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 should review its international treaty obligations, and reconsider those that fall out of line with Russian law, deputy chairman of the Federation Council’s Committee on Constitutional Legislation Konstantin Dobrynin says.
As a response to the sanctions from the international community, Russia is creating a list of ”aggressor states”, in which all EU countries will be included.
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.
The pressure against Russian NGOs is getting harder. In Murmansk two youth organizations are under investigation for failing to register as foreign agents.
The Nordic cooperation is a natural platform for meeting the challenges facing the Nordic region, Europe and the rest of the world, the Nordic Prime Ministers say.
Eurosceptic far-right groups gain support in EU-Barents, but the winner in the northernmost region of the EU is Paavo Väyrynen, Finland’s signature to the 1993 Kirkenes declaration.
Russian politician and tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov suggests dividing Russia into federal districts proceeding from economic expedience, not necessarily regional borders.
The upcoming European Union elections are highlighting the gap between EU politics and high North affairs and it’s an issue that’s causing a bit of an identity crisis in northern Finland.
A proposed new amendment to Russia’s child protection law - which already bans “gay propaganda” - would also ban the distribution of “unpatriotic information” to children. Russian policy expert Julie Wilhelmsen says it fits with the government’s ongoing bid to win over Russian nationalists.
