The City Court in the north Russian town of Ukhta has imposed two fines of 10,000 rubles (€92) each on local activist Leonid ...

The Cosl Prospector discovered up to 52 million barrels of oil in an appraisal well in Norwegian Arctic waters.

The Azurit is still in Båtsfjord, one week after the Norwegian Government made a special order for the ship to leave for ...

The Arctic has moved from cooperation and interaction to the opposite, a region of possible future conflict, said Russia’s ...

It stirred a public outcry when it became known that the new school in Pechenga had a wall decorated with pictures of F-16s.

While the Russian authorities are trying to tackle the problem by banning 'child-free propaganda' and setting up a 'family ...

The Barents Observer has distinguished itself through its ability to deliver critical and independent journalism at a time of ...

Removing the spent nuclear fuel elements from the Alfa-class submarine reactors in Gremikha became some of the most ...

The U-2 Dragon Lady is back in Norwegian airspace, nearly 65 years after the shot down incident over the Urals in the Soviet ...

Two frigates that normally are based in the far northern Kola Peninsula this week fired hypersonic Tsirkon missiles in the ...

Rural areas of Finnmark County keep losing people to big cities. The Barents Observer travels to the remote town of Vadsø to ...

The brand new school in the military town located only few kilometres from Norway and Finland will bring up 'a new generation of heroes,' local authorities say.