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Arctic Norwegian border town warns against ‘isolationist policy’ towards Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 21, 2022 at 11:11
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Political leaders in Kirkenes criticize the local Head of Police following her call to close north Norwegian seaports for Russian

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Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway boosts defense spendings with priority up north

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 09:41
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“We are strengthening facilities for the reception of, and training with, allied forces in northern Norway,” says Defense Minister Bjørn

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

FSB tightens control at Arctic exit route amid border closure rumours

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 09:35
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Crowds of young men fleeing from conscription are Tuesday morning heading towards Norway from Murmansk. Controls are intensified at Titovka

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Politics Politics (Norway) 

Russian fishermen violated shore leave regulations

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 15, 2022 at 10:41 — Last Updated: Monday, August 15, 2022 at 14:22
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Liberal Party (V) leader Guri Melby, a member of the Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense, says Russian fishing

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More Russian GPS jamming than ever across border to Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 11, 2022 at 10:15
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Four passenger aircraft have over the last few days lost GPS signals when flying in Norway’s northeastern region. Since Russia’s

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Norway intends to keep seaports open to Russian ships

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 13:48
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We must not burn all bridges to the Russian people, the Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister says  Temperatures had dropped

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Finnish and Norwegian companies hope to turn small Arctic town into international hub

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 17:33
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A major new project involving a Finnish and a Norwegian company is underway in Kirkenes, Norway, to transform the small

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

Lapland Regional Council in Finland rejects Arctic railway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 08:07
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There will not be an Arctic railway linking northern Finland with the Norwegian Barents Sea harbor in Kirkenes. The Regional

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Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norwegian border town Kirkenes could get a square named after Boris Nemtsov

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 12, 2021 at 12:22 — Last Updated: Friday, March 12, 2021 at 12:25
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The local Conservative Party in Kirkenes, Norway, wants to honour the murdered opposition leader and his work for a democratic

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Arctic railway dream fades away as Sami herders signal ‘veto’

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 11:40
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Sami politicians and reindeer herders across the Norwegian-Finnish border join efforts and make clear no Arctic railway from Kirkenes to

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Norway Society Society (Norway) 

The number of Russians getting Norwegian citizenship almost halved last year

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 09:36
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But in 2020 the number is again expected to rise as Norway now allows for dual citizenship 185 Russians were

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

China’s ambassador to Norway brushes off allegations his country is a threat in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2020 at 09:19
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The Norwegian Intelligence Service fears a stronger Chinese presence in the North, but the country’s ambassador assures that Beijing wants

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Russia releases Norwegian ex-border inspector in 3-way spy swap involving Lithuania

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, November 15, 2019 at 12:05 — Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2019 at 11:53
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Ex-border inspector Frode Berg is now on his way home to Kirkenes, Arctic Norway after 23 months in FSB’s notorious

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Time to end Western sanctions against Russia, Arctic Norwegian leader says

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 10:46 — Last Updated: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 08:43
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It’s time for Norway to abolish sanctions against Russia and instead introduce similar measures against the USA, Finnmark County Council

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Norway, Russia set differences aside for WWII commemorations in Kirkenes

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 28, 2019 at 10:11 — Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2019 at 12:09
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Norway’s king and prime minister met Russia’s Sergey Lavrov by a memorial devoted to Soviet liberation of Norwegian border town

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