Growing concern among Nordic officials over increased Arctic border traffic
Finland, Norway is up 27%, while Finland, Sweden is up 25%. The biggest concern, though, is the Tornio, Haparanda border
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Coronavirus: Russia hints it might close its border with Norway, Finland
Cases of coronavirus have been revealed at our neighbors, governor of the north Russian region explains. “I beg all inhabitants
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Improved road between Russia and Finland boosts cross-border travel
The growth in travelers from Murmansk to northernmost Finland was more than twice the 2019-growth on the Russian-Norwegian border. For
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No take off for flight-shaming in northern Norway, but northern Sweden sees fall in air passengers
With 2019 being the year when ‘Flight shame’ was introduced as a social movement aimed at boycotting air travel to
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2019 saw increase in commercial shipping through Northwest Passage
2019 marked a busy shipping season in the Canadian Arctic with 27 ships making a full transit through the Northwest
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Russia-Norway cross-border traffic up 20 per cent
2019 could be the first year since 2015 with an increase in travelers across the Russian, Norwegian land border in
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Finnish government considers allowing cities to charge congestion fees to slash emissions
The Finnish government has plans to reduce carbon emissions by allowing urban municipalities to charge road congestion fees, according to
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Visa-free regime will strengthen special relationship with Russia, North Norwegian leaders say
It is not unrealistic, nor naive, to imagine the introduction of visa-free travel between Norway and Russia, regional leaders in Finnmark argue.
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Russia, Norway border traffic up 18%
Stronger ruble gives boost to cross-border shopping. 20,640 border crossings were counted at Storskog checkpoint in February, up 18,3% from
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Snow-buried Stockholm begins digging out
After 39 cm of snow blanketed central Stockholm on Wednesday, the city is struggling to get roads clear and traffic
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Sweden opens world’s first electric highway
The world’s first electric highway has been opened in central Sweden, where lorries are ‘fuelled’ from electric cables hanging over
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Speed, politics & TransCanada: Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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On Barents roads, no slowdown in death accidents
Despite improved road standards, lethal car accidents continue to haunt travellers in the Barents Region. More than 600 people will
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Winter speed limits coming into force in Finland
Lower speed limits on roads and highways will take effect nationwide no later than by this coming Friday. Lower speed
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New infrastructure needed to keep wild boars off Sweden’s roads
Traffic accidents involving wild animals have increased steadily and the Swedish Transportation Administration has called for better infrastructure to keep
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