Plastic waste has increased in the Barents Sea, study shows
By Elizaveta Vereykina The majority of sea birds have microplastics in their stomachs, scientists report. There is an increasing amount
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Norwegian and Finnish soldiers train together in Lapland this week
By Hannah Thule The RYSKE military exercise ends on Friday, July 26. This week the military exercise RYSKE will occur
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Turkish science team explores Russia’s Svalbard plans
Infrastructure, logistics and life were on the agenda when a Turkish research delegation came to Pyramiden, the ghost town Russia
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Svalbard had warmest June on record
Longyearbyen airport had an average temperature of 6.1°C, which is 2.5°C above normal. This is the warmest June recorded at
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Oslo funds honorary consulate in Russian region with no Norwegians
The office still helps facilitating visas to Vardø, the Norwegian town where Russia’s orthodox church from Arkhangelsk wanted to build
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Nuclear-powered icebreakers bring record loss for shipyard
Construction of the two icebreakers “Sibir” and “Ural” were unprofitable, the Baltic Shipyard says as its 2023 financial report shows
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Norway’s decision to block property sales contradicts Svalbard Treaty: experts
By Hannah Thule Legal experts argue that the decision violates Article 7 on equal treatment in the Svalbard Treaty. The
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Blog: Oasis No More? Svalbard and Contested Arctic Strategies
Although there remains much conventional wisdom which still considers the Arctic to be only loosely situated within international law, and
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Oslo prolongs Russia’s permission to call on ports in Northern Norway
The Norwegian Government on Friday made clear that Russian fishing vessels are welcome to visit the three ports of Tromsø,
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Google adds North Sámi to translation service
Languages of multiple ethnic groups in Russia are included in Google Translate’s update. North Sámi is the largest of the
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Skolt Sámi met to discuss the repatriation of human remains
By Hannah Thule The Skolt Sámi who attended the forums in Finnish-Norwegian boarder villages Neiden and Nellim expressed a wish
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Norwegian tall ship to travel to Northwest Passage on 2025 expedition
The Norwegian Tall Ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl will visit the Arctic during its 2025 expedition to raise awareness and encourage cooperation
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Leaders of Finland, Norway and Sweden meet to discuss security in Bodø
By Hannah Thule Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will meet with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas
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€1,000 fine for a few seconds “visit” to Russia
Police in Finnmark on Friday fined a tourist for taking a short walk across the border. The tourist, a European
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Spring temperatures break records in Russia and Norway
By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer The spring of 2024 in the Russian North has been registered as the
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