Norway Plans to Establish State Preparedness Hub Near the Border With Russia: "An Important Measure" The Norwegian government wants to strengthen preparedness and state presence in Eastern Finnmark, Northern Norway, with a new hub. This will boost Norway's ability to manage crises in the High North, believes Professor Natalia Andreassen.
The Border Municipality Is Fighting for Its Existence: “Anything Is Better Than Nothing” Kirkenes, Northern Norway (High North News): While the Norwegian government is rearming in the North and announcing increased military activity, local businesses are disappearing, and the population is declining, while top politicians are being flown in and out of the region with vague and sweet promises. "We do not need symbolic diplomacy," says the Mayor of Sør-Varanger municipality, that borders to Russia.
I Am on the Border Between Norway and Russia – Searching for Hope Comment (Skogfoss, Eastern Finnmark): This winter, I have once again traveled through border areas in international media's absolute margins. I am currently on the literal border with Russia. One step further would be one step too far. The border is here.
I Am on the Border Between Norway and Russia – Searching for Hope Comment (Skogfoss, Eastern Finnmark): This winter, I have once again traveled through border areas in international media's absolute margins. I am currently on the literal border with Russia. One step further would be one step too far. The border is here.
Tough Times Ahead for Fishers and the Fisheries Industry as Quotas on Important Stocks are Set to Decrease Next year, the cod quotas will be significantly reduced, and a major reduction is also expected in the red king crab quota. The Norwegian Fishermen's Association is worried for both the cod stock and the fishers, who are facing more challenging years.
Norwegian-Russian Battle of Wreaths During the Commemoration of Finnmark's Liberation Kirkenes (High North News): It became a battle of the wreaths on Wednesday, when Kirkenes commemorated the liberation of Eastern Finnmark on October 25, 1944. Shortly after Mayor Magnus Mæland (Conservatives) had laid down a wreath in Ukrainian colors by the monument, the Russian consul laid his wreath in front of the Norwegian one.
Claim Your Freedom, Kirkenes Commentary (Kirkenes): Sør-Varanger municipality is uniquely positioned in Norwegian foreign policy. It was when the municipality was lifted out of German occupation in 1944. And it is when Russia is waging a bloody war in Ukraine.
Arctic Music and Criticism, Politics and Sequins, Glitter and Reindeer Antlers! On Saturday, Pan-ArcticVision premieres in Vadsø, Northern Norway. A grand, crazy, and beautiful project, says Artistic Director Amund Sjølie Sveen – and welcomes us to the border-crossing building of the Arctic community.
Arctic Music and Criticism, Politics and Sequins, Glitter and Reindeer Antlers! On Saturday, Pan-ArcticVision premieres in Vadsø, Northern Norway. A grand, crazy, and beautiful project, says Artistic Director Amund Sjølie Sveen – and welcomes us to the border-crossing building of the Arctic community.
Arctic Music and Criticism, Politics and Sequins, Glitter and Reindeer Antlers! On Saturday, Pan-ArcticVision premieres in Vadsø, Northern Norway. A grand, crazy, and beautiful project, says Artistic Director Amund Sjølie Sveen – and welcomes us to the border-crossing building of the Arctic community.
Here, Russia Could Cut Off Eastern Finnmark's Power Skogfoss (High North News): Eastern Finnmark is at the center of a serious energy crisis. However, what few people know and even fewer wants to talk about is that Russia controls 1/4 of the energy supply on the Norwegian side. No one wants to answer what will happen if Russia decided to turn off the lights in Finnmark.
Energy CEO in Finnmark: We Will Not Be Able to Establish Businesses and Industry The energy situation in Eastern Finnmark: "This is serious. As long as we do not have the grid capacity to develop anything here, people will relocate. Then there will be no jobs and development," says CEO Terje Skansen of Varanger Kraft.
“No Difference Between the North and the South in Regard to Attitudes Towards Russia,” Says Researchers Kirkenes: New research findings debunk the notion that Northern Norwegians have other attitudes towards Russia than people in the south of Norway – and that they would thus be more naive when dealing with the neighboring country in the northeast.
