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War and aggression has left regional cooperation with Russia in tatters. The Norwegian government nonetheless continues to nurture hope for a Russian return.
February 27, 2024
Moscow on Wednesday said it has suspended payment of annual contributions to the Arctic Council.
February 14, 2024
Russia's Minister of the Far East and Arctic told Spetsnaz soldiers returning from the front that their experiences will be useful in the remote region.
February 08, 2024
But international shipping companies shun the remote and icy waters along Russia's increasingly militarised Arctic coast. Figures from 2023 show that shipments lag far behind the Kremlin's targets.
January 23, 2024
The university that teaches Russia's diplomats enters into cooperation with Trust Arktikugol, the Russian state company operating on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago.
January 16, 2024
A recent report examining the flag states of ships travelling in the Arctic shows Russia, Norway and Denmark were the three nations with the most vessels.
January 14, 2024
Polar night comes to an end with the sun this weekend orange-coloring the skies in northernmost Scandinavia.
January 14, 2024
After 16 months of drift with the currents, Russia's Arctic research vessel Severny Polyus has course for the waters between the archipelagos of Franz Josef Land and Svalbard. It was previously anticipated that the ship would end up further west in the Greenland Sea.
January 09, 2024
The Russian despot Vladimir Putin discussed options for building a large new shipyard when he on December 11 met with Governor Aleksandr Tsybulsky in Arkhangelsk.
December 14, 2023
The Russian ruler gathered the governors of all Arctic regions for a talk about big projects. Among them is a nuclear power station in the north Siberian village of Ust-Kuiga.
December 12, 2023
Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov underlines that it is a national priority for Russia to make a "full-scale takeover" of Arctic territories beyond the country's 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone.
December 07, 2023
Norway's Telenor on Tuesday puts power to mobile phone coverage for Ny-Ålesund north on Svalbard.
November 27, 2023
The state leader reportedly approves a proposal to name the super-powerful Arctic vessel after the Communist dictator and mass-murderer.
November 20, 2023
The Arctic Council working group behind the “Plastic in a Bottle” project to track marine litter, launched its northernmost capsule in the Arctic Ocean this year, the latest step in the multi-year project.
November 18, 2023
Research ship Grigory Mikheev has spent weeks in remote Arctic waters to prepare the ground for year-round shipping on the Northern Sea Route. Now it is escorted out of the quickly expanding sea-ice as part of this year's last ship convoy
November 14, 2023
"Our region is on the verge of an emergency situation," a woman from the far northern Nenets Autonomous Okrug warns as winter supplies have failed to reach local villages.
November 09, 2023
India, Turkey, China, Brazil and Thailand are all interested in teaming up under Moscow’s umbrella at a new science complex as Russia plans to bring life back to the world’s northernmost ghost town.
October 30, 2023
With multiple northern nations experiencing a surge in wildfires in recent years, Norway has introduced a Wildland Fires Initiative as part of its Arctic Council chairship.
October 22, 2023
Longyearbyen at Svalbard switches from coal to diesel and halves the emission of CO2.
October 19, 2023
The war president that is ready to spend one third of his state budget on national security tells Chinese President Xi Jinping that Russia is developing grand infrastructure connections towards the East.
October 18, 2023
The seven-meter-high orthodox cross erected in August is of importance for the entire Christian world and a tribute to those Russians who discovered Svalbard, according to Ildar Neverov, director of Trust Arcticugol.
October 17, 2023
Slashed investments and a spike in construction costs will lead to a significant delay for Russia's expanded fleet of nuclear powered icebreakers.
October 13, 2023
After an exceptionally warm summer, ripe cloudberries are for the first time documented at 78° North. 
October 03, 2023
The US Coast Guard vessel sailed in formation with Norway’s KV Svalbard from the ice-covered waters near Russia’s Franz Josef Land en route to conduct joint exercises in the Barents Sea.
October 01, 2023
Following Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow in March this year, a series of meetings have been held between north Russian governors and representatives of Chinese business and governance.
September 20, 2023

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