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A container from China arrives in Narvik. It could pave way for a new transport route

Blinken set to meet Lavrov at Reykjavik Arctic Council ministerial, Eriksen Søreide yet to confirm attendance

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Northern Fleet kicks off major exercise

With nickel from Kola, Finnish city of Vaasa chosen for battery materials plant

Scramble for Yamal resources: Novatek puts its eyes on Gazprom's Tambey fields

U.S. Navy will build airport infrastructure in northern Norway to meet upped Russian submarine presence

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Svalbard gets vaccine priority

Norway cancels allied exercise over COVID-19 safety concerns

Barents Region’s coronavirus death toll crosses 2000

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Arctic chair

On Putin's table is an Arctic Council meeting on the North Pole

deterrence in action

Norway to host biggest exercise inside Arctic Circle since Cold War

Russia's Bal missile system will cover entire Northern Sea Route

Visiting Northern Fleet, Defense Minister Shoigu signals buildup along Ukrainian border will end in 2 weeks

Remote delivery

The military cargo ship that was ice-trapped for weeks delivers goods to Franz Josef base

Political opposition

A sharp regime critic flags her candidacy in Murmansk election

Arctic Guardian exercise 2021 underway to test joint emergency marine response

Energy Ministry forecast

Russia may have passed peak oil output

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  • An ice sculpture of Russia's single aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov". Photo: Andrey Zolotkov
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With threats looming, Nordic countries strengthen defense cooperation

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Russia celebrates 60 years since Gagarin's spaceflight - This was his air base near Norway

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Study finds increasing mercury levels in Narwhals

Climate crisis tops agenda as parliamentarians meet ahead of Arctic Council ministerial

Heavily-armed frigate sails Norwegian Sea to "ensure safety of Russian fishermen"

Repressive state

Navalny's partner Ivan Zhdanov sees father detained, sent to prison in Russian North

Rare delivery

Norway's Equinor is buying a shipload of LNG from Russian Arctic

From desert heat to Arctic cold

U.S. Special Operation Forces exercise winter combat in northern Sweden

Chechen troops

Militant islamic fighters train counter-terrorism in Russian Arctic

Russia’s Northern Sea Route push is met with scepticism

Reactor core unloaded from fire-hit Losharik submarine

Northern Fleet marines use clearly marked Red Cross vehicle as target and cover in ambushing drill

life in the arctic

Military constructs kindergarten for 360 kids at Novaya Zemlya

Arctic deal

Crisis-ridden Hurtigruten sells properties in Svalbard

Bigger NSR

North Russian regions want extension of Arctic shipping route

Big Arctic investment

Arctic LNG 2 aims to raise $11 billion in a 50/50 split between domestic and Asian banks

from pollution to solution

Cold weather perfect to pioneer electric aviation says Finnair and signs intention to purchase 20 battery planes

Climate crisis

This Russian Arctic coast has planet's quickest warming

Near border to Norway

Sounds of heavy gunfire echo through Pechenga Valley

Barents Must-Reads

On patrol along its Arctic coast, Norway's relation with Russia is challenged between deterrence and reassurance

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Miners hunting for metals to battery cars threaten Sámi reindeer herders' homeland

Norway's celebration of Svalbard Treaty was followed by ardent and coordinated response from Moscow media

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Pasvik, the river that tells the High North

Climate change is about to divide Norway’s largest Arctic island into two

Russia presents a grandiose 5-year plan for the Arctic

Finland-Sweden train travel moves a step closer

Busy day for Russian military in the skies above Arctic

Norwegian frigate on patrol close to Kola Peninsula

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Three nuclear ballistic missile subs surfaced simultaneously through the ice in complex Russian Arctic exercise

As Suez Canal blockage continues, Aker Arctic presents icebreaking container ship for top of the world route

Extensive reconstruction drawn up for Murmansk fishery port

Northern Fleet frigate fired missile at target on Novaya Zemlya as British reconnaissance aircraft was watching

Russian energy

In push for global lead in LNG, Moscow takes aim on Arctic tundra

Making fun of Suez traffic jam, Rosatom promotes Russia's Arctic route as an alternative

Navalny protests

Riot police says it acted "politely" when it detained more than 70 Komi protesters

Norwegian-Russian border

Walking in snow, Egyptians arrested for attempted illegal border crossing

Norway's new subs especially designed for covert, shallow water operations

Vostok Oil

Green light for huge oil terminal on Taymyr coast

Lukoil takes Arctic dispute with Rosneft to Supreme Court

Arctic Council finalizes plans for largely virtual ministerial in May

Russia makes ready for post-Covid travel, simplifies visa policy

Shipyard director arrested in aircraft carrier fraud case

Svalbard gets vaccine priority

Gazprom scrapped Shtokman, but does not want to abandon projected terminal site on Barents coast

Government minister comes to Murmansk, says this is the world's new Arctic capital

Russia's North Pole Barneo camp cancelled for the third year in a row

Chechen forces are back in the Arctic

Energy & Arctic

In Russian Arctic energy shift, Novatek might turn from LNG to ammonia

Arctic coal

A ship loaded with coal digging equipment is on its way to Arctic peninsula Taymyr

Russia threatens to block Twitter within 30 days

Moscow protests Norwegian exploration in Svalbard waters

Widerøe aims to launch all-electric flights by 2026

Border town Kirkenes could get a square named after Boris Nemtsov

Valentina receives death threats after getting Stoltenberg award

Royal Navy to sail Barents Sea with multinational task force

Indigenous peoples call on Nornickel's global partners to demand environmental action

Unprecedented fine

Arctic polluter transfers 146 billion to the state treasury

Nuclear Arctic

Rosatom hints it might not need that many new icebreakers after all

New discovery

Equinor finds more Barents oil

U.S. B-1 bomber makes first landing inside Norway’s Arctic Circle

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