Russia's barbaric war in Ukraine is draining resources, but Leningrad Military District will in the longer run significantly ...

Donald Trump is scheduled to visit California this weekend to observe the wildfires, prompting him to recall Finnish forestry ...

The Nordic Council of Ministers has launched a new programme that aims to build up resilience and supporting local Arctic ...

Relatives that reveal the location of soldiers on the front line should be punished, a warning published by Northern Fleet ...

According to the Media Rights Protection Fund, among the total number of around 45 journalists who were prosecuted in Russia ...

For decades, there have been military radars on the small mountain top in the Pechenga area. From Iyvara, there is good view over the flat and open landscape that stretches across the Arctic ...

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.

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.

Russian historian Yuri Dmitriyev is serving 15-year sentence which human rights organisations say is politically motivated.

Oleg Makarov is one of several Russian men that recently have gotten their asylum applications rejected by the Norwegian immigration service UDI. In fall 2022, he fled from Zapolyarny, the Russian ...