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Closed military town on Kola coast loses lifeline to base

The 1,700 people of Ostrovnoy are isolated after the breakdown of their only ship connection to Murmansk
February 24, 2021

Valentina receives Thorvald Stoltenberg's award for her work on minorities rights in the Barents region

"I believe international cooperation is important on all levels. It helps you see the world with other eyes, exchange experiences, understand there are other values than your own, Valentina Likoshva said.
February 17, 2021

Russia ready to cut ties with Europe

February 12, 2021

Russia sees population shrink by half a million in 2020

The demographic decline is the biggest in 15 years. The northern region of Murmansk is among the worst affected.
February 04, 2021

Honoring Soviet dictator: Murmansk Communists say time has come to raise a monument of Stalin

68 years after his death, Josef Stalin could make a comeback to Russia's Arctic capital where the location of his bust now is debated.
January 20, 2021

Coronavirus brings World Rally Championship into Arctic Circle for the first time

The best rally drivers of the world have to make ready for the cold winter scenery of Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland at the end of February.
January 15, 2021

Lapland sees a population decline that will continue for years to come

Finland’s northernmost region lost almost 500 inhabitants in the ten months period from January to November 2020.
January 07, 2021

Russians’ economic optimism at two-decade low – poll

January 07, 2021

Russia’s Northern Fleet begins 2nd stage of COVID-19 vaccination

Russian military medics have begun the second stage of vaccination of the Northern Fleet personnel, defence officials announced Thursday.
December 25, 2020

Big waves after local inhabitant complains to Putin about poor healthcare in home town of Arctic Brigade

A man from Alakurtti, Kola Peninsula, complained to the President about the dire state of local healthcare. He soon came to regret his criticism.
December 23, 2020

Russia’s embargo on EU and Norwegian food falls short – report

Block on European imports could also be prompting a surge in re-exports from Belarus, China and South America.
December 07, 2020

Russia eyes expansion to ‘Foreign Agent’ law

December 02, 2020

Builders of Arctic military bases sentenced to 9 years jail for theft

Dmitry Bushmanov and Aleksey Ekkert headed the company that constructed several of Russia's new Arctic bases. They are now found guilt of stealing almost 3 billion rubles of state money.
November 04, 2020

Northern Norway has most drunk drivers

A dubious record: About three times as many drunk drivers (per capita) are stopped in Norway’s northernmost Finnmark police district as in Oslo.
October 22, 2020

Masks off for selfie in Murmansk bikers parade as Russia hits 10,000 Covid-19 cases a day

Governor Andrey Chibis led the group of bikers marking season’s close in Russia’s Arctic capital on Saturday. Masks were on and off at random and social distancing was neglected in most photoshoots.
October 04, 2020

After the elections, the new Arkhangelsk governor no longer guarantees an end to repressions against Shies' defenders

October 02, 2020

Treatment for the minister of health as new virus wave hits Murmansk

Dmitry Panychev is hospitalized after contracting the virus. He is one of many Russian top officials now registered with COVID-19.
September 30, 2020

Someone tore down a huge war memorial on Russia's Barents Sea coast

The regional government in Murmansk is starting an investigation after a several meter high 2WW memorial in Liinakhamari on the Barents Sea coast was knocked to the ground.
September 16, 2020

Murmansk says 1/3 of its population might be immune to COVID-19

We see that a collective immunity is being formed, regional healthcare officials say
September 15, 2020

Clean sweep for United Russia in Murmansk elections

But the opposition accuses the government-loyal party of fraud.
September 14, 2020

Saami Council urges Tesla to refrain from buying NorNickel metals

"The factory has forever ruined what used to be the beautiful tundra here in Monchegorsk," says Andrei Danilov, a Sámi from Russia's Kola Peninsula.
September 08, 2020

Norway appoints first woman as Consul General in Murmansk

Astrid Nærum is the eleventh Consul General since Norway opened the diplomatic mission to Murmansk in 1993, but she is the first woman in the position.
September 04, 2020

Murmansk region population down by 56,500 last ten year

The Murmansk region now has a population of 738,900 people, down 2,500 since January 1 and down massively 56,500 in the course of the last ten years.
August 24, 2020

Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Arctic contracts coronavirus

Yuri Trutnev tests positive following a visit to Chechnya.
August 13, 2020

EU seeks input to new Arctic strategy, asks NGOs and indigenous peoples to contribute

EU wants to play a key role as geopolitics and climate changes dramatically transform the north. Public consultation for a new Arctic policy is now open.
August 02, 2020

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