Swedish rangers might return to Lapland
Twenty years after the Ranger Regiment in far northern Kiruna was disbanded, the Swedish government considers a reopening. Swedish Defense
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Author: Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Home Guard leaves the checkpoints as Norway reopens border
The extraordinary military mission to guard the border to Sweden and Finland comes to end after more than 18 months
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Political infighting reverberates through Russia’s Arctic capital
The Governor of Murmansk rages after local legislators turned down his candidate for new Murmansk City Mayor. Regional Governor Andrei
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Russia’s Rosneft and Norway’s Equinor sign agreement to manage emissions
Russia’s biggest oil company Rosneft joins forces with Norway’s Equinor in an effort to manage carbon emissions. The two companies
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Russia’s defence minister pushes Siberian mega-plan
The Russian defence minister wants to build several mega-cities and connect the vast region to the Arctic. The grand Soviet-style
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Norwegians celebrate end of COVID restrictions
Bars and nightclubs are expecting a mass influx of guests as the Nordic country announced a full reopening of society.
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Arctic sea-ice reaches this year’s low, but shippers still snub Northern Sea Route
After Russia’s warmest-ever summer, the Northern Sea Route is almost ice-free. But only few shipmasters set course for the Arctic
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Crushing victory for United Russia, but in one Arctic region, Putin’s party is dealt a blow
The far northern Nenets Autonomous Okrug is the Russian region with the lowest support for the United Russia. Independent observers
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Oslo welcomes new round of shelf drilling
Outgoing Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru says she is happy about the big number of companies eager to
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Silje Karine Muotka is new President of the Sámi Parliament in Norway
The Norwegian Sámi Association wins the election despite a voter boost for its main rival, the North Calotte People. The
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Norway gets new government as voters make a forceful left turn
A green shift was in the air, but a majority of Norwegians ultimately cast their votes for a center-left coalition
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Training sees 40 new Russian tanks rumble along the border to Norway
The potent Russian forces deployed in the Pechenga region have brought their full force of new Arctic T-80BVM tanks to
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Novatek’s new Arctic license areas located in protected nature reserve
The natural gas company was awarded the controversial licenses after it sent a letter to the Kremlin. Company leader Leonid
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Russian minister of emergency situations dies during Arctic exercise
Yevgeny Zinichev lost his life when leading the biggest rescue and emergency exercise ever held in the Russian Far North.
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Russia drills rescue and emergency response in Arctic exercise
About 6,000 personnel are engaged in one of Russia’s biggest ever rescue and emergency exercises in the Arctic. The exercise
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