More from: Borders

Russia ratifies extension of visa-free zone

Villagers in Neiden, the Norwegian settlement located near the border to Russia, become part of a successful regime on facilitated cross-border traveling.
December 15, 2016

This gas station gives boost to border traffic

November traffic is up 7,2% and it is Norwegians that counts for the increase.
December 04, 2016

Migrants tried to make it to Scandinavia, were charged by FSB

The security service detains and charges migrants as they attempt illegal border crossing to Norway and Finland.
November 14, 2016

More border crossings to Finnmark, less to Lapland

10 percent increase at Storskog, while Raja-Joosepi and Salla still see a decline in cross-border traffic.
November 08, 2016

Norway will not give away mountain peak

Norway refuses to give Finland what could have been the country’s highest mountain peak.
October 16, 2016

FSB: We concluded terrorists could smuggle weapons across the border, Norway: Such issue was not up for discussion

Two very different views on what happened at a joint Norwegian, Russian Border Guards meeting in Kirkenes.
October 14, 2016

Border crossing comes with a price

Already from next year, you might have to pay toll when you cross the border to Russia. The money is needed for upgrades of border infrastructure, Moscow says.
October 14, 2016

Oslo and Moscow agree about joint exploration of Arctic borderland

Seismic vessels will be allowed to cross the border to collect data. Oil and gas reserves in the area could be substantial.
October 13, 2016

End comes to special regime on Finnish-Russian border

Third-country citizens will soon again be allowed to cross the two northernmost border crossing points, the Finnish interior minister signals.
September 08, 2016

Possible illegal border-crossing

Military border guards and the police started to search the terrain after traces on both sides of the Norwegian-Russian border.
August 29, 2016

Top FSB General on mission to Norway

Inside this motorcade crossing the border at Storskog Thursday morning is Army General Vladimir Kulishov, one of President Vladimir Putin’s top security officials.
August 25, 2016

Russia mulls extension of border zone

Official document indicates that Moscow is preparing the reintroduction of traveling restrictions in the borderlands to Norway and Finland.
August 24, 2016

This is a Norwegian-Russian success story

Almost half the population of Kirkenes can cross the border to Russia without a visa.
August 19, 2016

Detained for throwing stones on Russia

Don’t throw the first stone. Norwegian military border guards and police acted properly.
August 15, 2016

FSB opens new Arctic complex

This helps us bolster security along our Arctic frontiers, regional leaders of the FSB say as they open a new border guard office in Sabetta.
August 09, 2016

Despite recent decline, border traffic twice as high as a few years back

August 03, 2016

Migrants’ Ladas and Volgas put up for sale

Ever wanted to have a black Volga? On Friday and Saturday Finland’s Customs auctions away 128 of the cars used by asylum seekers to enter Lapland from Russia’s Kola Peninsula.
July 12, 2016

This is the road towards more cooperation, transport ministries say

Top politicians and officials from the Barents region agree that infrastructure and communications between Russia and the Nordic countries must be improved.
June 24, 2016

«Cross-border cooperation extremely important for Russia»

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ilya Subbotin visits Murmansk ahead of the new round of Kolarctic projects.
June 10, 2016

Border may get shorter opening hours in cost cutting effort

Finland’s Border Guard has to cut spending and considers limiting opening hours at Raja-Jooseppi and Salla.
May 18, 2016

Human traffickers detained by Finnish border guards

Finnish border guards have broken up a ring of international human traffickers who smuggled people into the country from Russia.
May 10, 2016

Norway erects security fence on border to Russia

“We upgrade the security at Storskog checkpoint to be better prepared for controlling who enters the country,” says Minister of Justice and Public Security Anders Anundsen.
April 29, 2016

Lapland border officials turn away first would-be entrants at Finnish-Russian crossing

A new border restriction has been in force for 10 days at Finland’s two Lapland border crossings on the Russian border in a bilateral agreement to clamp down on illegal migration.
April 21, 2016

Borisoglebsk border station discussed in ministry

Reconstruction of Russia’s border-crossing point on the border to Norway has been discussed on federal level.
April 18, 2016

Russia insisted on closing Lapland borders for third country citizens

Norwegian and EU citizens can no longer enter or leave Russia at Raja-Jooseppi and Salla.
April 12, 2016

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