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.
Arkhangelsk Governor Ilya Mikhalchuk in a meeting with the Arkhangelsk city administration this week expressed dissatisfaction with the local state of affairs. –I still do not see any development dynamics in the city, the governor said.
The Norwegian Labour Party’s youth organization, AUF, says that the oil industry is bluffing constantly about it’s environmental efforts. In AUF’s opinion, the Labour Party, a senior partner in Norway’s government coalition, is naive when it believes in the oil industry’s promises.
Arkhangelsk Governor Ilya Mikhalchuk this week announced that he will fire 30 percent of the employees in his regional administration in a bid to cut costs.
Early voting in the EU Parliament elections started today. If you live in Sweden, Finland or any other EU country you should start casting your votes now.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the regional leaders with the worst figures on unemployment and salary debts will be dismissed. That has made the governors actively fake economic figures.
The diplomatic relations between Sweden and Russia are getting better as both Sweden’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister goes to Moscow next Tuesday on a state visit.
The County Governors of Nordland and Troms Counties, Odd Eriksen and Pia Svendsgaard of the Labour Party, will not let the Socialist party stand in the way for a Government decision on Lofoten and Vesterålen oil exploration.
OSLO: The delimitation of the Barents Sea is a big event not only in Russian-Norwegian relations, but good also for all of Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said today. He also highlighted the importance of the Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation in High North relations.