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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.

Russian flag planted under the North Pole in 2007

But Russia and Denmark might not agree about the belonging of the North Pole point, a leading Russian researcher says.

Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin (photo: government.ru)

Russian Premier Vladimir Putin proposes to US Vice President Joe Biden to open up for visa-free traveling between the two countries.

From the signing of the Delimitation agreement in Murmansk

Russia’s and Norway’s foreign ministers Sergey Lavrov and Jonas Gahr Støre are appointed Honorary Doctors of the University of Tromsø.

Russian trawler.

- Russia is not going to stand idly and watch the Norwegian coast guard arresting our trawlers in the waters around Svalbard, says Andrey Krainy, head of the Federal Fishery Agency.

President Medvedev submitted the bill on Monday reversing the 2004 decision by then-President Putin.

The dismissed governor of Murmansk Oblast might be replaced by a woman.

But critics say that the new election law will not make regional governments more democratic.

For the first time all nine Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs in the Nordic countries are gathered to discuss future cooperation in the High North.

A new report from the Commission displays an increasing European annoyance over rich Norwegians’ protectionist trade policies and negligence of EU law.

Ministry of Regional Development estimates effectiveness of regional governments. Twenty top regions receive state grants.

Aili Keskitalo, Sámi politician and member of Barents Regional Council, says the termination of activities by Working Group of Indigenous Peoples is a serious signal to the nations in the Barents Region.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg presented her new government Wednesday. Barents-friend Børge Brende takes the post as Foreign Minister.

The investigation committee in Murmansk has opened a criminal case against chairman of the Murmansk regional Duma Vasily Shambir. He is accused of fraud of 42 million rubles.