Thomas Nilsen

Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts are the part of the Barents region with sharpest drop in population, while both Northern Sweden and Norway get more people.
June 26, 2018
While Russia’s largest exercise over the last ten years in the Barents Sea comes to an end, eight NATO nations sail north for a two weeks’ exercise.
June 26, 2018
Maybe not the best PR for Murmansk port as tourist destination.
June 25, 2018
With a length of 136 meters, the three will be the largest Coast Guard vessels sailing the European Arctic.
June 25, 2018
Russian Ecological Chamber, an NGO created by former State Duma Deputies, invites to Barents EcoWeek, a gathering other environmental groups call «a highly questionable event.»
June 22, 2018
Electric car enthusiasts from Bergen, Oslo, Hammerfest, Minsk and St. Petersburg drive towards Murmansk showing that even Europe's remotest corner is within range.
June 22, 2018
Norway aims at being in the forefront in Europe of providing shore electricity to cut emission, but that might be a challenge at ports in the high north where power line capacity is limited.
June 22, 2018
Civilian vessels with daily rates of up to $10,000 are lining up in the Norwegian-Russian maritime border area waiting for the Northern Fleet to stop shooting.
June 21, 2018
A significant green step is taken outside Luleå for an industry that accounts for about a quarter of direct CO2 emissions in global industry production.
June 21, 2018
Four years after Northland Resources filed for bankruptcy, production of iron-ore concentrate starts at Kaunisvaara outside Pajala on July 18.
June 19, 2018

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