The European Commission’s recent approval of 47 strategic projects aimed at mining and processing raw minerals, has been ...

Two helicopters took off from a base in Russia's far northern archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya and made it all the way to the ...

Pregnant polar bear females usually enter the den in late autumn and remain there throughout the winter. They don't eat ...

Built at the Admirality shipyard in St. Petersburg, the icebreaking patrol vessel sailed around the Baltics and Scandinavia ...

The first oil came on stream at the Johan Castberg field before noon on March 31, marking a new northern milestone in ...

According to Russia's Northern Sea Route Administration, sailing thought icy Arctic waters will not become any easier over ...

Once upon a time, scientists had a broad, holistic approach to research. They might explore everything from animals and ...

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The country is moving towards economic collapse, instability looms and the war against Ukraine is killing a generation of young men. But during his visit to Murmansk this week, Vladimir Putin ...

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.

"Sweden and Europe are facing an entirely new security environment. That’s why today we unveiled Sweden’s largest military rearmament plan since the days of the Cold War," Kristersson said on March 26 ...