More from: Life and Public

Russians cross border to Norway for Pride Parade

“Love has no borders” was the slogan when 200 people turned out for Pride Parade in Norway’s border town to Russia.
September 23, 2017

“I was hoping for a real election” – only one candidate approved by Skolt Sámi Election Committee

Leading Sámi advocates Veikko Feodoroff, Tanja Sanila and Sergei Kp. Fofonoff were all hoping that the Skolt Sámi in Finland could choose between several candidates in the election of a new official representative for the nation.
September 21, 2017

A Murmansk court decision makes an important example of fairness towards the elderly

The regional court has put an end to disputes between regional authorities and several retirees who had given the state their houses in return for the right to reside in a nursing home.
September 21, 2017

Sweden house prices grow at most in north

Prices are more up in Umeå and Luleå than in Stockholm.
September 20, 2017

Norway’s oil fund reaches $1 trillion

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund hit the stunning $1,000,000,000,000 on Tuesday.
September 19, 2017

«We'll break through. The people are behind us»

Youth in Murmansk defied rain and warnings from FSB and teamed up for Alexey Navalny’s public meeting.
September 18, 2017

Børge Brende resigns as foreign minister

Leader of Norway’s Foreign Ministry announces that he leaves office less than a week after his Conservative Party won re-election, and heads for the top post in the World Economic Forum.
September 15, 2017

Murmansk FSB warns school kids: do not attend meeting with Aleksey Navalny

The FSB and police have a clear message to local youth as presidential hopeful Navalny prepares for his visit to the Arctic city.
September 14, 2017

"A position requiring uncompromising oppositional strength and endurance"

The local Murmansk branch of the Communist Party withdrew nominees for election observers at the request of Vice-Governor Anatoly Vekshin
September 12, 2017

Aili Keskitalo new president of the Sami Parliament

Sami unity, cross-border cooperation, language, rights and self-determination are key priorities when Aili Keskitalo now takes the lead in the Sami Parliament of Norway.
September 12, 2017

The elections that shook northern Norway

A wave of protest votes moves over the northern parts of the country and hits the Labour Party with full force. It is the populist parties which are election winners in the three northernmost Norwegian counties.
September 12, 2017

Solberg’s right-wing coalition wins election

September 12, 2017

United Russia completely lost in the Aleksandrovsk elections

The Party of power lost the election in the closed northern military town despite the absence of opposition.
September 11, 2017

Amid shrinking turnout, establishment wins elections in Russian North

It is a safe win for United Russia, but it is based on an increasingly slim share of the electorate.
September 11, 2017

Civil rights and democratic freedoms rank in bottom of worries among Russians

Rising prices and growing poverty top the list of concerns.
September 11, 2017

Norwegian votes to be counted manually in fear of election hacking

Norway is the second European country this year to announce trust in good old paper counting.
September 11, 2017

Growing police pressure against Navalny’s office in Murmansk

Office leader Violetta Grudina hints local law enforcement authorities might try to get her hooked for «extremism».
September 08, 2017

Researchers gather on north Norwegian coast to build new radar system

The €75.5 million new EISCAT_3D research station in Skibotn, northern Norway, will help strengthen understanding of the atmosphere. And the northern lights.
September 06, 2017

Rainy days for Russia’s Arctic plant institute

Perpetually leaky rooves are causing problems at the Vavilov Polar Experimental Station Plant Production Institute (POSVIR) in Apatity
September 04, 2017

Sámi traditional knowledge used in waterways restoration in Inari

Waterways are being restored in Inari, Finland, by combining science with Sámi traditional knowledge. The aim is to restore the water resources of the area and the movement patterns of fish into their natural states. According to experts, there is a need for similar projects all around the Sámi Area.
September 01, 2017

“Like terrorists at the bottom of an outhouse”: Being Sámi in the 100-year-old Finland

During the debate forum Yle Sápmi Arena, leading Sámi representatives Jenni Laiti, Tiina Sanila-Aikio and Aslak Pieski discussed what it feels like to be Sámi in Finland today. The discussion ranged from desparate frustration to new enthusiasm.
August 28, 2017

Poor season ahead for grouse hunting

Willow grouse population in northernmost Norway is reduced to less than a quarter compared with two years ago.
August 25, 2017

More than 800,000 reindeer vaccinated against anthrax

In the course of summer, the whole reindeer population of the Nenets tundra will be made immune against the lethal bacteria infection.
August 08, 2017

Handed out Navalny’s newspapers, were detained by Murmansk police

Among the seven people hooked in by law enforcement officers were regional campaign leader Violetta Grudina.
August 07, 2017

Norway’s rightwing Progress Party wavers over Russia sanctions

As parliament elections draw closer, several leading representatives of government junior partner Progress Party say they want an end to the sanctions against Russia. Among them is Bengt Rune Strifeldt, the party’s top candidate from Finnmark, the northern region bordering on the Russian neighbour.
August 07, 2017

Pages