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Irina Iskorneva sued local authorities for unreasonable dismissal. And wins the case.

The standard of teaching is unsatisfactory, federal education control authorities say.

Archbishop Antje Jackelén wants Sweden to set up an independent commission that will look into the state’s injustices against the country’s indigenous Sami people throughout history.

Starting from next January, you can fly directly from Luleå to Krabi.

Aleksey Veller has submitted his candidacy for the upcoming State Duma elections.

A newly established airliner plans to start commercial flights between Northern Norway and Russia.

Daily Krasnoye Znamya Severa was closely associated with Vyacheslav Gaizer, the disgraced former leader of the Komi Republic.

There is a strong increase in the number of crackdowns on Russian internet media, a new report from human rights group Agora says. In Murmansk, the number of cases in 2015 doubled, while Komi Republic is the north Russian region with the highest level of censorship.

After having received a reprimand from President Putin, Governor of Karelia Aleksander Khudalainen, dismissed his whole government.

Artists, musicians, journalists and government representatives gather in the border town of Kirkenes for the Barents Spektakel festival 2016. See what is going on.

“Cooperation with Northwest-Russia remains highly important. The new programme is a tangible sign of just how important,” says Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers.