Two hundred kilometres above the Arctic Circle hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers are finding a new life in northern Norway, but recently the doors have been shutting on those desperate to start fresh in the High North.
The European Union has broken down borders and created cross-border unity in a formerly war-torn continent. The EU gets the 2012 Peace Prize for its advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.
Treason-hunters at FSB’s headquarters Lubyanka get a wider target group after the State Duma last Friday tentatively approved a treason bill to include moves against Russia’s “constitutional order, sovereignty and territorial and state integrity.”
Nobody in Russia knows what time it will be after October 28. Fixed summertime like today, permanent wintertime, or a switch between the two. The State Duma has to find a way out of the current time-confusing situation.
Solovki: Scrap metal, oil-barrels, chemicals leaked into the soil and various waste. This is what meets tourists at the newly opened cruise port at Solovki. Here, Arkhangelsk authorities hope to boost international tourism.
A wave of Orthodoxy takes Russia, so also in the north. The construction of the tallest church-building in the Barents Region is changing the skyline of the city.
One of the largest project granters to healthcare, small businesses and civil society in Barents Russia is told that their services are no longer needed.
The High North has enormous opportunities for business development both within fisheries, energy and minerals, as well as tourism, but there are many challenges that must be addressed, says head of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions Roar Flåthen.
