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Finland welcomes fully-vaccinated travellers, but Sputnik V isn’t valid

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 14:12
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From July 26 there are now longer any internal border controls for traffic into Finland from EU- and Schengen countries,

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General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Iceland offers COVID-19 testing to international travellers starting June 15

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 14:33
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Iceland began offering COVID-19 testing to international travellers on Monday, in hopes that giving tourists a way to avoid two-week

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Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

4% border traffic growth between Norway and Russia in 2019

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 3, 2020 at 15:06
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Highest number of border-crossers between Russia and Norway since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. Figures from the Norwegian police

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General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Russian visa applications in Norway hit 10-year-low

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

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General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Barents region leaders dream of visa-free travel, but Schengen Agreement gives little hope

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

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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Russia – Norway border traffic twice as high as few years back

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 13:30
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Including July, this year has seen more crossings at the Russian-Norwegian border than during entire 2009. Immigration officials at Norway’s

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Finland General Politics (Finland) Society 

Guest officers deployed at Russia-Finland Arctic border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 14:42
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The first guest officers from other Schengen countries came to Finland’s northern border checkpoints to Russia on Monday. The flow

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General Norway Society Society (Norway) Special Features 

Norway visa rules worry indigenous peoples

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

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