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Russia and Norway
| Norway says tactical weapons should be reduced |
| [Norwaynews] [04.02.2010, 09:55am, Thu. GMT] |
 Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store has expressed concern about large quantities of tactical nuclear weapons stockpiled in the world, in Russia in particular. The United States and Russia are holding talks on strategic arms and Norway hopes for their major reduction, he said on Ekho Moskvy radio on Wednesday. Such countries as Norway, Sweden, Poland and others are also concerned about the large quantities of tactical nuclear weapons.
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 | | | | Russia, Norway Zero In on Offshore Activities in Barents Sea |
| [Norwaynews] [18.12.2009, 07:55pm, Fri. GMT] |
The Barents 2020 cooperation project on safeguarding petroleum activities in the Barents Sea was concluded today at a conference in Moscow. More than 100 Russian and Norwegian experts have worked together for close to three years on identifying common rules and standards for health, safety and the environment in the Barents Sea. Today they presented their recommendations in front of more than 200 representatives from industry, research institutions and authorities.
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| | | | Sky lights over Norway - Russian denied missile test. |
| [Norwaynews] [09.12.2009, 10:30pm, Wed. GMT] |
| No-one has come up with an explanation for a very strange sight over northern Norwegian skies early morning local time But millions of people saw it, and thousands of videos and photos were taken. The phenomenon last about 10 minutes. In this link to a gallery of photos the captions indicate the different locations in northern Norway from which it was simultaneously observed, some of them from places where the sun is nearly over the horizon, and others where there is only varying degrees of twilight at this stage of the darkest weeks of the sub-polar night. |
| | | | Norwegian and Russian universities to cooperate |
| [Norwaynews] [12.11.2009, 10:31pm, Thu. GMT] |
| The Centre for Northern Studies at The Faculty of Social Science at Bodø University College is extending its cooperation with The Pomor State University in Arkhangel, Russia. Twenty students have chosen this study profile. Head of The University of The Arctic's Regional Office for Bachelor education, Associate Professor Bjørn Sagdahl, sees the cooperation project as unique. He thinks there are opportunities for other subject fields to follow suit. This comes as a direct result of a recently completed development project, financed by SIU and The Nordic Council of Ministers, says Sagdahl. |
| | | | Norway and Russia to define common border |
| [Norwaynews] [24.10.2009, 03:53pm, Sat. GMT] |
| Norway and Russia have agreed to set up a commission which will make a thorough examination and defining of the 196 km long borderline between the two countries. This was last done in 1947. The boundary was first set in an agreement made between the two nations in 1826. About two thirds of the boundry follows the two rivers Pasvikelva and Grense Jakobselv, and in some places the river has has changed its course, something that may make it necessary to redefine the borderline in some places. |
| | | | Russia, Norway to talk nuclear security |
| [Norwaynews] [03.09.2009, 06:59am, Thu. GMT] |
| Russian and Norwegian nuclear industry officials will on Thursday discuss security cooperation, including the dismantling of nuclear submarines, the Rosatom state nuclear corporation said. The 12th meeting of a bilateral nuclear commission will be held in Svanhovd, Norway. The commission is co-chaired by Deputy Rosatom CEO Yevgeny Yevstratov and Norwegian government representative Elisabeth Walaas. Until 2003, cooperation was carried out as part of an intergovernmental agreement signed in 1998 on environmental interaction in connection with the dismantling of Russian nuclear subs decommissioned from Russia's Navy, in line with which Norway allocated $12-15 million every year. |
| | | | Norwegian-Russian border guard stations isolated because of swine flu |
| [Norwaynews] [13.08.2009, 04:41pm, Thu. GMT] |
| All of the six Norwegian border guard stations on the Norwegian-Russian border have been isolated in an attempt to prevent further swine flu infection, reports the Barents Observer. The Sør-Varanger Garrison (GSV) outside Kirkenes is hit by an outbreak of swine flu, as reported by BarentsObserver two days ago. The number of infected personnel has now climbed to 50, NRK.no reports. GSV has 600 soldiers and officers. |
| | | | Elements behind Ethnic tensions? |
| [Norwaynews] [22.05.2009, 03:54pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Sami reindeer herders in northern Norway call for stricter regulations of all non-Sami activities in their pasture land. That prepares the ground for conflicts with the other population in the region. Police representatives in the northernmost county of Finnmark now confirm to NRK TV that is a growing fear for open conflict and violence between representatives of the Sami reindeer herders and the other population in the region. The Sami land claims do not only cover the northern parts of Norway. About half of all Norwegian territory is part of the traditional reindeer pasture land, the Sami reindeer herders say. As BarentsObserver has reported that position is shared by the Sami Parliament, including Sami President Egil Olli. |
| | | | We congratulate Alexander on winning the Eurovision Song Contest final in Moscow. - NRK |
| [Norwaynews] [17.05.2009, 07:56pm, Sun. GMT] |
“We congratulate Alexander on winning the Eurovision Song Contest final in Moscow. He’s truly a unique artist. He is already a considerable figure on the Norwegian music-scene, his success tonight will make him one of the stars of European music”, said the chief executive of NRK, Hans-Tore Bjerkaas. This is the third time a Norwegian artist has won the Eurovision Song Contest. Following Alexander Rybak’s victory tonight, NRK will host next year’s final in Norway. Norway’s breakthrough in the Eurovision Song Contest came in 1985 when Elisabeth Andreassen and Hanne Krogh won with “Let It Swing”.
