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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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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) Politics 

Russia “would see enemies” if Finland joined NATO, president Niinistö tells German paper

Yle News
Posted: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 09:47
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President Sauli Niinistö sat down with the centre-right German paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Helsinki on Friday, ahead of a

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Finland General News Politics (Finland) Science 

Finland to headquarter Europe’s new atmospheric research center

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 13:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 09:53
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Finland will become the new headquarters of ACTRIS, the European Aerosol, Clouds, and Trace gases Research Infrastructure, the Finnish Meteorological

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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

European Commission suggests extending major rail network to Northern Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 10:50 — Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2018 at 11:39
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The Norwegian ice-free port is suggested a key position in EU’s Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor railway network. As part of the next

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

No end in sight for Helsinki’s record, month-long drought

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 10:46
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The Finnish capital Helsinki has had no rain for 30 days, a record-breaking dry spell for the Kaisaniemi weather station.

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska Senator Murkowski irked at new tariffs and “confusing” Trump team

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, June 1, 2018 at 10:21
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Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said President Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs aren’t good for Alaska and she’s frustrated with the

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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics 

Finland, Sweden and US building three-way defence ties

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 10:05
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Defence Ministers from Finland, Sweden and the United States are scheduled to meet in Washington to discuss military cooperation between

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