The two semi-submersible drilling rigs originally planned for the Shtokman project in the Barents Sea will soon start drilling off Sakhalin in Russia’s Far East.
Last week the Norwegian and Russian border guard service had their annual exchange event where around 20 soldiers and officers from each country cross the border to see what the daily service is like on the other side.
Social democrat Erkki Tuomioja is taking over the reigns of the Foreign Ministry, while Alexander Stubb is becoming Minister of Foreign Trade and European Affairs.
After months of planning and technical preparation, state broadcaster NRK was ready to “go live” Thursday night with its marathon coverage of a Hurtigruten voyage from Bergen to the line’s turnaround point in Kirkenes.
Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil had a net operating income of NOK 50.7 billion in the first quarter of 2011, a 28 percent increase compared to NOK 39.6 billion in the first quarter of 2010.
In 2010 more than 300 000 tourists visited Arkhangelsk and the surrounding towns. This is up 12 percent from the previous year. But still the share of foreign tourists to the region was rather low – only some 10 percent.
