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.
- 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.
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.
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.
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.