Former Mayor Rune Rafaelsen Returns the Russian Order of Friendship Received from Putin One of Norway’s leading figures in Norwegian-Russian cooperation, former Sør-Varanger Mayor Rune Rafaelsen (Labor), returns the Order of Friendship that he received from the Russian president in 2020.
Demanding Thoughts on a Quite Extraordinary Day on the Border to Russia (Commentary) Kirkenes, Norway: In the middle of the Kirkenes Conferences, bombs hit Ukraine. For 24 hours Russians, Norwegians and Finns had promoted diplomacy and dialogue on the border between Russia and Norway. We went to bed Wednesday night hoping that war would be avoidable. The very next day, we woke to a bomb shower in Europe.
Norwegian-Russian Military Summit in Kirkenes The Chief of the Norwegian Joint Headquarters is to meet the Chief of the Border Service of the FSB in Kirkenes this week.
The High North Tour 2021: “The Salvation Army is in Every Place with Human Needs, Including Russia” Kirkenes: He has a vision about building up a social center in Russia and cooperates closely with the Salvation Army in the eastern neighboring country. Though so far, Moscow has set its foot down. Now, Karstein M. Kristiansen hopes for re-opening of the border, so that he once again can go to Russia.
Strengthening Northern Research Cooperation Between Norway and Russia The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (Nibio) and the Russian research institute KarRC RAS extends their research cooperation in the Barents region. The two institutes are to conduct research on ecosystems in the border areas and trace environmental changes at the Nikel plant, which is scheduled to shut down later this year.
