Thomas Nilsen

Crew members from Murmansk-based trawler “Melkart-5” is fined by police after they lowered a small boat on the water and left the harbor area in Kirkenes. Norway is the only EU-associated country allowing Russian fishing vessels to make port calls.
August 15, 2022
The victim, a French tourist, was hospitalised after attacked by a polar bear at Svalbard Monday morning.
August 08, 2022
Watch out on August 9th as Russian is to launch a cluster of satellites, including one for Iran aimed to spy at military targets.
August 08, 2022
The two Northern Fleet nuclear-powered submarines "Severodvinsk" and "Vepr" are sailing interfleet transit back north to the Kola Peninsula.
August 07, 2022
Finland is set to review its policy of granting tourist visas to Russians citizens, the country’s foreign minister Pekka Haavisto says after many politicians have called for tightening rules sparked by the onslaught on Ukraine.
August 06, 2022
When the diplomats woke up in the morning on July 4th, both of the Norwegian Consulate General’s CD-plated cars were tagged with ‘Z’ stickers on the back.
August 05, 2022
Norway and Finland are the only two European countries with direct borders to Russia that continue to issue tourist visas to bonafide travelers. Norway, though, is the only country maintaining local border traffic agreement, including for family members of soldiers fighting the war on Ukraine.
August 02, 2022
ROVAJÄRVI: Private First Class Aaron Cox with the U.S. Army’s airborne troops is one of about 750 soldiers participating in exercise Ryske in Lapland this week. Military interoperability in extreme Arctic environments is trained to support Finnish security during the joining process to NATO.
July 29, 2022
Construction of the new large harbor facilities on the west side of the Kola Bay has officially acquired status as strategic importance for Russia.
July 26, 2022
Russia’s censorship agency Roskomnadzor blocked the magazine just a week after its launch.
July 24, 2022

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