Schengen

Crossings down another 5% in February as multi-entry visas expire

There were just over 4,000 crossings at the Norwegian-Russian border in February. 2019 was the last year before the pandemic

Russian fishing vessels making port calls to Northern Norway could be loopholes to bypass sanctions and export controls. “Under the

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 08:58 — Last Updated: Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 09:01
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Pathways for Russians traveling to Schengen-Europe changed substantially after Finland by the end of September restricted entry for travelers with

From July 26 there are now longer any internal border controls for traffic into Finland from EU- and Schengen countries,

Iceland began offering COVID-19 testing to international travellers on Monday, in hopes that giving tourists a way to avoid two-week

Highest number of border-crossers between Russia and Norway since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. Figures from the Norwegian police

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 28, 2019 at 16:26 — Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2019 at 16:32
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More than three times more Chinese were granted visa by Norway than Russians, in 2018. Cross-border traffic from Russia to

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 10:53 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 11:00
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Regional leaders are on a crash course with national and international legislation as they call for the abolishment of the

Including July, this year has seen more crossings at the Russian-Norwegian border than during entire 2009. Immigration officials at Norway’s

The first guest officers from other Schengen countries came to Finland’s northern border checkpoints to Russia on Monday. The flow

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 11:19 — Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 15:38
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Andrey Vokuev in Naryan-Mar, Russia, fears for the cooperation between indigenous peoples. Next week, applicants from the Nenets tundra will