Barents Sea cod quotas lowered by 20% for the third year in a row
Norway and Russia find common interests in cod and other fish stocks. A deal is reached on the 2024 quotas.
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Barents Sea
Lavrov formally withdraws Russia from Barents cooperation
Sergei Lavrov on Monday informed the other members of the Barents Cooperation about the withdrawal from the official structures where
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Norwegians fear radiation as Russia prolongs test-window for Burevestnik missile
A satellite image from September 14 shows several vessels close to shore near the military top-secret Pankovo test site. Air
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US Navy brings massive fire power to Tromsø
For the first time a guided missile submarine of the Ohio-class makes port call to Northern Norway. It was Thursday
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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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Russian inner bastion exercise overlaps into Norwegian economic zone
The live-fire events starting Monday morning may affect fisheries, ship- and air traffic, and other civilian activities in the Barents
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Russia kicks off strategic aviation exercise over the Barents Sea ahead of next week’s NATO Summit
A large area from the eastern Barents Sea to the Ural Mountains is now closed off for civilian aviation as
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Oil company tried to cover up large Arctic oil spill
An estimated 1,000 tons of oil has leaked into nature after a pipe burst next to the Kolva River in
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FSB signs maritime security cooperation with China in Murmansk
A groundbreaking memorandum signed between the Chinese Coast Guard and FSB’ Border Guard Service opens for extensive cooperation in the
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In bid to tap Arctic gas, Norway eyes pipeline connection to Barents Sea
The Norwegian government might support the building of a far northern natural gas pipeline. A report commissioned by the country’s
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Blog: Earth’s temperature rises as geopolitical climate cools
It’s now one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. There’s no sign of any end to the conflict. And we are
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Vår Energi found more oil at Goliat
The oil discovery was made after drilling down to nearly 3,000 meters below the seafloor. Goliat is the only operational
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Arctic oil-driller Gazprom Neft creates its own private military company
Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on February 4 signed the order allowing Gazprom Neft to establish a private military company. The existence
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Slowdown in Barents Sea petroleum
Norwegian Government offers only two new production licenses for the Barents Sea this year. The hunger for Barents Sea oil
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Large areas of Arctic seabed damaged by trawlers
The Norwegian marine researchers that set out on an Arctic expedition this summer expected to find large areas of untouched
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