Thomas Nilsen

Finland has asked for 60 servants to help safeguard the frontier as migrants continue to come from Russia.
November 22, 2023
Tracking data for balloons released by the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Sodankylä have been lost several times, jeopardizing weather forecasts for northern regions.
November 22, 2023
"Our services came and picked them up,” a receptionist with the motel in Kandalaksha said when called by the Barents Observer on Tuesday. A few hours later, 41 migrants crossed the border to Finish Lapland at Salla checkpoint.
November 21, 2023
State-controlled news agency TASS reports the number of Yasen-class submarines to increase from nine to a total of 12, of which half will be based on the coast to the Barents Sea.
November 21, 2023
Tensions are increasing as FSB again sends migrants across its northern checkpoint with Europe. A group of 35 asylum seekers came to Salla in Finnish Lapland on Monday. Norway says it is on alert.
November 20, 2023
Russia continues its witch-hunt on independent media and is now attacking English-language media based outside Russia.
November 18, 2023
The largest relief organizations in Murmansk bring products from Kirkenes to soldiers at the battlefield, a review by the Barents Observer shows.
November 17, 2023
Firing a ballistic missile is the final test before the submarine will be handed over to the Navy.
November 05, 2023
The KV Bjørnøya is the second of three ships in the new Jan Mayen class.
November 04, 2023
The Norwegian police border control authority says travel across Schengen’s northern entry from Russia is dramatically lower compared with last month.
November 04, 2023

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