Russia conducts Barents SAR exercise without Norwegian participants
An extensive Search- and Rescue exercise took place this week headed by the Marine Rescue Service of Murmansk in cooperation
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Barents
Built to befriend Russia, Barents Cooperation transforms to Nordic front
War and aggression has left regional cooperation with Russia in shatters. The Norwegian government nonetheless continues to nurture hope for
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“Barents and Arctic cooperation can continue without Russia”: ambassador
Finland’s Barents Ambassador Jari Vilén is confident that international cooperation in the far northern region must persist on a Nordic
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Norway expands Arctic drilling, environmentalists worried
Strongly criticized by environmental groups, Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy announces 56 new blocks in the Barents Sea. “Awarding
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Sharp drop in emissions near Norwegian border, says Russian mining company
New technology at the ore-briquetting plant in Zapolyarny could be good news for the fragile taiga forest. But does Nornickel
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Norway calls snap military drill in Arctic, after Russian announcement
Norwegian Armed Forces move soldiers and vehicles to Finnmark, but says the drill is planned long before Russia’s Defence Minister
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Ice-blog: Arctic plastic “garbage patches”
There are a lot of things you might want to discover on a research cruise in the Arctic. Chunks of
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Politics, plastics and whaling: Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Finland and Russia talk Arctic in Oulu
Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov met for bilateral talks in Oulu on Wednesday where
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Gazprom, Rosneft fight over Arctic field
Both Gazprom and Rosneft want the license to the Murmanskoye field in the Barents Sea. The scene is set for
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Russia brands Arctic indigenous organization as “foreign agent”
The Nenets organization Yasavey Manzara is the first indigenous peoples´ organization in the Barents Region to be declared “foreign agents”.
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Russian metal giant pays pocket fluff in pollution fines
Penalty for peak pollution is equal to net profit from 4,7 seconds of operation. Norilsk-Nickel on Monday announces a net
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Norway, Russia find peace in cod
The two countries have together managed the rich fish stocks in the Barents Sea for almost half a century. Now,
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Norway and Russia adjusting border line
For the first time since 1947 Norwegian and Russian authorities are adjusting the 196 kilometers long border between the two
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Rosneft completes historical Arctic expedition
For ten weeks the nuclear powered icebreaker “Yamal” brought a major team of researchers practically all along Russia’s Arctic coast.
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