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Norway to focus on civil society, press freedom as chair of Barents Euro-Arctic Council

4 October 20194 October 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents cooperation, Barents Council, indigenous, Ine Eriksen Søreide, media, press freedom, Umeå

“We look with great concern at the difficult working conditions for civil society in Russia, especially the conditions for NGOs,

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Norwegian media Independent Barents Observer reportedly blocked in Russia

19 February 201919 February 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Independent Barents Observer, journalism, LGBTQ, media, press freedom

Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer, an online newspaper based in Arctic Norway which reports on

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Arctic journalism – between ultimate freedom and ‘climate of oppression’

21 April 201621 April 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, Canada, Finland, Norway, press freedom, Russia, Sweden, U.S.

The World Press Freedom Index 2016 ranks Finland on top and Russia as No 148. For the fifth year in

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