About us - thebarentsobserver
WEBSep 27, 2024 — The Barents Observer is a journalist-owned online newspaper covering the Euro-Arctic region and northern Russia. With a devotion for cross-border journalism the Barents Observer provides daily news reports from and about Scandinavia, Russia and the Arctic. Our dedicated and experienced team of Norwegian and …
Satellite images reveal worrying scale of Svalbard glaciers loss
WEBAug 16, 2024 — The evidence of the unprecedented glacier melting can be seen in the latest satellite images published by NASA. According to the latest data, Svalbard’s glaciers broke their all-time record for daily surface melt this summer. On July 23 Svalbard shed about 55 millimeters of water equivalent, a rate five times larger than normal, NASA reports ...
Northern Fleet kicks off “special military exercise”
WEBSep 5, 2024 — The first part of the naval drill, described as special military exercise, took place in the Barents Sea, the press service of the Northern Fleet informs.. The world has got used to Putin’s terminology “special military operation” as a branding of the full-scale war on Ukraine.A Russian journalist can actually be put in prison if not using the term, but instead naming the war what it is ...
Two nuclear subs transferred under Arctic ice cap
WEBSep 17, 2024 — Two of the Delta-IV class subs are currently at the Zvezdochka yard in Severodvinsk undergoing upgrade and change of nuclear fuel elements in the reactors. The two in Severodvinsk are Karelia and Bryansk, while the three still active up north are the Verkhoturye, Novomoskovsk and Tula. A Delta-IV submarine in the Barents Sea. Photo: Thomas Nilsen.
Opinion front page - thebarentsobserver
WEBSep 27, 2024 — 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. Freedom to write - freedom to publish ...
War in the Arctic
WEBSep 16, 2024 — Russia’s most strategic airfield inside the Arctic Circle, some 1800 kilometers north of Ukraine, is now within reach. The first drone came north in July. Ukrainian Intelligence was soon to proclaim that a Tu-22M3 parked at the airport was damaged. Sources with knowledge to the situation, however, says to the Barents Observer that no serious ...
Following landmark Chinese visit to Moscow, foreign ministries …
WEB3 days ago — It was not the first meeting of its kind. But the foreign ministries' so-called bilateral consultations on the Arctic might have gained significance following the recent talks between Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang and Russia's Mikhail Mishustin. The two prime ministers met in Moscow in August for a 29th intergovernmental Chinese-Russian meeting.
U.S. Arctic Insecurity: It’s time for a new strategy
WEBThe U.S. needs to take the lead in negotiating bilateral security agreements to protect its security interests in the Arctic. First, Arctic bilateral security agreements will permit a constructive diplomatic environment. Bilateral agreements limit the noise at the table, allowing for more productive and fluid discussions.
Northern Fleet kicks off major Barents Sea command and staff …
WEBNorthern Fleet kicks off major Barents Sea command and staff exercise
Arctic brigade severely weakened | The Independent Barents …
WEBPhoto: Oryx via social media collection. The Commander of the brigade, Colonel Denis Kurilo, was severely injured, according to medical files seen by the Washington Post. The Barents Observer in July reported that at home, in the Pechenga region, the 200th scrambled to form a new mixed volunteer battalion.