All speakers discussing the future possibilities of the Barents region.
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BarentsObserver's Atle Staalesen is preparing the registration desk and press-centre for the Barents Summit.
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The security presence is visible both on land and at sea for the Barents Summit.
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Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen arriving the Barents Summit.
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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt arriving the Barents Summit.
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Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg arriving Kirkenes for the Barents Summit.
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The press-centre with a beautiful view over the fjord outside Kirkenes.
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Barents Regional Committe and Barents Regional Council participants on King Crab safari the day before the Summit.
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"We are both celebrating the 20 years anniversary and will look ahead for the challenges in the Barents Region," Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg told locals in Kirkenes on Monday.
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Local police in Kirkenes opening the gate for activists from Murmansk based Priroida i Molodezh and Norwegian Nature and Youth on their way to protest ecological problems in the Barents Region in front of the hotel where the Prime Ministers have the Barents Summit.
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10 activists from Priroida i Molodezh in Murmansk and Nature and Youth in Norway with banners for Human Rights and ecology were demonstrating just across the street from the hotel when Russia's Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev arrived Monday evening.
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev arrives for the Barents Summit in Kirkenes Monday evening. Environmental activists from Priroida i Molodezh in Murmansk with banners in the background.
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Tuesday morning: The chairs are ready for the ministers and other officials at the Barents Summit.
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Barents Summit Family photo.
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Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg speaking at the Barents Summit.
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Jens Stoltenberg at the Summit.
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev.
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Barents and the Youth.
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Barents Regional Youth Council representative Anna Rybalova speaking at the Summit.
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Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev speaks at the Barents Summit.
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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.
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Global interest for the Barents Summit with delegates from way beyond the Barents Region.
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Dmitri Medvedev and Jens Stoltenberg had a joint press-conferance after their bi-lateral meetings.