The Russian government intends to increase foreign trade tariffs in a bid to protect domestic industry. Meanwhile, the country postpones plans for the entry into the WTO.
Last week the Zvezdochka shipyard in Arkhangelsk Oblast put one nuclear powered submarine on the water after reparations and finished scrapping another one.
StatoilHydro Russia is supporting a pre study project to develop a fundament for a sales- and marketing organization for construction companies in the northernmost Norwegian county of Finnmark.
Minister for EU Affairs Cecilia Malmström this week presented the Swedish EU Presidency website. On July 1, Sweden takes over the Presidency of the EU.
While the government calls on Gazprom to step up exploration drilling in the Arctic, the gas company itself considers to make serious cuts in new exploration in a bid to reduce costs.
The Norwegian shipping company Odfjell demands more than USD 100 million from Russia’s Sevmash naval yard after it cancelled the construction of 12 chemical carriers last year.
The mayor of the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes, Linda Beate Randal, has written a letter to the Norwegian Foreign Minister asking him to ease the visa application prosess for Nikel citizens and opening a Norwegian consulate office in the Russian border town.
The new challenges in the Barents Region and the enhanced EU interests in the region should make the union elaborate an EU Barents Strategy, BarentsObserver writes in an editorial.
The northern and coastal part of the Barents Region is also affected by climate changes. But maybe not like you think. The spring comes later than before in many areas.
