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A photo report from inside the coronavirus hospital in Murmansk

Nikolay Palchenko was sitting next to a coughing fellow passenger on the plane from Moscow to Murmansk. A few days later, also Nikolay got sick and ended up at the infectious diseases department at the regional hospital from where he made this photo-report.
July 29, 2020

Murmansk region counts more Covid-19 cases than neighboring Norway or Finland

164 new coronavirus cases detected in the last 24 hours as the tally rises to 9,791 in an oblast with less than 750,000 inhabitants.
July 28, 2020

Nordics should aim for common approach to China’s Arctic involvement says report

As China’s activity ramps up in the North, Nordic countries should aim to develop a common approach to the Asian superpower’s increased involvement in the Arctic, says a recent report.
July 13, 2020

Murmansk Mayor Yevgeny Nikora tests positive as coronavirus continues to spike on the Kola Peninsula

Nikora is hospitalized and undergoing treatment for Covid-19 and pneumonia.
July 10, 2020

On Nenets tundra reverberates sound of anti-Kremlin dissent

The small and oil-rich Nenets Autonomous Okrug is the only region in Russia that voted against Putin's constitutional reform.
July 03, 2020

No drop in curve in COVID-cases for Russia's top oil and gas region

Commuting industry workers have boosted infection rates, and the far northern Yamal Nenets Autonomous Okrug is now among the regions with the highest number of new cases.
June 29, 2020

Virus outbreak troubles delivery to Arctic bases

Supplies are running short, but the researchers working in Russia's many remote Arctic meteorological bases will have to wait as a coronavirus outbreak complicates deliveries.
June 26, 2020

Murmansk sees coronavirus cases spike as governor lifts restrictions

Murmansk found 37 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and the total number of infections in the city is now 1137. However, from Monday June 22 restrictions are to be lifted, governor Andrei Chibis has decided.
June 21, 2020

Mass vaccination is underway on Yamal tundra

About 550,000 reindeer are to be made immune against anthrax.
June 18, 2020

Sami in Sweden start work on structure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission

The Swedish government announced 1.2 million Swedish kroner (approximately $170,00 CDN) this month for the Sami Paliament to begin laying the groundwork for the country’s upcoming Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
June 17, 2020

"Uncontrolled outbreak" says city in northern Sweden and imposes lockdown

Gällivare is now as bad as Stockholm in regards to COVID-19 infections.
June 17, 2020

Russian bookstores sell new constitution ahead of vote on Putin's reforms

June 16, 2020

After infection of more than 2,000 workers, situation comes under control at Belokamenka construction site

Meanwhile, other nearby towns are experiencing outbreaks of the COVID-19.
June 16, 2020

Big increase in coronavirus cases in closed military naval town Severodvinsk

A total of 169 new cases were registered in Arkhangelsk region over the last 24 hours, more than 150 of them in the strategically important city of Severodvinsk.
May 25, 2020

Russia might reopen airport near border to Norway

Talks are in process over possible flights to Korzunovo, the abandoned air field controlled by the Northern Fleet.
March 02, 2020

Northern Fleet’s troubadours rejected entry to Norway

Oslo does not want the Russian Navy’s song and dance ensemble to participate in a Norwegian cultural festival.
February 04, 2020

Commercial herding: cap on reindeer numbers shouldn’t change, Finnish gov experts say

Over the past year, a working group at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has been examining the future of commercial reindeer herding in Finland, including the issue of how many domesticated reindeer there should be in the whole of the country.
November 28, 2019

There is a tough security situation in the North, but today Norway and Russia talked friendship and war victory

Norway’s king and prime minister met Russia’s Sergey Lavrov by a memorial devoted to Soviet liberation of Norwegian border town Kirkenes.
October 26, 2019

Sámi footballers go to disputed conflict area to play ball with Ukrainian separatists

The team of indigenous players from the North will travel to one of the most tense hotspots in Europe to meet breakaway rebels from Luhansk.
April 25, 2019

Fishermen find dead body in the trawl

The ship was operating in central parts of the Barents Sea when sailors did a horrendous catch.
April 05, 2019

Murmansk population drops further

There are now less than three quarter of a million people living on the Kola Peninsula.
April 03, 2019

Siding for the Valley of Glory

In Murmansk region, historical and cultural monuments are removed from state protection. It is against the law - but it is beneficial for the owners.
April 01, 2019

Electric cars set sales record in Norway with 58% market share

In times of global warming, policy measures with tax exemptions makes Norway the third largest market for electric vehicles in the world, after China and the United States.
April 01, 2019

Murmansk Governor’s new team is on its way from Moscow

New deputy governor in the Russian Arctic region is Oksana Demchenko, the close aide of newly appointed Governor Andrey Chibis from his time as government official in Moscow.
March 29, 2019

Fisherman from Aanaar happy about revision of Fisheries Act in Finland

From May on, the inhabitants of Aanaar, Ohcejohka and Eanodat will be able to fish in the non-private waters of their municipality with one fishing permit for the whole fishing period.
March 27, 2019

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