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National Sámi Day celebrated across four nations

Tuesday marks the commemoration of national Sámi Day, a celebration held across Finland, Sweden, Norway and Russia on the 6th of February.
February 06, 2018

Town in northern Russia cancel gay parade over winter weather concerns

Russian authorities are known for troubling with LGBT communities, but this is first time meteorology is used to put an end to a parade.
February 03, 2018

Frode Berg: I feel really misused and fight against anger and hate

But I have not lost hope, the arrested Norwegian pensioner made clear as the Moscow court gave him another three months in custody.
February 02, 2018

Ambassador questions Norway’s interest in Arctic and cross-border cooperation

Russian Embassy in Oslo hits back on accusations and says facilitating for cooperation is more important than demonizing.
February 01, 2018

Rally in downtown Murmansk, 22 detained by police

Up to 350 people assembled in downtown Murmansk in a protest against Putin.
January 29, 2018

Roads deadly for reindeer in Arctic Sweden

Twice as many reindeer have been killed on the roads in northern Sweden this month compared to the same period last year. And one of the main factors is climate change, according to the Swedish Sami Association.
January 25, 2018

More combat of extremism needed in Russian borderland, prosecutors say

Inspectors from the regional Prosecutor's Office conclude that local authorities in Pechenga must take tougher measures against extremism and terrorism.
January 25, 2018

Kirkenes pleads for release of spy-accused Frode Berg

Town mayor, family and an ad-hoc group make an impassioned plea to Norwegian government to intervene to get Frode Berg out of FSB’s high-security Lefortovo detention prison in Moscow.
January 25, 2018

An optimistic picture for Finland’s economy in 2018

The financial group OP predicts that employment, consumption and consumer confidence will grow this year before growth slows again in 2019.
January 23, 2018

Sacred spring or a source of money? Controversy over water bottling plant in northern Finland

Once more, local people are planning to start a water bottling plant near Sulaoja Spring in Karigasniemi in the municipality of Utsjoki in Finland. Land protection authority Metsähallitus rejected the last application in May 2017.
January 22, 2018

As presidential election comes closer, police cracks down on Navalny’s office in Murmansk

The political opposition is no longer allowed to assemble downtown and leaflets from Aleksey Navalny are confiscated by police.
January 18, 2018

Murmansk birth rate continues to drop

Russia’s demographic situation is once again deteriorating, and more so in Murmansk than in average.
January 17, 2018

Meanwhile in Apatity, armoured vehicle driver rams shop window for a bottle of wine

January 11, 2018

Jewish leader in Murmansk raises the alarm

On Christmas eve, someone put Ilya Raskin’s car on fire. The leader of the local Jewish community believes it was a planned act of antisemitism.
January 10, 2018

Erna Solberg is on her way to the White House

According to Donald Trump’s press secretary, the two state leaders will discuss security and defense. According to the Norwegian Prime Minister herself, they will talk also climate and trade.
January 09, 2018

Arctic Race of Norway unveils route across top of mainland Europe

Running from August 16 to 19, the world’s northernmost professional bicycle race offers stunning Arctic wilderness scenic backdrops.
January 08, 2018

FSB’s arrest of Frode Berg resounds in Norwegian border town

While retired border inspector Frode Berg is kept in pre-trial detention in Moscow accused by FSB of espionage, locals in the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes on Saturday arranged a support rally under the slogan «Help Frode Home!»
December 30, 2017

Only sealskin from Greenland can be traded in Finland. “The ancient tradition may disappear," says Finnish seal hunter

The warm sealskin products are easy to sell in the cold conditions of the Arctic. The material would also be available in Finland, but, because of an EU ban against seal trade, only sealskin from Greenland can be traded.
December 28, 2017

Murmansk court case against Norwegian fishing company comes to end

After five rounds in the Russian court system, the owners of trawler «Remøy» decides to pay the fine.
December 26, 2017

Not everything is calm in Kovdor

Former head of the town in the Kola Peninsula, Roman Duryagin, is suing new leader Sergey Somov over his appointment to the post.
December 12, 2017

Shambir has been paroled

The Segezha City Court has granted early release to Vasily Shambir, ex-chairman of the Murmansk regional parliament.
December 11, 2017

Nordic students told to leave Russia

Exit St. Petersburg for 17 Norwegian and Swedish university students.
December 08, 2017

Murmansk hints patriotism and war history will get stronger role in cross-border relations

The aim is to promote the «objective historical and real information about Russia», the regional government says.
December 07, 2017

Fishing in great Lake Inari

According to Veikko Kiviniemi, a professional fisherman, Lake Inari in the northernmost Finland is a good lake to fish in, as there are not so many fishing restrictions in these state-owned waters.
November 29, 2017

FSB raiding Murmansk government building

The security service makes another strike against Governor Marina Kovtun and her regional government.
November 28, 2017

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