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

26 June 201829 June 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments borders, Calotte Academy, history, Kirkenes, mining, Murmansk, Nikel, Norway, pollution, roads, Russia

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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NATO launches annual anti-submarine drill off Norwegian coast

26 June 201829 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Dynamic Mongoose, military exercises, NATO, navy, Northern Fleet, Norway, Russia, submarines

While Russia’s largest exercise over the last ten years in the Barents Sea comes to an end, eight NATO nations

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Blog – Sámi school preserves reindeer herders’ heritage with help of internet

20 June 201822 June 2018 Mia Bennett 0 Comments Calotte Academy, education, Finland, indigenous, Language, Lapland, Norway, reindeer herding, Russia, Saami, Sami

In my previous post, I wrote about how a Concorde jet and Chinese tourists have irrevocably changed Lapland in the

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Was a nuclear-able Soviet sub near Norway’s coasts during a deadly 1984 fire?

19 June 201822 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Cold War, K-131, Lofoten Islands, naval, Norway, nuclear submarines, nuclear weapons, Soviet Union, submarines, Vidyayevo

June 12, 1984: It is the Cold War and the Soviet nuclear submarine K-131 is under the surface just outside

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NATO sending more warships to Northern Norway

18 June 201818 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Finnmark, military, military exercises, Narvik, NATO, navy, Northern Fleet, Norway, Ofoten, Russia

Several naval vessels are sailing in the Ofoten area and will make port calls to Narvik Last week, Russia’s Northern

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Norway grants drilling rights closer to protected Arctic waters

18 June 201818 July 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments AkerBP, Arctic drilling, Barents Sea, Bear Island, conservation, license area, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, natural gas, Norway, Norwegian continental shelf, Norwegian Sea, offshore oil, oil, Svalbard

Norway issues several new oil licenses north of the 74th parallel. “The opening of new exploration acreage is a precondition

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Lower Barents Sea cod and haddock quotas, scientists advise

15 June 201815 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, cod, conservation, fisheries, fishing, haddock, Norway, Russia

Norwegian and Russian marine researchers for the third year in a row recommend reducing the catch of Northeast Arctic cod.

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Adding U.S. Marines in Norway creates instability, says Russia

15 June 201815 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Marines, military, military exercises, NATO, Norway, Russia, United States

Strong-worded message from Russia’s Oslo Embassy warns about consequences of U.S. Marines based in Norway. “We see it as clearly

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Russia’s Northern Fleet launches surprise, large-scale exercise in Barents Sea

13 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Kola Peninsula, military exercises, naval, Northern Fleet, Norway, Russian Navy, security, Severomorsk

Russian navy kicks off largest naval maneuver in 10 years in a surprise exercise aimed to counter a massive enemy

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Nordic nations to hone air combat skills over Finnish Lapland

13 June 201813 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments air force, Arctic Fighter Meet, defence, fighter jets, Finland, military, military exercises, Norway, Sweden

The last week of June will be noisy along Europe’s eastern border to Russia with exercises both in Finland and

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Hundreds of U.S. Marines to train in Northern Norway

12 June 201812 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Marines, military, military exercises, NATO, Norway, Russia, United States

Up to 700 U.S. Marines are welcome for training on rotation at Værnes Air Station in the south and at

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Fewer Russians doing cross-border shopping in Northern Norway

8 June 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, business, cross-border shopping, economy, Kirkenes, Murmansk, Nikel, Norway, Russia, shopping, Zapolyarny

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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European Commission suggests extending major rail network to Northern Norway

7 June 20188 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments europe, European Commission, European Union, Finland, Narvik, Norrbotten, Norway, rail, railways, Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor, Sweden, Trans-European Transport Network

The Norwegian ice-free port is suggested a key position in EU’s Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor railway network. As part of the next

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Russian sanctions are good business for Norwegian Oil Fund

6 June 20186 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Crimea, European Union, Gazprom Neft, Government Pension Fund Global, Norway, Norwegian Oil Fund, Russia, Sanctions, Sberbank

The value of the Norwegian Oil Fund’s investment in Russia’s Sberbank increased by more than a billion kroner last year.

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Beauty spot in Arctic Norway set to become Barents oil terminal

4 June 20184 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic drilling, Barents Sea, employment, Equinor, Finnmark, jobs, Johan Castberg oil field, natural resources, Nordkapp, Norway, oil and gas, politics, Standing Committee on Energy and Environment, Statoil, Veidnes, work

Majority in Norway’s Standing Committee on Energy and Environment rules in favour developing the Johan Castberg oil field in the