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.
A court in Arkhangelsk this week announced that election results from two polling stations in this May’s local city mayor’s elections were incorrect, but left the overall election results undisputed. Election loser Tatiana Bazanova now says she will bring her case to an international court.
In their meeting with Arkhangelsk Governor Ilya Mikhalchuk this week, representatives of the Nordic Council highlighted the importance of a continued strengthening of cross-border cooperation. Governor Mikhalchuk on his side stressed the joint interests of the parties.
Larisa Bazanova, the opposition leader who sued the Arkhangelsk Election Commission in the wake of the May 25 local city mayor’s elections, has lost her appeal case in the Arkhangelsk regional court.
The Russian government is increasing state ownership stakes in all sectors of the Russian economy, but still underlines that it has no plans to change its economic policy or nationalize large parts of the economy. Also in Norway, the government is increasing its ownership in companies, among them energy giant StatoilHydro.
The new EU Communication on the Arctic downplays potential security challenges in the Arctic and instead highlights the importance of stability, cooperation and a sustainable marine environment, Gunnar Sander from the European Environmental Agency said at a conference in Kirkenes, Norway, today.
Sergey Subbotin was last Friday sworn in as the new city mayor of Murmansk. His first move was to dismiss the whole administration of former mayor Mikhail Savchenko.
-I think we have an excellent opportunity to reset the relationship between the United States and Russia on a whole host of issues, U.S. President Barack Obama said after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday.
The Barents Cooperation helps create trust and is useful for both the national and regional levels of power, Russian State Duma representative Valentina Pivnenko highlighted in this week’s Barents Parliamentary Conference.
Murmansk will over the next years be a Russian key region for transport and infrastructure development. This week, the region fired its minister of transport.
MURMANSK: The Foreign Ministers of the Barents Region will continue to work for easier border crossings.- It’s a serious task and we take it with us in the a new working group for developing of tourism in the region, says Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The republican parliament today approved Vyacheslav Gaizer as the region’s new leader. He replaces Vladimir Torlopov who has headed the republic the last eight years.
International cooperation in the Baltic Sea, northern Europe and in the Arctic is among the top issues in Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt’s meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today.
President Dmitri Medvedev is shaping Russian Arctic policy. BarentsObserver has compiled the comprehensive list of Russian future investment and activity plans in the Arctic.
