Leader of Norway’s Finnmark region snubs Moscow, wants Zelensky at WWII anniversary
The new regional government of Hans-Jacob Bønå does not want any official Russian representatives at next year’s 80-year anniversary of
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Author: Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia announces major development plan for seaports on Northern Sea Route
A terminal for shipment of zinc and lead is to be built in the archipelago of Novaya Zemlya and the
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Quest for freedom and love: Norwegians and Russians in Kirkenes for Barents Pride
This is not only a celebration. It is a protest. Against war and repression, explains Valentina Likhoshva, who travelled from
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Svalbard very important part of Norway, says Lieutenant General
On the backdrop of an increasingly tense security situation, Head of the Norwegian Joint Headquarters Yngve Odlo pays visit to
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Washington bans Russia’s main Arctic oil driller
Company Gazprom Nedra could face serious trouble in Arctic shelf exploration as it is included in an updated U.S sanctions
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Russian Arctic regions strengthen bonds with Beijing
We are entering a new level of partnership with China,” Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis said as he in September met with leaders
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More indigenous men from Russian Arctic are killed in Moscow’s war of aggression
On a cold morning in late January, the relatives of Vasily Taleev assembled to say a last farewell. The 33
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Major energy project in Arctic being lobbied by natural gas company Novatek
Vladimir Putin summons key energy industry representatives to a meeting on the construction of a 1,300 km long gas pipeline
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Norwegian oilmen lay out a picture of Svalbard
There is a growing interest in the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate says in a statement and pitches a
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China’s icebreaker Xuelong-2 is sailing to the North Pole
In cooperation with researchers from Russia and Thailand, Arctic experts from the Chinese Polar Institute are sailing 15,500 nautical miles
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New production platform arrives in Utrenneye. It is part of Russia’s big push into Arctic LNG
Accompanied by 12 tugs and support ships, the 640,000 ton heavy production unit this week docked in the Utrenneye port
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Norway outlines powerful electrification of its North
Major investments in renewables, new power lines and emission cuts are to set stage for an industrial revival of the
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Moscow called Oslo “unfriendly.” Now, it has become “very unfriendly”
Norway is the only of Russia’s neighboring countries that is included in a list of states with a so-called unfriendly
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Ship with Russian university students goes aground in remote archipelago Franz Josef Land
The vessel that was built at the Ukrainian Kherson Shipyard in 1975 got in trouble late evening 24th of July
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Floating LNG platform : big advance for Russia’s expansive Arctic industry
It was a historical moment for Novatek and the Russian natural gas industry. Six years after construction started on the
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