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Border crossings at 25-year low

Not surprisingly in a year dominated by pandemic, the number of people crossing the Russian-Norwegian border was down 77% in 2020.
January 10, 2021

Norway makes testing mandatory at entry, closes many border roads

With fears over mutant covid strain, the government has decided that anyone who arrives in Norway have to take a test.
December 31, 2020

Norwegian soldier violated Finland's border

While military top officials and politicians strive for a 'brothers in arms' relationship between the two Nordic countries, it is still strictly illegal for a soldier to unintentionally cross the state border by a few meters.
December 10, 2020

Three persons per day cross EU's northernmost border checkpoint

Only 97 people crossed the Finnish-Russian border checkpoint at Raja-Jooseppi in November.
December 08, 2020

Border checkpoints with Finland and Norway not on Russia's e-visa list

Nordic citizens can from February 4, 2021, apply online for visa to Russia, but such e-visa will not be approved for entry at any of the land border checkpoints with Finland or Norway.
October 25, 2020

PM Mishustin approves e-visa for Nordic citizens from February 2021

Entry to Russia will be much easier as e-visas for tourism, business, humanitarian and guest visits will be issued online for stays up to 16 days.
October 08, 2020

The joy of open border lasted for a week

Finland reintroduces travel restrictions to Norway and Sweden and many other European countries due to the COVID-19 situation, but exemptions are made for border municipalities in the north.
September 24, 2020

Finland lifts border restrictions, Lapland tourism businesses happy

Cross-border travels in Scandinavia since March can best be described as a traffic light. Right now, the color is green.
September 11, 2020

Finland temporarily reintroduces travel restrictions on northern border to Norway

People living in local border communities in the north are, as an exception, allowed to cross the borders between Lapland and neighboring communities in northernmost Norway and Sweden.
August 19, 2020

Norway lifts travel restrictions for north Swedish region

Västerbotten is now included in the government’s updated travel advice, so people entering Norway from the region will no longer have to home quarantine.
August 06, 2020

Norway, Russia border closed for normal traffic until at least August 20

Norway’s closed borders to foreign nationals will apply until August 20th, but a special law might keep non-Nordic borders closed until January 1, 2021.
May 18, 2020

Floating nuclear power plant will be key element on Northern Sea Route, says Rosatom

The «Akademik Lomonosov» has been officially handed over to the Russian state nuclear power company.
July 04, 2019

Human rights expert from Russia considered a threat to security and health in Finland

The human rights expert Alexey Tsykarev from Russia has been refused a visa to Finland. The refusal was based on the Schengen agreement’s paragraph on diseases that concern public health.
November 13, 2018

Barents Cooperation sets aim for visa-free travel, but critics say it is a scam

Regional leaders are on a crash course with national and international legislation as they call for the abolishment of the current visa regimes in the Barents region.
October 16, 2018

Murmansk wants better radiation control on road to Norway

And the Norwegians should pay for it, says Deputy Governor Yevgeny Nikora.
September 05, 2018

Two leading Norwegian officials on nuclear safety halted on their way out of Russia

We see this as a serious incident, says the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
September 05, 2018

Russian Minister and Governor skip Norway road opening ceremony

Both the Russian Minister of Transport Maksim Sokolov and Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun have made a last minute cancellation.
September 29, 2017

Dozens of asylum seekers march from Lapland into Sweden border town

Some 55 asylum seekers who took part in a protest against Finland’s asylum policies at the northern border crossing town of Tornio have left the country by walking across the border en masse from Finland to Sweden on Tuesday afternoon, according to police in Finnish Lapland.
September 06, 2017

“We also get to eat salmon" – New fishing restrictions supported by people upstream the River Teno

Not every Sámi opposes the new Teno River Fishery Agreement.
July 13, 2017

More guards with broader powers needed on the borders : Finland’s interior minister

Interior Minister Paula Risikko says border guards should be given expanded powers to act if national security threatened.
March 02, 2017

Mayors of cross-border cooperation

"I don't think there are any cities we have more contact with than Murmansk," says Kirkenes Mayor Rune Rafaelsen.
February 10, 2017

Norway, Russia border traffic up 10%

In times of political tensions between Oslo and Moscow is normal citizens’ travel across the border in the high north sharply up.
February 09, 2017

Migrants headed towards Finland, detained in border town

Three Moroccan citizens made it to Alakurtti, but no longer.
January 13, 2017

Lapland, Kola border traffic hits six-year low

Raja-Joosepi and Salla checkpoints saw a decline in border-crossings of 12% and 14% in 2016.
January 10, 2017

Russians still love taking a ride to neighboring Kirkenes

After two years of decline, traffic across the Norwegian-Russian border is again on the increase.
January 06, 2017

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