Finland mulls an end to Barents cooperation
By Hannah Thule, Thomas Nilsen “The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is gradually disengaging from Barents cooperation,” says Elina Valtonen
Read moreBy Hannah Thule, Thomas Nilsen “The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is gradually disengaging from Barents cooperation,” says Elina Valtonen
Read moreBy Hannah Thule The RYSKE military exercise ends on Friday, July 26. This week the military exercise RYSKE will occur
Read moreThe office still helps facilitating visas to Vardø, the Norwegian town where Russia’s orthodox church from Arkhangelsk wanted to build
Read moreSeveral hundred million kroner will be spent on a major refurbishment of buildings and infrastructure at the remote Norwegian island.
Read moreAlthough there remains much conventional wisdom which still considers the Arctic to be only loosely situated within international law, and
Read moreThe Norwegian Government on Friday made clear that Russian fishing vessels are welcome to visit the three ports of Tromsø,
Read moreThe Hägglund BV206 was specially developed for the Norwegian and Swedish armed forces to carry up to 17 combat equipped
Read moreLanguages of multiple ethnic groups in Russia are included in Google Translate’s update. North Sámi is the largest of the
Read more“The tradition has been revived and will live!” Russia’s state-owned company Arktikugol has over the last few weeks proudly hoisted
Read moreCanada, Germany and Norway are discussing the possibility of a trilateral defence and security partnership covering the North Atlantic and
Read moreBy Hannah Thule The Skolt Sámi who attended the forums in Finnish-Norwegian boarder villages Neiden and Nellim expressed a wish
Read more“The idea of creating an international centre is actively discussed, it has not been removed from the agenda,” says Natalia
Read moreBy Hannah Thule Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will meet with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas
Read morePolice in Finnmark on Friday fined a tourist for taking a short walk across the border. The tourist, a European
Read moreBy Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer The spring of 2024 in the Russian North has been registered as the
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