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| | | | Russian-Norwegian contract on nuclear safety in the Baltic Sea. |
| [Norwaynews] [28.04.2009, 03:04pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Governor of Murmansk Oblast Dmitry Dmitiyenko and his Norwegian counterpart Finnmark County Governor Gunnar Kjønnøy last week signed a contract on removal of radioactive strontium batteries (RTGs) in lighthouses in the Baltic Sea. This was Kjønnøys first meeting with the new Murmansk Oblast Governor, a press release from the Finnmark County Governor’s office reads. According to the contract, 71 RTGs will be removed from lighthouses in the Gulf of Finland and the coast of Kaliningrad in the period 2009-2012. The RTGs will be replaced be replaced with solar panels or other energy sources. The project has a 55 million NOK price tag. Part of the sum will be granted by Finland through Norway. |
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| Norway’s Foreign Minister to visit Moscow |
| [Norwaynews] [01.02.2010, 12:22pm, Mon. GMT] |
 Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre is meeting his Russian colleague Sergey Lavrov in Moscow this week to discuss cooperation in the two countries’ northern regions. The two ministers will be discussing Norwegian-Russian cooperation, first of all in the northern regions, a press release from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reads. Other issues that will be discussed are cooperation within business and industry, climate and energy. |
| | | | Russia Claims Huge Spiral Over Norway Was Due to Failed Missile Launch |
| [Norwaynews] [11.12.2009, 06:45pm, Fri. GMT] |
Observers in northern Norway Wednesday morning witnessed a bizarre spiral appear in the sky at around 7:49 a.m. They first saw a blue light soar up from over a mountain to a north. The light then paused in midair and began circling. Before long, like the closing scene from the Japanese horror film Uzumaki, a massive spiral had filled the air. Then came a brilliant beam of green-blue light which shot out of the center and lasted 10 to 12 minutes, before suddenly vanishing. Citizens described the bizarre sighting to be like "like a big fireball that went around, with a great light around it" and "a shooting star that spun around and around".
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| | | | Obama security - Increased activity by Russian military aircraft |
| [Norwaynews] [01.12.2009, 09:19pm, Tue. GMT] |
There are an increasing number of observations lately of Russian jetfighters and bombers on missions along the Norwegian coast. So far this year 75 Russian aircraft have been identified by Norwegian jet fighters. We must go back to the end of the cold war, to find a similarly high activity, says Commander Lars Saunes of the Joint Operative Headquarter at Bodø. At the end of the 1990s, Russian aircraft were observed only three to four times a year close to Norwegian territory, while last year the number reached 87 observed Russian aircraft.
