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.
The European Union expects a breakthrough on the question of new talks over a new framework agreement with Russia, European Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner says.
The EU Parliament is highly disappointed with the situation in EU-Russia visa relations, Finnish parliament deputy Henrik Lax says. He confirms that a major reform of the Schengen agreement now is under planning.
Average salaries in Murmansk Oblast will be between 55.000 and 60.000 by year 2015, Murmansk governor said during a round trip to regional municipalities last week.
The captain of the Murmansk-registered trawler “Koralnes” has agreed to pay a 500.000 NOK (61.800 EUR) fine for having failed to register catch results in the Norwegian economic zone.
The Russian government today presented the new Russian-Norwegian visa agreement to the State Duma. It is expected that the parliament chamber will ratify the agreement the nearest days.
During his visit to Oslo this week, Governor of Murmansk Oblast Yuri Yevdokimov met with the Norwegian royal family, four government ministers, leading business representatives, as well the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.
Delegations from Russia and the EU last week met to start talks on visa-free travel. Our goal is to abolish the visa regime, Russian Presidential aide Vladimir Ivanov said.
-The Kola Nuclear Power plant has for a long time been among the best three power plants in Russia, head engineer of the plant says. The plant will now become a part of the new giant federal company Atomenergoprom
The biggest opposition party in Norwegian politics the Progress Party wants Norwegian foreign policies to focus less on global hotspots and more on the countrys adjacent areas in the High North. Next year, the party seeks government power.
