Moscow continues to push for BRICS science centre at Svalbard
“The idea of creating an international centre is actively discussed, it has not been removed from the agenda,” says Natalia
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€1,000 fine for a few seconds “visit” to Russia
Police in Finnmark on Friday fined a tourist for taking a short walk across the border. The tourist, a European
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New sanctions take aim on Russia’s war economy
Energy projects in the Russian Arctic are among the main targets of the new sanctions announced by British and U.S
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Spring temperatures break records in Russia and Norway
By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer The spring of 2024 in the Russian North has been registered as the
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Norway doubles up on missile defence as Russia flexes its ballistic arsenal
The pair of Tu-95MS bombers that on Monday flew north of Finnmark region had empty external pylons for cruise missiles
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Arktikugol seeks to move illegal orthodox cross at Svalbard
Norway has set June 10th as deadline to tear down the giant orthodox cross illegally erected last August in the
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Artur Chilingarov has passed away at 84
The northern explorer-turned-sanctioned-lawmaker is likely most famous for his 2007 North Pole dive to 4,200 meters below the Arctic Ocean
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Norway challenges Russia’s plans for Svalbard Education Centre
Norway’s UNIS – The University centre in Svalbard – shall be the only to offer higher education, the Government’s Report
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Russia to begin artillery firing near Norway’s Grense Jakobselv
The area closed for shipping and aviation is at the nearest just 4 nautical miles from where Russia’s land border
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Intensified GPS jamming is side effect of Russia’s self-protection of Kola bases
The jamming now seen practically every day in airspace over eastern Finnmark is likely a spillover effect of Russian electromagnetic
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Nordic-Baltic countries discuss building of ‘drone wall’ along border to Russia
Six NATO countries with a border to Russia agree to strengthen cooperation about security measures. Threats from the East were
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Russia conducts Barents SAR exercise without Norwegian participants
An extensive Search- and Rescue exercise took place this week headed by the Marine Rescue Service of Murmansk in cooperation
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Norway closes border for Russians tourists and shoppers
End comes to the last open land-border to Schengen-Europe for Russian citizens traveling on leisure and non-essential travel. ‘The decision
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Last private land on Svalbard up for sale for €300 million
With 60 square kilometers, about the size of Manhattan, and a coastline of five kilometers, the unique faraway property on
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Ministers Joly and Blair talk defence policy in Nunavut
Canada’s investment in Arctic infrastructure as part of its new defence strategy will not only help build deterrence capabilities in
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