Barents Observer Editor Thomas Nilsen is declared unwanted in Russia by FSB
The Federal Security Service says he poses a threat to Russian national security and bars him entry to the country
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No, CNN, US Marines do not train on Norwegian-Russian border
CNN draws fire from Norwegian Army and Moscow’s RT news network for misleading headline. The story spread like wildfire. Same
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News agency in Murmansk fined by Election Commission
«I consider it a revenge for our disobedience», says SeverPost editor Dmitry Visotsky. The online news site, one of the biggest
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Welcoming Independent Barents Observer to Eye on the Arctic!
Today we’re happy to inform our readers and listeners that a new Norwegian partner has joined the Eye on the
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Alaskans win Norwegian film contest
BETHEL — The challenge was to make a short film about the Arctic that went beyond icons like polar bears
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Top Eye on the Arctic stories of 2015
With 2015 behind us, we take a look back at some of your most-read Eye on the Arctic stories of the year.
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Media & the Arctic: What happened at Barents Observer?
Note to Readers: The Barents Observer has been part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news cooperation project since 2014.
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25th anniversary of Yle Finland’s Russian service
The work of Yle’s small Russian-language department, Novosti Yle, is carefully scrutinised both inside and outside of Finland. In particular,
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Blog:Put up or shut up with your Arctic Conflict Theory
The Arctic is on the verge of conflict; so the theory goes. Melting ice is uncovering a trove of riches,
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Confronting suicide in Alaska
A discussion after a suicide can help support vulnerable people who are at risk, or it can help push them
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Moscow to set up Arctic media service
Russia will establish a major new media resource aimed at promoting Russian national interest in the Arctic. The new state-sponsored
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BarentsObserver – What happens now?
”We will continue to publish good Barents stories as long as we can” ”We are one less person, but will
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Owners fire BarentsObserver editor
They first refused to give the newspaper editorial freedom, today they followed up with the dismissal of Editor Thomas Nilsen.
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The new face of climate change?
German tourists aboard a cruise through the Hinlopen Strait in Svalbard this summer were approaching a yellow dot on an ice-floe,
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Citizenship, Shell and polar education:Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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