Tromsø in 2000 with a MA degree in Russian. She has also studied International Politics and Russia and Eastern Europe Area Studies.

Content by Trude Pettersen

Norway, Russia sign deal on nuclear accidents

Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority and Rosatom have signed a set of joint notification procedures in case of nuclear incidents.

September 16, 2015

Low voter turnout in local elections in Murmansk

Russia’s leading party United Russia won 79 of 144 seats in local elections on the Kola Peninsula.

September 16, 2015

Finland steps up border control to Sweden

Finland’s Interior Minister announces measures to step up controls on the country’s Lapland border to Sweden and set up refugee reception centers in the region.

September 15, 2015

Yara suspends Sokli mining project

Norwegian fertilizer giant Yara halts development of its Sokli phosphorus mining project in Finnish Lapland on the border to Russia.

September 15, 2015

Refugee reception center planned in Kirkenes

Norwegian authorities plan to open a refugee reception center in Kirkenes for asylum seekers entering the country via Russia.

September 14, 2015

U.S. military could return to Iceland

Keflavik Air Base outside Reykjavik could once again become base for U.S. military, nearly ten years after the last forces left the country.

September 11, 2015

From Tromsø to Russia with silent film concert

Tromsø International Film Festival tours Russia with a unique concert production of the 1927 Soviet silent film Bed and Sofa.

September 10, 2015

U.S. icebreaker reaches North Pole

The U.S. Coast Guard vessel Healy became the first U.S. surface ship to reach the North Pole unaccompanied.

September 09, 2015

U.S. builds up Arctic intelligence network

As Russia is boosting its military presence in the Arctic, U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to study potential threats in the north, using both Canadian and Norwegian resources.

September 08, 2015

Tourists – da! Scientists – njet!

Russian scientists are disappointed that a planned Norwegian-Russian polar bear inventory was cancelled because of lack of good will from Russian authorities.

September 08, 2015