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Norway eases self-imposed restrictions on NATO training

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 14:13
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As Nordic top military commanders teamed up along Norway’s border with Russia, the Government in Oslo announced adjustments to allied

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish and Norwegian police to share unique border station next week

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 10:39
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Swedish and Norwegian police move in together next week, sharing a police station built on the actual border between the

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland’s eastern border unlikely to reopen anytime soon

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 09:16
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Large-scale illegal immigration is still the biggest risk on Finland’s eastern border, says Colonel Marko Saareks, the new commander of

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

1,5 year behind bars for attempted illegal border crossing to Norway

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 10:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 10:46
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By Atle Staalesen, Denis Zagore According to the district prosecutor in Pechenga, Murmansk region, two men in spring this year tried to

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland’s President confirms controversial deportation law

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 08:47
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By Hannah Thule Under certain circumstances, the law allows for border authorities to refuse to accept asylum applications at border

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€1,000 fine for a few seconds “visit” to Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 14, 2024 at 15:48
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Police in Finnmark on Friday fined a tourist for taking a short walk across the border. The tourist, a European

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

FSB pushes border opening with Finland; 18 walkers crossed illegally Thursday

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 11:53
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Finnish border guard on Thursday arrested 18 people from the Middle East who walked the snow from Russia. The group

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Crossings remained low in turbulent border year

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 at 09:13
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Norwegian immigration police summarize traffic for 2023, 30% growth, but far below pre-COVID levels. In 2023, the Norwegian-Russian border saw

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland suspects 1,000 asylum seekers of committing border offences

Yle News
Posted: Friday, January 12, 2024 at 15:09
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Finland suspects 1,000 asylum seekers of committing border offences Finnish authorities have begun investigating about 1,000 asylum seekers over suspicions

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Eleven Iranians arrested by Finnish border guards after illegal crossing from Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 12, 2024 at 09:01
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The group was assisted by people on the Russian side, the Finnish Border Guard informs. The Iranians, all of them

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* Newsroom Picks * Finland Geopolitics (Finland) News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics (Finland) 

Finland’s border closure explained

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 16:24
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Crossings to be shut for at least 2 weeks following surge of migrants trying to enter from Russia. Finland is

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Russia 

Border trouble not on agenda when FSB boss visited Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 9, 2023 at 13:48
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Last year’s controversial illegal border crossings and Russia’s military exercises troubling Norwegian fishermen in the Norwegian economic zone were not

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) News Politics Politics (Russia) RCI 

Fleeing Russia, Andrei seeks asylum in what for him is still historical homeland, Sapmi

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 11:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 15:42
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“I’m pleased to be on this side of the border. To be free and not persecuted. To speak the truth

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Environmental specialists: Proposed border fence will affect Finland’s bear, wolf populations

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2022 at 14:26
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The proposed construction of a fence along sections of the border with Russia will result in fewer wolves, bears and

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Last Europe-Russia rail link suspended in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 28, 2022 at 12:22
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The last Allegro train from St. Petersburg for the foreseeable future rolled into Helsinki on Sunday evening at 7pm, carrying

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