Norway deploys Home Guard soldiers on border with Finland in the Arctic
With the goal of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, Norwegian soldiers are now supporting local police with turning
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Swedish Public Health Agency says border closures ‘won’t work’ against coronavirus spread
Sweden’s chief epidemiologist at the public health agency, and who is leading the work against the corona virus says closing
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Coronavirus: Russia hints it might close its border with Norway, Finland
Cases of coronavirus have been revealed at our neighbors, governor of the north Russian region explains. “I beg all inhabitants
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Improved road between Russia and Finland boosts cross-border travel
The growth in travelers from Murmansk to northernmost Finland was more than twice the 2019-growth on the Russian-Norwegian border. For
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Russian security agency to build another building in Murmansk
The decision to build one more office complex for the security service comes only three years after the Stalin-styled new
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Mushers from Russia’s Arctic Brigade practice dog sledding along Finnish border
With weapons on the shoulders, infantry solders learn how to traverse Arctic borderlands with dogs. The first dogs arrived in
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Russia-Norway cross-border traffic up 20 per cent
2019 could be the first year since 2015 with an increase in travelers across the Russian, Norwegian land border in
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Russia mulls extension of border zone
An official document indicates that Moscow is preparing the reintroduction of travelling restrictions in the borderlands to Norway and Finland.
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Lapland border officials turn away first would-be entrants at Finnish-Russian crossing
A new border restriction has been in force for 10 days at Finland’s two Lapland border crossings on the Russian
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Norwegian MP urges collaboration with Russia
East-West tensions and Arctic militarization notwithstanding, the soft approaches of the Barents Cooperation must be core in relations with Russia,
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Migrants on Arctic transit route have returned to Moscow
It has been one week without any asylum seekers crossing from northern Russia to Finnish Lapland. The last migrant waiting
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Asylum seekers continue to arrive via northern route from Russia
The number of asylum seekers arriving in Finland at border crossing points on the northeastern border has not fallen since
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Russian military transport aircraft suspected of violating Finnish airspace
Air Force F-18 Hornet fighters were scrambled Friday afternoon when it is believed that a Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft
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Cheaper ruble boosts Norway-Russia petrol traffic
Norwegians living in Eastern Finnmark have access to cheaper petrol than any other places in Western Europe. 36 rubel per
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