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WEB2 days ago · The Barents Observer is a journalist-owned online newspaper covering the Euro-Arctic region and northern Russia. With a devotion for cross-border journalism the Barents Observer provides daily news reports from and about Scandinavia, Russia and the Arctic. Our dedicated and experienced team of Norwegian and …
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WEB2 days ago · The Barents Observer follows the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press and the document Right and Duties of the Editor. We report under full editorial independence and have no external interference. Freedom to write - freedom to publish ...
War in the Arctic
WEB2 days ago · Russia has itself to thank for bringing act of war inside the Arctic Circle for the first time since Second War II. Thomas Nilsen. September 16, 2024. How Ukraine manage to navigate drones far north to the Kola Peninsula is still not detailed. But despite very long distance, it comes as no surprise that Olenya airfield is a high-value target.
Finland mulls an end to Barents cooperation
WEBJul 25, 2024 · Otherwise the Barents cooperation on regional level in Finland will come to an end. The letter also refer to Sweden’s Foreign Ministry considering a withdrawal from the cooperation. Markus Hirvonen, who is Region Mayor of North Karelia and current Chair of Barents Regional Council, says in a phone interview that funding and coordination is ...
U.S. Arctic Insecurity: It’s time for a new strategy
WEB2 days ago · Bilateral security agreements will reduce geopolitical tensions and affirm American leadership in the Arctic. Current U.S. neglect of the Arctic allows competitors, like Russia and China, to strong-arm our allies, build critical infrastructure, develop new technologies, and exploit resources. Russian President Vladimir Putin, in August ...
Barents Sea cod quotas lowered by 20% for the third year in a row
WEBOct 22, 2023 · The Norwegian-Russian Joint Fishery Commission on Saturday agreed that 2024 cod quotas in the Barents- and Norwegian Seas will total 453,427 tons, of which 212,124 tons will be Norway’s share. This is down 20% from the 2023 quotes, which again was down 20% from the agreed catch in 2022. Russia and …
Criminalizing journalism to make us silent doesn’t work
WEB2 days ago · The Constitution, or any other rule-of-law principles for that matter, doesn’t worry Mr. Putin. He considers himself to be the law. In a vertical power structure, lawmakers (the State Duma), law enforcement agencies, and the Justice Ministry all jump when the ruler in the bunker makes clear that journalists doing their job are enemies of the State.
2022 one of eight hottest years on record confirms UN
WEBEye on the Arctic. January 13, 2023. “Global warming and other long-term climate change trends are expected to continue because of record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere,” the UN body said in a news release. 2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest year on record, according to the dataset used, but that was largely due ...
Exercise Barents challenged by COVID-19
WEBMay 5, 2021 · Opinion by Tore Wangsfjord Dep. Director Joint Rescue Coordination Centre North Norway. According to bilateral agreements between Russia and Norway Exercise Barents has annually been carried out for more than 20 years.
The new Arctic colonization | The Independent Barents Observer
WEBThe Arctic is money and the modern state machine no longer serves the ideals of universal happiness. This time, only private interests are being served. It is this new Arctic agenda that human rights activist Rodion Sulyandziga considers the root cause of the wave of repression against indigenous people.