The controversial Sakatti mining project on a doubly protected mire will set a precedent for discarding environmental ...

A recent study is shedding light on the ongoing accumulation of mercury pollution in the Arctic — despite the international ...

We must do more to secure our country and contribute to joint security with our NATO allies,' says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr ...

Norway among with seven north European countries call for Russian soldier to be banned from the Schengen visa zone.

Rosatom's first established a sub-branch, the Rusatom Cargo, for Arctic container shipping in 2019, the company's newspaper ...

The Pasvik Folk High School over decades built a cooperation with schools in Russia. Now the former partners organise ...

Two nuclear icebreakers are making way for a tanker and two cargo ships in this year's first transit shipment on the Russian Arctic route.

There are long-term patterns in how Russia approaches Norway on Svalbard. Over the years, Moscow’s proposals for bilateral ...

A broad selection of classics and contemporary cinema was adored at the 40th edition of the Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland. The phenomena is familiar to the Barents ...

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