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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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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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Blog – Snapshots from up and down the Arctic in 2018

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, January 18, 2019 at 11:16 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:45
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In 2018, conferences, workshops, and meetings brought me to seven of the eight countries with territory north of the Arctic

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GPS jamming jeopardizing public safety in Arctic Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 10:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2019 at 10:24
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Both police and rescue services in Northern Norway are deeply worried as GPS signals are interrupted. Public safety and life

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Russia offers to help Norway deal with its radioactive waste

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 15:42
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After 25 years of economic aid from Norway to secure nuclear and radioactive waste on the Kola Peninsula in northwestern

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Last three reactor compartments from Cold War subs to be pulled from Russia’s waters next year

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 08:00
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Twenty-five years with safe decommissioning of Cold War submarines in the Russian north will come to an end next year.

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Retired military leader worries Norway’s Arctic would be vulnerable in conflict between West and Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 15:42
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In case of a bigger conflict, it is quite likely that Russian armed forces would initiate a ground operation against

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Russian navy boosting armament on northwestern bases, satellite images show

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 17, 2018 at 10:49 — Last Updated: Friday, September 21, 2018 at 15:39
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About 50 brand new reinforced large weapons bunkers are under construction at Okolnaya Bay just north of Severomorsk, on Russia’s

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

What’s the situation at Russia’s nuclear fuel dump in Andreeva Bay?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:02 — Last Updated: Friday, September 7, 2018 at 11:09
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There is growing concern in nearby Norway about cooperation over the cleanup of Andreeva Bay, in the Barents Sea. Three

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New Finnish technology to slash nickel mining pollution in northwestern Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 20, 2018 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Monday, August 20, 2018 at 15:21
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Sulfur-rich, but nickel-poor concentrate will be separated out and sent to other consumers, while only the nickel-rich concentrate will be

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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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Blog – Kirovsk, the town at the end of the Soviet rainbow

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 05:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 09:24
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Thousands of years ago on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, retreating glaciers shaved off the pointy peaks of the Khibiny Mountains. The

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With warming Arctic, Russian navy gets larger areas to patrol

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 10:50 — Last Updated: Friday, August 10, 2018 at 15:30
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Eight Northern Fleet vessels sail out from the Kola Peninsula heading northeast on a long-distance Arctic voyage. The flotilla sailed

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Nuclear fuel loading begins at Russia’s floating power plant

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 30, 2018 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2018 at 15:25
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Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant will be thoroughly tested before towing to the north Siberian port of Pevek. Loading

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Blog – Monchegorsk, Russia: a mining town with green aspirations

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 09:19
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Murmansk, the largest city in the entire Arctic, is having a makeover. At the restaurant on the top floor of

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