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Major corruption case clouds Russian base projects in Arctic

Two men with close ties to the Ministry of Defence are charged with theft of almost 3 billion rubles in

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 19:09
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«We have consistently and severely underestimated the rate of climate change,» says Director Jan-Gunnar Winther of the Norwegian Polar Institute.

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 7, 2016 at 02:10 — Last Updated: Friday, October 7, 2016 at 18:27
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PORTLAND, Me. – When Portland, Maine was named as the site of this fall’s Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting,

Up to 50 meters of Norway’s new security fence could be teared down and rebuilt. Supposed to be finished before

New year, new cash. Excavators and dump trucks are back in business on Russia’s road towards the Norwegian border. After

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 15:15 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 20:33
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While the building industry showed the largest drop, nearly 50 companies per month still filed for bankruptcy in the first

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 20:10 — Last Updated: Friday, May 15, 2015 at 17:32
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A quarter of all companies with Norwegian ownership in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk have disappeared since 2012, but still the activity

Russia works seven days a week with new highway to the border, but the Norwegian Public Roads Administration today announced

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 19:53 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 19:04
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After years of planning, the first steps of tearing down and moving the Arctic town of Kiruna started today in

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014 at 14:36 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 16:47
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Restrictions on new holiday homes, more limits on fishing and an 800 metre no-go zone around dens are included in

In 2010, I went to Nuuk, Greenland for the first time. And I was surprised that as soon as people