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Population declining in Arctic Norway

26 August 201926 August 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments demography, depopulation, Finnmark, Nordland, Troms

Shrinking population also in cities like Tromsø, Harstad and Mo i Rana during first half of 2019. Population is down

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Skiers who died in Arctic Norway last winter triggered avalanche: report

5 July 2019 Yle News 0 Comments avalanche, Blåbærfjellet, skiing, Tamok, Troms

A group of skiers who went missing in the Blåbærfjellet region of Norway’s Tamok Valley and were later declared dead

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Small traces of radioactive iodine found in Arctic Norway

12 February 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments nuclear, radioactivity, Skibotn, Troms

Source of the radioactivity blowing in the wind is unknown. In week 5 (January 28th to February 4th), very small

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Norway irked by Russia’s GPS jamming near Arctic border

21 January 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments defence, diplomacy, Finnmark, Kirkenes, Kola Peninsula, military, Navigation, technology, Troms

Military forces on the heavily militarized Kola Peninsula, in northwest Russia, have blinded GPS signals in Norwegian air space five

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Bodies of three skiers killed in avalanche recovered in Arctic Norway

17 January 201917 January 2019 Yle News 0 Comments avalanche, Blåbærfjellet, skiing, Tamok, Troms

The bodies of two skiers were found under a mass of snow near the top of a Norwegian fell on

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Police release names of skiers killed by avalanche in northern Norway

8 January 2019 Yle News 0 Comments avalanche, Blåbærfjellet, skiing, Tamok, Troms

Police in northern Norway on Monday announced the names of three Finns and one Swede who died under an avalanche

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Rebel region in Arctic Norway slams door on Oslo government

20 August 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments administrative, Finnmark, merger, Oslo, Troms

“We are absolutely not talking about any kind of secession”, says Finnmark County Council leader Ragnhild Vassvik. Relations between the

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Arctic Europe’s July records melted under extreme temperatures

2 August 20182 August 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, climate change, Finnmark, global warming, heat, Lapland, Murmansk, Norrbotten, Troms, weather

Average temperature in Finnish Lapland was five degrees above normal. In Finnmark, on Norway’s Barents Sea coast, August started just

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European Arctic swelters under tropical temperatures, breaks heat records

19 July 201820 July 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Finnmark, heatwave, Kola Peninsula, Lapland, Murmansk, Nordland, Troms, weather

Red-hot Barents region: Record-breaking heat at several locations in northernmost Norway, Finland and Russia Wednesday evening. Svanhovd environmental center in

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Population dropping in Northwestern Russia

28 June 201828 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arkhangelsk, depopulation, Finnmark, Kola Peninsula, Lapland, Luleå, Murmansk, Norrbotten, Russia, Troms, tromso, Västerbotten

Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts are the part of the Barents region with sharpest drop in population, while both Northern Sweden

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Northern Norway merger overwhelmingly rejected in regional referendum

16 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments administrative, Arctic, elections, Finnmark, merger, Oslo, POLICY, Ragnhild Vassvik, referendum, Troms

This shows that Finnmark wants to be governed by people from the region, says County Council leader Ragnhild Vassvik. As

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Arctic Norway region holds referendum against forced merger

15 May 201815 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic, elections, Finnmark, Norway, Oslo, POLICY, referendum, Troms

Regional authorities in Finnmark call on locals to go to the polls in what they hope will be a decisive

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Norwegian-funded school in Northwest Russia inspires cooperation

11 May 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments borders, economy, education, Gymnasium no.1, immigration, international, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, Norway, school, Troms, tromso, university, work

About 70% of the Russian students leave Murmansk for Norway after a year at the gymnasium class. This weekend, the

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Arctic Norway’s new strongwoman on international affairs

1 March 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Arctic governance, Barents cooperation, Finnmark, Kirkenes Conference, Monica Mæland, Murmansk Oblast, Norwegian High North, Ragnhild Vassvik, Russia, Troms, tromso, Vadsø, Willy Ørnebakk

In the newly merged north Norwegian region, Ragnhild Vassvik and her administration will be in charge of climate, environment and

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The election that shook Arctic Norway – Labour Party hammered in North

13 September 201713 September 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Erna Solberg, Finnmark, Nordland, Russia, Troms

A wave of protest votes moves over the northern parts of the country and hit the Labour Party with full

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