Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg on Friday floated out the second of the new generation powerful icebreakers aimed for the Northern Sea Route.
Barents Media Freedom 2017
"Working as a journalist in the borderland to Russia has always been refreshingly thrilling. But never easy. And over the last years, it has become outright difficult." This report from the Barents Observer gives a picture of ruling media trends and developments in the Barents Region.
As companies step deeper into the Arctic, Russian oilmen and researchers together find ways to handle drifting icebergs.
Leading Sámi advocates Veikko Feodoroff, Tanja Sanila and Sergei Kp. Fofonoff were all hoping that the Skolt Sámi in Finland could choose between several candidates in the election of a new official representative for the nation.
The regional court has put an end to disputes between regional authorities and several retirees who had given the state their houses in return for the right to reside in a nursing home.
Civil society and Media
What is it like to represent sexual and gender minorities in the Land of the Sámi?
Russia’s Foreign Agent law has forced many NGOs to close down, but this exception from the north inspires others to stand up for their rights.
Initiators pinned to the wall of the dilapidated downtown building a plate devoted to Ignatii Bessonov, a man murdered by Stalin’s NKVD in 1938. That was not well perceived by the regional Cultural Heritage authority.
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«KNM Helge Ingstad» sails to Longyearbyen to show presence and ensure Norway’s sovereignty of the Arctic archipelago.
Energy company Enel teams up with Siemens Gamesa in the planned 201 MW wind power project in the Kola Peninsula. The turbines could be produced in Russia.
From the Baltic to the Barents Sea, to the far eastern Arctic base of Kotelny - lethal fire power is in the air.
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Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg on Friday floated out the second of the new generation powerful icebreakers aimed for the Northern Sea Route.
The Zvezda yard in the Russian Far East will build a fleet of unique new icebreakers for state oil company Rosneft.
A €85 million Norwegian research project is to help explore the northernmost parts of the Barents Sea. «We have big need for more knowledge about these areas», the University of Tromsø says.
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Ballistic missile RS-24 Yars with dummy nuclear warheads crossed the Arctic hemisphere and hit the target at Kamchatka.
Russia’s war games in the north continues with cruise missiles flying up to 400 kilometers.
FSB Border Guards caught the migrants in the terrain before they managed to cross the border.
Locals in nearby Norwegian settlements report sounds of massive bombardment as more than 600 soldiers from Russian Arctic forces engage in an exercise parallel to the Zapad-2017.
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA predicted three percent growth this year in the Finnish economy on Tuesday, in one of the most positive economic forecasts for the near future to be released.
Evacuations triggered by bomb threats across Murmansk on Tuesday.
The country Prosecutor’s Office opens a special Arctic unit and warns companies that it will crack down on polluters in the region.
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund hit the stunning $1,000,000,000,000 on Tuesday.
PHOTOS
"KV Harstad" crew. Photo: Atle Staalesen
"KV Harstad" crew. Photo: Atle Staalesen
KA-27 in the Barents sky. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Il-38 in the sky over "Nikolay Chiker". Photo: Atle Staalesen
The "Striborg". Photo: Atle Staalesen
Training SAR with "KV Harstad". Photo: Atle Staalesen
The "Reidar von Koss" and the "Murmanryba". Photo: Atle Staalesen
Oil booms at "KV Harstad". Photo: Atle Staalesen
"KV Harstad" crew members. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Oil booms at "KV Harstad". Photo: Atle Staalesen
The "Nikolay Chiker". Photo: Atle Staalesen
The "KV Farm". Photo: Atle Staalesen
Justice Minister Per-Willy Amundsen and Police Officer Mathilde Torp inside the passport control zone at Storskog. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Undersized and cramped working conditions indoor at Storskog. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Minister Per-Willy Amundsen with the Norwegian (yellow) and Russian (red-green) border gates in the background. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Justice Minister Per-Willy Amundsen and Finnmark Chief of Police Ellen Katrine Hætta at the newly erected steel fence on the Norwegian side of the borderline. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Minister Amundsen sees the need for new facilities at the border checkpoint. Here together with Finnmark Chief of Police Ellen Katrine Hætta and the delegation from the ministry. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
During the refugee crisis in 2015, migrants had to line up outdoor in the cold before being registered by migration officials. Photo. Thomas Nilsen
Migrants had to wait in tents outdoor during the migrant flow in 2015 at Storskog. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
On Saturdays, many Russians enter Norway for shopping. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Esrange is located 200 km north of the Arctic Circle and surrounded by a vast wilderness perfect for launching of rockets. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Esrange was built in 1964 by ESRO, the European Space Research Organisation, which later became European Space Agency. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
The first rocket launch from Esrange occurred on 19 November 1966. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
ESRANGE is an abbreviation for ESRO Sounding Rocket Launching Range. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Both rockets and high altitude balloons are launched from Esrange. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Towards the launch platform. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Esrange rocket platform. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Control room for rocket launches. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Entrance to Esrange Space Centre in Northern Sweden. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Kiruna is the nearest town to the Easrange Space Centre. Photo: Thomas Nilsen
Finland’s energy market is poised to shift into a new gear next year. Renewable energy sources are expected to produce more of the country’s energy than fossil fuels, which include oil, coal, natural gas and peat.
