Alexander Stubb, famous in the Barents Region for branding the north as the world´s most sexy region, is put on track to take over after Jyrki Katainen.
One of the leading regional politicians in the Barents Cooperation, Pia Svensgaard, announces that she steps down from the post as head of the Troms County Government.
Sámi villages in Sweden, together with the Sámi Council, are appealing the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination in order to stop the Swedish government`s extraction plans on Sámi territory.
TROMSØ: For the next two years Governor Igor Orlov will chair the Barents Regional Council. One of Orlov´s main focuses will be to promote business for youth, especially within tourism.
TROMSØ: “We are determined to promote economic cooperation and people-to-people contacts across borders,” said Finland’s Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja after receiving the gavel from the outgoing chair of the Barents Council, Norway’s Børge Brende.
TROMSØ: Foreign Ministers Børge Brende and Carl Bildt want to question anti-gay law and human rights when meeting for the Barents Council on Tuesday. But the Russian Foreign Minister is not coming.
The new President of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament, Aili Keskitalo (44), promises that cooperation with indigenous peoples in Russia will be a top priority.
