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Norway to press Russia for action on Arctic smelter pollution

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 11:07 — Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2019 at 15:39
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“It is Russia’s responsibility to reduce the emission,” says Ola Elvestuen, Norway’s Minister of Climate and the Environment. Last Friday,

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Environment Environment (Norway) General News Norway 

Pollution from northwest Russia shrouds Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 09:45
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Cecilie Hansen, former Mayor of Kirkenes in Arctic Norway, says the plant in Nikel, northwest Russia, should be forced to

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

“The ‘Smart Arctic’ is Indigenous,” Saami leader tells Arctic Frontiers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 11:06
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We Sámi people manage the life cycles of natural resources and produce little or no wastes, that is what I

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Norway irked by Russia’s GPS jamming near Arctic border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2019 at 11:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:45
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Military forces on the heavily militarized Kola Peninsula, in northwest Russia, have blinded GPS signals in Norwegian air space five

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General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norwegian, Russian foreign ministers find common ground on northern issues at Italy meeting

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, December 7, 2018 at 10:43 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:43
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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Søreide had bilateral talks in Milan on Thursday, but

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Blog General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Blog – When a town in Arctic Norway transforms into “the world’s northernmost Chinatown”

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 16:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 09:55
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Sitting on the rocky coastline of the slate gray Barents Sea, the hilly city of Kirkenes, Norway is located at

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General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway invites Russia’s Lavrov for 2019 commemoration of Red Army’s liberation of Arctic Finnmark

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 12:55
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October 2019 will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Norway’s northernmost region from Nazi occupation by the Red

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General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Video – Arctic LGBT communities meet in northern Norway for Pride parade

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 14:37
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 Russian, Norwegian, Sámi and Finnish LGBT communities met in Kirkenes, Arctic Norway for the second year in a row

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Rising nuclear activity in Arctic Europe prompts Norway to update disaster plans

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 11:06
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“Norwegian authorities are again considering the use of nuclear weapons against Norway or close to Norway as a not unthinkable

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General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Immigration curbs population decline in Norway’s northernmost county

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 27, 2018 at 13:49 — Last Updated: Monday, August 27, 2018 at 14:07
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Norwegians, especially the youngsters, move south. Foreign citizens though, have more than doubled the last ten years. Vadsø, Honningsvåg and

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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

Norwegian firm considers opening shipyard in Murmansk area

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, August 17, 2018 at 13:20
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“There is a need for a civilian shipyard in the Murmansk area”, says Director of Kimek, the yard in Kirkenes

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Business Business (Russia) General News Russia 

Sliding Russian ruble brings down cross-border traffic with Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 11:44 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 11:55
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One Norwegian krone was traded at 8,1 rubles Tuesday morning. Cross-border traffic between Murmansk (Arctic Russia) and Kirkenes (Arctic Norway)

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Blog General News Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Blog – Smelters, huskies, and fish pies: the Arctic road from Norway to Russia

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 12:13 — Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2018 at 12:04
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On a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the

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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

Fewer Russians doing cross-border shopping in Northern Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, June 8, 2018 at 12:54
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The number of people crossing the Norwegian-Russian border is shrinking. But some people, like Aleksandr, will continue to travel between

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Finland Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics 

In crisis, would Finland’s supplies be safe on Arctic rail near Russian border?

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 9, 2018 at 12:39 — Last Updated: Friday, April 13, 2018 at 15:04
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Amidst recent plans to explore a proposed Arctic Railway that would run from Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland to the Norwegian

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