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Secret report criticizes crew and traffic control 27 Aug 2013 | 03:35 pm
A secret report from the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority concludes that crew miscalculations and poor traffic control were some of the reasons for the fatal Hercules transport aircraft accide...
Russia opens first Arctic search and rescue center 27 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
NARYAN_MAR: The first of a total of ten search and rescue centers along the Northern Sea Route has opened in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. With increased traffic on the Northern Sea Route comes the ne...
Builds new Arctic Coast Guard icebreaker 27 Aug 2013 | 01:10 pm
Norway prepares to meet new challenges in the north as the traffic along the Northern Sea Route and in the Arctic waters increases. “The situation in the north is changing constantly. To meet the new...
“Russia must be prepared for Arctic spills” 26 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
An accident in the Pechora Sea could ruin major parts of the fragile Nenets coast, regional governor Igor Fyodorov says. Speaking at a conference in Naryan-Mar, governor Fyodorov underlined that “Rus...
Refuses claims that Norway is polluting Russia 26 Aug 2013 | 06:19 pm
The Norwegian Institute for Air Research rejects claims by a Russian NGO that Norway and other western European countries are responsible for nearly half of the pollution in Murmansk oblast. The surv...
Two nuclear generators missing in Arctic 26 Aug 2013 | 04:16 pm
Lethal radioactive Strontium-90 source used to power lighthouse likely washed out in the sea north of the Taimyr Peninsula. Generators using a strong radioactive emitting source were installed in rem...
Coast guard is bordering Greenpeace ship 26 Aug 2013 | 01:58 pm
Russian authorities are Monday bordering the “Arctic Sunrise” after Greenpeace on Saturday sailed into the Kara Sea without permission. "Russian Coast Guard is now illegally boarding our vessel witho...
Northern Fleet training along Norwegian border 23 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
More than 1000 soldiers from Russian Northern Fleet units take part in a major exercise in Pechenga, the border municipality to Norway and Finland. The training, which includes Northern Fleet infantr...
Fights to get back naval oil base 23 Aug 2013 | 02:22 pm
Russia’s Defense Ministry regrets its sale of the Northern fleet’s fuel supply base Mokhnatkina Pakhta north of Murmansk, arguing the facility is strategically important. The base was sold last year ...
Construction start for Murmansk cathedral 22 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
The more than 50 meter high church house will be the cultural and spiritual heart of the Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun said when officially launching construction of the building. “...
