ARCTIC LIVING The Norwegian Barents Secretariat Closes Its Offices in Russia Nov 25 2022 - 11:08 The war in Ukraine has reduced the workload and made it more difficult to maintain…
ARCTIC LIVING Barents Press International Stops all Cooperation With Russia Nov 24 2022 - 11:44 The situation in Russia has destroyed all possibilities for safe and open cooperation…
POLITICS Tromsø in Northern Norway Will Get a Long-Awaited Sami House Nov 23 2022 - 13:56 After three decades in the idea stage, a Sámi house is finally being established in…
ARCTIC LIVING Nordic Film Prize Goes to Icelandic Film Dýrið (Lamb) Nov 03 2022 - 14:05 This week, the Nordic Council Film Prize was awarded to the dark drama Dýrið from…
ARCTIC LIVING Tourists Climbs on Hot Lava in Iceland Oct 13 2022 - 09:04 Tourists continue to step far onto the still-steaming lava at the foot of the Mount…
ARCTIC LIVING Russian Artist: "To Show My Art in Bodø Is Like a Fresh Breath of Freedom" Sep 16 2022 - 14:13 Cooperation with the Norwegian side is of great support, feels Russian artist and war…
ARCTIC LIVING Historic Opening: An Arctic Community Moves to Make Room for Mining Sep 14 2022 - 13:35 Longread: A city in Northern Sweden must move for the billion-dollar mining industry to continue. Come with High North News to Kiruna for an historical event - when the industrial town in the middle of Swedish Lapland is opening up a brand new city center.
ARCTIC LIVING Opening of Kiruna's New City Center Sep 02 2022 - 13:06 An Arctic city is moved as a step to enable continued ore extraction. After 18 years…
ARCTIC LIVING The Russian Protest Art Sep 01 2022 - 16:15 An artistic jab at war propaganda and the authoritarian. Contact on a war-critical basis instead of freezing all dialogue across the border. These are important counteractions against Russia's regime, believes Russian Evgeny Goman in Kirkenes.
ARCTIC LIVING Arctic Football Team Fights to Play in Champions League Aug 24 2022 - 15:21 Norwegian football club Bodø/Glimt may make history Wednesday night. If the team…
ARCTIC LIVING Continued Enthusiasm for Barents Cooperation Aug 25 2022 - 08:49 Barents Press, Barents Games, and Barents Pride. These are some of the Norwegian…
ARCTIC LIVING Keeps the "Bridge of Art" over the Russian Border Open Aug 19 2022 - 14:17 Astrid Fadnes and her colleagues in Pikene på Broen continues the interaction with…
ARCTIC LIVING "Us Northerners Should Joke More About Climate Change" Aug 09 2022 - 15:14 Jón Gnarr, comedian, author, and former mayor in Reykjavik, has faith in Nordic…
ARCTIC LIVING 10th Anniversary for the Border Resident Certificate: There is Nothing to Celebrate Apr 19 2022 - 15:31 This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Norwegian-Russian Border Resident Certificate. 2022 was also to be the year in which the friendship towns of Kirkenes, Norway and Pechenga, Russia were to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Now, no-one knows whether the relationship between the Norwegian and the Russian people will survive the war. “There is nothing to celebrate”, says General Manager Lars Georg Fordal of the Barents Secretariat.