Norway spends hundreds of millions on nuclear clean-up at Russia’s dump site located near the two countries’ border. But local Norwegian authorities are not taken aboard in the process.
The Johan Castberg will come on stream in year 2022 and prepare the way for the development of more northern fields, a new company report reads.
«It is a gift to the Arctic city in connection with Russia’s Year of the Environment», says leader of the Norwegian environmental NGO.
Russian Defense Ministry says their most modern ballistic Bulava missile was launched from a submarine in the Barents Sea on Monday.
The semi-submersible «Nanhai VIII» will soon head to the Leningradskoye field off the coast of Yamal on a drilling mission for Gazprom Neft.
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FSB allows Russian journalists to bring cameras, but Norwegians would only be allowed to bring pen and paper.
The renown artist wins prestigious prize from the Fine Arts Academy of Finland.
The rejected entry to Russia of Thomas Nilsen is illegal, a group of lawyers defending the expelled newspaper editor argues.
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Norway is not fully a predictable partner and the situation in the north can be destabilized, Russia’s Embassy in Oslo slashes out against the Norwegian Government.
The MSC «Preziosa» this week brought more that 3,500 tourists to Longyearbyen. It is the biggest ship ever in the Norwegian Arctic port.
«It is important that you keep locals living in nearby settlements informed about developments, and that the population gets an objective picture», Komi leader Sergey Gaplikov tells Lukoil’s Vice President Aleksandr Leyfrid.
«This will truly be a unique oil field», Rosneft leader Igor Sechin says as he gives the president a core sample from the ongoing Arctic drilling operation.
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The MSC «Preziosa» this week brought more that 3,500 tourists to Longyearbyen. It is the biggest ship ever in the Norwegian Arctic port.
Russia’s power and opportunity grow as we expand into the Arctic, the president underlined in yesterday’s Direct Line press conference.
Clean-up personnel are up for a titanic mission as 53 thousand square meters of tundra lands are to be swept free of rusting Soviet-era barrels, abandoned machinery and oil pollution.
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The Italian power generator wins a Russian government tender on the construction of a 201 MW capacity park in the Russian Arctic region.
The establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission can start as the majority of the Norwegian Storting decides to examine former repression against the two northern minorities.
New exploration acreage is vital for our jobs and economy, the country’s oil minister highlights as he invites the oil industry into the most pristine part of the Norwegian shelf.
«A betrayal of the youngsters», says Head of Nature and Youth, Ingrid Skjoldvær, about the Norwegian Government’s decision to offer a record number of blocks in the Barents Sea.
It was a day of celebration for the Sami representatives who crossed the borders from nearby Finland and Russia to take part in the long-awaited opening of the museum in Neiden, the Norwegian Skolt Sámi village.
FSB allows Russian journalists to bring cameras, but Norwegians would only be allowed to bring pen and paper.
K-27 was dumped east of Novaya Zemlya in the Russian Arctic in 1982.
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Tiina Sanila-Aikio says no Sámi people have been invited to discuss the new Rovaniemi-Kirkenes railway that will run straight through their traditional reindeer herding areas.
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"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
Drilling in the Gulf of Khatanga by the Laptev Sea indicates significant resources, the state oil company says.
Prime Minister Medvedev gives thumbs up for gas company Novatek’s grand plans off the coast of Murmansk.
«We have never before been in this situation», says marine researcher Mette Skern-Mauritzen
The rejected entry to Russia of Thomas Nilsen is illegal, a group of lawyers defending the expelled newspaper editor argues.
Russia’s power and opportunity grow as we expand into the Arctic, the president underlined in yesterday’s Direct Line press conference.
Finnish land and forestry authority Metsähallitus says it will not allow water bottling from the Suttesája brook in the northern Lapland region. Local Sámi opponents of the project rejoice.
Bulldozers and excavators are shipped from Yamal to Murmansk where the gas company is getting ready for its next mega-project.
The renown artist wins prestigious prize from the Fine Arts Academy of Finland.
After years with record-beating cod fishing, Russian and Norwegian fishermen might next year have to cut catch by 20%.
King Crab safari in Norway's northern waters is a fantastic tourist experience, says Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
The municipality of Utsjoki in Northern Finland is launching a project with the objective of preventing suicides.
This time, the police kept the distance as young people in Murmansk, Karelia and Komi went to the streets to confront government policy.
This northern Swedish City’s fleet of battery powered busses for public transport works perfectly well in cold climate.
Clean-up personnel are up for a titanic mission as 53 thousand square meters of tundra lands are to be swept free of rusting Soviet-era barrels, abandoned machinery and oil pollution.
Gazprom Neft starts testing of two wind power generators and 30 solar panels at its new Novy Port field.
Georgy Chentemirov published a note about an unnamed military commissioner who had been caught in bribery. That had consequences for the young editor of Karelian news site Respublika.
FSB says the four are citizens of Morocco.
Barents Must-Reads
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.
Russia rearms strategic forces:
The reverse gear seems to hang up for continuing disarmament of nuclear weapons in the Arctic. Barents Observer has made a comprehensive review of satellite images from naval base-level storage facilities that confirms heavy construction works.
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.
Long Read: Sailing Arctic frontiers
It‘s a paradox, but global warming opens more Arctic waters for vessels with tourists who want to see the sea ice before it vanish. Russia's Franz Josef Land sails up as the new highlight destination.
Norwegian businessman Atle Berge invested heavily in Murmansk and made great success. Not everyone liked that.
Brussels releases energy strategy, boosting efficiency target to meet its Paris climate commitments.