Washington pulls 700 US marines out of Norway
The US Marines has been permanently stationed in Norway on a rotational basis since 2017. That arrangement now comes to
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Author: Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
A Norwegian port offers a new transport route for Chinese shippers
The shipping container was in mid-July loaded on a train in the Chinese city of Hefei. Less than two weeks
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Russia to remove dangerous nuclear objects dumped on its Arctic sea floor
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Kremlin-critic soldier tells his story about military service in Russia’s Arctic
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Russia’s Northern fleet to perform drills in Barents Sea
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New Chinese Polar Institute icebreaker sets course for Arctic
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Russia’s Arctic Nenets Autonomous Okrug only region to vote against Putin’s constitutional reform
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Norway’s celebration of Svalbard Treaty was followed by ardent and coordinated response from Moscow media
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Two Chinese rigs prepare for drilling in Russian Arctic waters
One of the world’s biggest heavy loads vessel on 17th June sailed into the Kola Bay with two rigs on
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Russian investor breathes new life in major Arctic coal project
Roman Trotsenko on the 18th June formalized the acquisition of 75 percent of shares in the Arctic Mining Company and
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The city that builds Russia’s nuclear submarines now has more than 2,000 COVID-19 cases
The building of nuclear subs and other naval vessels takes no break despite the increasingly serious virus situation in Severodvinsk.
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Mass vaccination is underway on Russia’s Yamal tundra
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Train traffic resumes in Russian Arctic as Murmansk reconnects with grid
Regional Governor Andrey Chibis on Friday 19th June announced that a bypass connection had successfully been completed and that trains
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