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Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 News Norway 

First tanker in 20 months embarks to energy hungry Europe

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 15:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 16:17
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Norway’s role as a stable and predictable supplier of natural gas to Europe is pushed forward by dictator Vladimir Putin’s

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Russia proceeds with Arctic project as oil embargo looms

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 09:44
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Nuclear-powered freighter Sevmorput continues to shuttle with construction goods to field development sites along the Yenisey River as part of

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Russia 

Blog: Russia’s Arctic gas is funding the war in Ukraine

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:31 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 12:35
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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the seven other member states of the Arctic Council have hit a “pause”

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Blog: Blowback – The Ukraine Conflict and Arctic Security

Marc Lanteigne
Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 15:21
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The illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February will result in aftershocks throughout Europe and the global community for

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* Featured * Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General News Sweden 

Europe’s first battery gigafactory starts production in northern Sweden

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 11:17
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Northvolt says last night’s assembling of the first battery cell marks a new chapter in European industrial history. “Today is

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* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News 

New subsea cable to connect Asia, Europe, and North America through the Arctic

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 11:30
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After Finnish state-owned operator Cinia and Russian MegaFon earlier this year put on hold plans to lay telecom cable from

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Environment Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 News Russia 

EU ready to co-fund removal of sunken nuclear subs from Russian Arctic seabed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 22, 2021 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Monday, November 22, 2021 at 11:38
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The Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) has decided to start a technical review aimed to find a safe way to

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* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Russia 

Construction resumes at Murmansk transport hub

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 20, 2021 at 09:43
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After being paused for nearly a year, work is again underway at the Lavna universal port with a first aim

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Norwegian cruise operator Hurtigruten reframes 500-guests ships for year-round expedition cruises

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 at 12:46 — Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 14:39
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With about 20% market share, Hurtigruten is already the largest among expedition cruise operators in northern waters. From January 2021,

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

Norwegian now flying again to nine destinations in northern Scandinavia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 13:44
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With more European countries reopening society by partly lifting COVID-19 restrictions, Norwegian Air Shuttle says it’s time to prepare more

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Nordic COVID-19 lockdowns will have same end results as Sweden, says former state epidemiologist

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2020 at 10:33
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Sweden has opted for relatively liberal policies to fight the coronavirus pandemic. One former state epidemiologist, Professor Johan Giesecke has

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Experts discuss plan to lift nuclear waste from Russian Arctic seabed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 9, 2020 at 11:54
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Experts are discussing the framework for safe lifting of dumped reactors from four submarines and uranium fuel from one icebreaker

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Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Russian mother who lost son in army wins case at European Court of Justice

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at 11:04
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The Human Rights Court in Strasbourg concludes that the Russian Military failed to investigate properly the death of Konstantin Luzyanin

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russia’s top general indirectly confirms Arctic deployment of Kinzhal missile

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 15:36
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MiG-31K fighter jets armed with the new Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile based at Kola, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya

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General Iceland News Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Alaska drilling, China, and the Arctic Council handover to Iceland : Northern news to watch for in 2019

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 09:00 — Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2019 at 13:17
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All year long, Eye on the Arctic brings you news, and newsmakers, from around the North. But as 2019 gets

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