Thomas Nilsen

The relocation of Kiruna is the biggest urban transformation in northern Europe. Priority is given to sustainability, pedestrians and public transport rather than cars.
October 20, 2021
A cruise ship in distress in freezing cold Arctic waters off Svalbard is the nightmare scenario for rescue services. On Friday, search- and rescue capacities from Longyearbyen were tested in a mass evacuation.
October 08, 2021
First coronavirus case at Svalbard, where a Russian fisherman tested positive at the local hospital.
October 07, 2021
Officials from Norway, Russia, and the United States participated as the long-debated, Moscow-initiated, Second World War memorial was unveiled on October 7, Vladimir Putin's birthday.
October 07, 2021
The missile was launched from the “Severodvinsk” nuclear submarine against a target in the Barents Sea, Russia’s Defense Ministry informs.
October 04, 2021
The two rusty nuclear submarines K-27 and K-159 will be raised from the sea bed of the Barents- and Kara Seas and brought to a shipyard for safe decommissioning.
October 04, 2021
Rosatom officials and Norwegian project partners are Wednesday marking that it is 25 years since the first money check was sent from Oslo to help improve infrastructure at the ill-fated Andreeva Bay dump site for spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste accumulated from the operation of Cold War submarines.
September 29, 2021
The wind mills could symbolise the main reason why it is economical profitable to reopen the old mine beneath the ground at Viscaria outside Kiruna: A growing demand for copper in a world moving towards an electrified society.
September 22, 2021
The Reykjavik-based Arctic Circle Assembly will next month mark the start of a busy season for stakeholders and policymakers in the circumpolar north to reconvene. Such non-digital venues are more important than you think, especially in the Arctic.
September 21, 2021
After being paused for nearly a year, work is again underway at the Lavna universal port with a first aim to boost Russia’s coal export.
September 20, 2021

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