Despite loss in court, Barents Observer sees case against Russian General Prosecutor as victory The Russian regime has spent major resources on the case against the small newspaper from northern ...

Three frigates, a navy tanker and maritime surveillance aircraft have over the last week sailed inside the Arctic Circle, including the Barents Sea where Russia on Sunday exercised multiple missile ...

The Russian foreign ministry summons Norway's chargé d'affaires and falsely claims that new sanctions against Murmansk-based ...

Scientists played a key role in the struggle to make Svalbard Norwegian, but the greatest polar scientist of them all was ...

Luminous aerial targets in parachutes served as “enemy drones” when the crews of the fighter jets launched air-to-air ...

After a several thousand kilometre voyage, the 22-year-old, 248 meter long Matari on July 25 made port call in Murmansk. The tanker is one of more than 30 carriers sanctioned by the EU that shuttle to ...

Vladimir Putin attended the flag raising ceremony for the Knyaz Pozharsky (K-555), a Borei-A class strategic submarine.

"The midnight sun just throws you all off. When you're supposed to sleep, it's still light," a tourist from Holland told the ...

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