On the backdrop of Russia's homophobic and xenophobic policies, queer people assembled in the north Norwegian town of ...

A target missile was launched from the Rybachy Peninsula on the east side of the outer Varanger fjord which forms the ...

In late 1990, the last year of the Soviet period, the Murmansk region had nearly 1,2 million inhabitants. The region covers ...

Russian schools are increasingly an arena for propaganda and militarisation. A rapidly growing number of teachers have had ...

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.

Andrey Shalyov is head of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat office in Arkhangelsk, where he has been working since 1996. Andrey is graduated teacher of history from the Arkhangelsk State Pedagogical ...

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.

Arne Egil Tønset, born 1959 in Røros, Norway, is a freelance journalist and author living in Tromsø. He has been working for newspapers, radio and TV, mostly in Northern Norway and Russia since 1979.

Nicky Gardner is co-editor of hidden europe magazine. She specialises in issues of culture and community in remote areas of Europe. She has a particular interest in areas of Europe that lie along or ...

Trine Hamran is a freelance video/photo journalist living in Vadsø in northern Norway. She has been working for newspapers, radio and TV and has been traveling extensively in the Barents Region.

Wenche Pedersen lives in Vadsø, northern Norway and works for the project Her High North. The Barents Observer follows the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press and the document Right and Duties of ...