Coast guard vessel «Polyarnaya Zvezda» sails 5,300 nautical miles in its first major patrol voyage along Russia’s Arctic coast.
The Russian-Finnish nuclear project at Pyhäjoki, northern Finland, will not get a building permit before 2019, according to the company’s new, revised estimate. The firm had just a few months ago said it expected the permit in 2018.
Youth in Murmansk defied rain and warnings from FSB and teamed up for Alexey Navalny’s public meeting.
The Austrian oil company believes the Wisting license could hold up to 80 million standard cubic meters of recoverable oil equivalents.
Leader of Norway’s Foreign Ministry announces that he leaves office less than a week after his Conservative Party won re-election, and heads for the top post in the World Economic Forum.
With battle cruiser «Pyotr Veliky» in the lead, a big group of Northern Fleet ships unfold a grand exercise near the border to Norway.
A €85 million Norwegian research project is to help explore the northernmost parts of the Barents Sea. «We have big need for more knowledge about these areas», the University of Tromsø says.
The FSB and police have a clear message to local youth as presidential hopeful Navalny prepares for his visit to the Arctic city.
Navy vessels put ashore a group of Arctic soldiers at Cape Chelyuskin, 77° North.
The Lamor company establishes a joint venture with the Russian oil company in Roslyakov, the formerly closed military town outside Murmansk.
Why did the head of the region neighboring Murmansk cut his salary in half and why is the budget for his business trips and public relations so small? Spoiler alert: not all governors are equally useless or harmful
A wave of protest votes moves over the northern parts of the country and hits the Labour Party with full force. It is the populist parties which are election winners in the three northernmost Norwegian counties.
Sami unity, cross-border cooperation, language, rights and self-determination are key priorities when Aili Keskitalo now takes the lead in the Sami Parliament of Norway.
The local Murmansk branch of the Communist Party withdrew nominees for election observers at the request of Vice-Governor Anatoly Vekshin
It is a safe win for United Russia, but it is based on an increasingly slim share of the electorate.
Norway is the second European country this year to announce trust in good old paper counting.
Barents Must-Reads
How green are the batteries?
Nornickel eyes sharp increase in demand for nickel and copper as tens of millions of electric cars hit the roads over the next few years.
Longread
The 61-year old researcher has spent nearly the last three months in Pretrial Detention Facility No. 1 in Petrozavodsk. During this time, solo pickets supporting Dmitriev have been held on the streets of the Karelian capital, his case has been discussed at a traveling session of the Presidential Human Rights Council, and the republic got a new governor.
«We are ready to smash the oil-industry’s wet Lofoten dreams,» says Ingrid Skjoldvær, head of Nature and Youth at the opening of the organization’s summer camp.
Highly priced and difficult to get. Cloudberries are not only the delicious tasting magic symbol of the north, it is also some of the healthiest thing you can eat.
Andreeva Bay cleanup:
Nadezhda Kutepova was forced to flee Russia after fighting for the rights of the residents in radioactive contaminated villages near Mayak, the site where all spent nuclear fuel from Andreeva Bay will be sent.
Leader of the regional party office in Murmansk, Andrey Kapitonov, was recruited by Russian agents as part of a plot involving liberal Parnas and the Norwegian secret police. Then it all backfired on the Russian security service.