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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

Stable Russian air activity in the north

The Norwegian Air Force on Thursday sent out two F-16 fighter jets from NATO’s Quick Reaction Alert in Bodø to identify yet another Russian aircraft.

December 19, 2014

Arctic is warming at twice the rate of anywhere else on Earth

Arctic warming is setting off changes that affect people and the environment in this fragile region, and has broader effects beyond the Arctic on global security, trade, and climate, a new report reads.

December 18, 2014

Fewer Russians visit Finland

The number of visas issued by the Finnish Consulate General in St.Petersburg has dropped to the same level as in 2011. Only in the first half of December the demand for visas fell 40 percent.

December 17, 2014

Russia to follow Denmark with Arctic shelf claim in March 2015

Russia will file a claim with the UN by the end of March 2015 to expand the boundaries of its continental shelf in the Arctic. Conflicting territorial claims with Denmark will be solved via bilateral talks, the Russian Government says.

December 17, 2014

Northern Sea Route traffic plummeted

After four years of increased use of the Northern Sea Route by vessels going in transit between Europe and Asia, 2014 saw a steep downturn. The amount of cargo transported in transit dropped 77 percent compared to last year.

December 16, 2014

Denmark claims North Pole

Denmark will on Monday afternoon become the first country to claim ownership of the North Pole. Scientific data shows Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, says Denmark’s Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard.

December 15, 2014

Norway suspends military cooperation with Russia until end of 2015

The Government has decided to continue the suspension of all bilateral military activities until the end of 2015.

December 12, 2014

New speaker of Murmansk Duma

United Russia’s Mikhail Ilinykh is elected as Speaker of Murmansk Regional Duma.

December 12, 2014

One keyboard – six languages

An app for smartphone providing keyboard for six different Sami languages is released today.

December 12, 2014

New spy vessel to keep track with «unpredictable» Russia

Norway’s Intelligence Service will soon get a new “Marjata” vessel to operate in the Barents Sea. The vessel will be the world’s most advanced of its kind and will secure Norway’s need for information in the High North the next 30 years.

December 10, 2014