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Some 1000 parents and children in the Komi Republic have received help through the Barents cooperation program “Children and youth at risk”.

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.

Ilya Mikhachuk, Viktor Pavlenko

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.

Martin Henriksen (Photo: auf.no)

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.

Ilya Mikhachuk (Dvinaland.ru)

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.

Dmitry Dmitriyenko, Yevgeny Nikora

Dmitry Dmitriyenko was yesterday first approved by the Murmansk regional parliament and then sworn in as the region’s new governor.

Negative trend

First quarter results show that the Russian economy continues to fall. That forces Russian federal authorities to cut budgets to the bone.

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.

Regional Committee

Lack of money is a threat to the unique political cooperation in the Barents Region.

Finland and the EU

Finland will this year get a record-high 890 million EUR from the EU. That is to help it cope with the deep economic crisis.

Carl Bildt entering Russia at the lane for Russian citizens when he went to Murmansk for the Barents Council meeting in October

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.

County Governors, Odd Eriksen of Nordland County and Pia Svendsgaard of Troms County

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.

Vladimir Putin, Matti Vanhanen

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir today arrived in Lappeenranta, eastern Finland, for a one-day visit.