Trude Pettersen

Murmansk Mayor won regional primaries for State Duma

Aleksey Veller received more than half of the votes in United Russia’s primary elections in Murmansk on Sunday.
May 27, 2016

Sweden votes for closer contact with NATO

Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday ratified a deal that allows NATO to more easily operate on Swedish territory during training or in the event of a conflict or other crisis.
May 26, 2016

Historic deal protects pristine Arctic waters from fishing

Leading seafood suppliers and fishing companies have struck a deal that will protect waters around Svalbard from expanding cod trawling.
May 25, 2016

Iceland will not back down on sanctions against Russia

Iceland will continue to follow the EU in its sanctions against Russia, the country’s new Foreign Minister Lilja Alfredsdottir says.
May 25, 2016

Russian salaries lower than Chinese

The average salary in Russia has fallen to under $450, making Russian labour cheaper than Chinese, Sberbank’s Chief Analyst says.
May 19, 2016

Battle cruiser “Pyotr Veliky” is back in the Barents Sea

The world’s largest nuclear battle cruiser and flagship of the Northern Fleet “Pyotr Veliky” has gone to sea for the first time in two years.
May 18, 2016

Satan’s successor comes this autumn

Test launch of Russia’s newest intercontinental missile Sarmat from Plesetsk Cosmodrome has been postponed until autumn.
May 11, 2016

Human traffickers detained by Finnish border guards

Finnish border guards have broken up a ring of international human traffickers who smuggled people into the country from Russia.
May 10, 2016

Putin dismissed the Russian Ambassador to Norway

Vyacheslav Pavlovsky, who has been Ambassador to Norway for the last six years, has been dismissed from his post.
May 06, 2016

Booming seafood export

So far this year Norway has exported seafood worth nearly €4 billion, an increase of 26 percent year-on-year.
May 04, 2016

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