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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.

On Thursday, the FSB seized documents in two dozen organizations in Murmansk, including the regional administration offices

The Skolt Sámi living in Neiden, Norway, look forward to reviving their language and culture now that a new Skolt Sámi museum has been opened in their village. «The State of Norway must act before the traditional knowledge is lost: the population gets older and older all the time,» says a young Skolt Sámi.

The ones who run a business in Utsjoki, northern Finland, are in distress as the new fishing restrictions in the River Teno have driven the tourists to fish in other rivers.

Finnish authorities say illegal fishing has not increased in Northern Lapland this summer, at least so far.

A group of local protesters and activists does not accept that the states try to control fishing and the management of fisheries in the River Teno (Tana). They are now collecting signatures for their declaration.

The Finnish Sámi Parliament has authorized its Executive Board to work for a truth and reconciliation process. Tuomas Aslak Juuso, the Second Vice-Chair of the Sámi Parliament says that the next step is to discuss the mandate of such a commission with the Government.

The newspapers and brochures never made it to the street of the Arctic city, as local police says it contains signs of extremism.

The Office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service has made a decision in the case brought against the Murmansk electricity company (Murmanenergosbyt)

The establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission can start as the majority of the Norwegian Storting decides to examine former repression against the two northern minorities.

Finnish land and forestry authority Metsähallitus says it will not allow water bottling from the Suttesája brook in the northern Lapland region. Local Sámi opponents of the project rejoice.