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| | | | Russia plans research to support Arctic claim |
| [Norwaynews] [04.11.2009, 11:44am, Wed. GMT] |
| Russia is planning extensive research to support its claim to a broad swath of energy-rich territory beneath the Arctic Sea, a top official of the nation's icebreaker fleet said Friday. Icebreakers will lead research vessels into the Arctic in a series of missions over the next three years to conduct a detailed geological analysis of the seabed, said Andrei Smirnov, deputy director for operations at state-run Atomflot. Moscow claims a large part of the Arctic seabed as its own, arguing that it is an extension of Russia's continental shelf. In 2007, scientists staked a symbolic claim by dropped a canister containing the Russian flag onto the seabed from a small submarine. |
| | | | Norway Seeks More Cooperation, Less Tension With Russia |
| [Norwaynews] [16.10.2009, 11:16am, Fri. GMT] |
 Russia's re-investment in its northern defenses poses no problems for Norway, which will continue to improve military and political channels of cooperation with Moscow, said Jonas Gahr Støre, Norway's foreign minister. "There is no tension between the Norwegian and the Russian militaries, and 15 years of Norwegian-Russian cooperation has removed any tension," Støre told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. The Norwegian government estimates that Russia has spent between $12 billion and $15 billion modernizing and strengthening its Murmansk-centered northern defenses since 2004. "Norway will, of course, continue to closely monitor Russia's military efforts, but we cannot see that this in any way changes the good relations between Norway and Russia," Støre said. |
| | | | Norwegian/Russian cooperation in the Barents Sea |
| [Norwaynews] [17.08.2009, 01:49pm, Mon. GMT] |
Norway and Russia will this month begin a joint mapping of undiscovered natural resources in the Barents Sea and around the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, DN Energi reports. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the University of Oslo (UiO) and the Russian Geological Institute (GIN RAS) will participate in the charting mission. In this connection, the UiO has awarded a contract to the Russian research vessel Akademik Nikolay Strakhov which will carry out most of the geological survey for oil and gas as well as general research and mapping.
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| | | | Russia seeks cooperation with Norway in fishery modernization |
| [Norwaynews] [26.05.2009, 03:48pm, Tue. GMT] |
Head of the Russian Federal Fishery Agency Andrey Krainy says cooperation with Norway over trawler fleet modernization is a necessity. The obsolete Russian fishing fleet now is in dire need of upgrades, the powerful official highlighted to RIA Novosti. Our fishermen can not compete with the Norwegians because the prime cost of our production is 25 percent higher due to enormous fuel consumption level, Mr. Krainiy said, Portnews.ru reports with reference to RIA Novosti.
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| | | | Putin Disappointed by Telenor Feud. |
| [Norwaynews] [20.05.2009, 05:46am, Wed. GMT] |
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin expressed disappointment Tuesday that the Norwegian company had been unable to agree on an expansion plan with Alfa Group and insisted that the rule of law would prevail in a related court dispute. Putin spoke after talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, who declared that Putin is “very much aware of what is now the Norwegian position.” Telenor’s legal problems arose from a spat with a Russian partner in VimpelCom, Russia’s second-biggest mobile-phone operator. The partnership soured after Telenor resisted a proposal from the partner, the privately owned Alfa Group, for VimpelCom to buy a Ukrainian telecom operator in 2005.
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| | | | Russian strategic bombers patrol Norwegian Sea, Arctic Ocean. |
| [Norwaynews] [07.05.2009, 01:44pm, Thu. GMT] |
Two Russian strategic bombers patrolled the Norwegian Sea and the Arctic Ocean on Thursday, an Air Force spokesman said. "Two Tu-95MS missile carrying aircraft conducted a patrol over the Norwegian Sea and the Arctic Ocean on Thursday," spokesman Vladimir Drik was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. The bombers were escorted by NATO fighter jets during the 15-hour flight, Drik said.
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| | | | Russia buys spy from Israel. |
| [Norwaynews] [11.04.2009, 01:35pm, Sat. GMT] |
Russia will buy more unmanned spy, so-called drone, from Israel. It is the first time the Russians purchase such military equipment from Israel. The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the contract with Israel is signed, the Interfax news. It is not known how many aircraft Russia wants to acquire. From before the drone is used by several NATO countries. Drones are used largely by the U.S. defense in the war in Afghanistan. Israel also uses drone in the Palestinian areas. Drones are propeller-driven small unmanned aircraft remotely from the command centers on the ground or sea.
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The world's larges tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI) is taking the Norwegian state to court. PMI wants the Norwegian ban on displaying tobacco products in stores lifted, Dagens Næringsliv reports. There is no scientific evidence that the ban has any health effect, says PMI communication director Anne Edwards to the newspaper. She points to Iceland, which introduced the ban against the display of tobacco in stores in 2001.
