Sámi activist Valentina Sovkina, originally from the village of Lovozero in Russia’s Murmansk region, was forced to leave the country after a wave of searches targeting indigenous rights activists.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office is classifying the Barents Secretariat as an 'undesirable organisation' arguing it stimulates protest activities and promotes LGBT communities.

A Russian Ilyushin Il-20M reconnaissance aircraft from Severomorsk-1 airbase flew on Wednesday as far south as the waters outside the Lofoten area in the Norwegian Sea.

Seafarers have been warned about planned missile firings in a section of the Barents Sea that stretches across the maritime boundary between the Russian and Norwegian exclusive economic zones.

Police and race organisers are maintaining close contact as mushers approach the border areas with Russia in challenging ...

Russia is developing a new class of diesel-powered icebreakers designed to escort vessels in seaports and along icy stretches of the Northern Sea Route.

A planned €1 billion investment in northern Finland has been put in doubt after the government sharply increased mining taxes on metal ores from 0.6% to 2.5%.

The first of ten voyages this year allowing Russian citizens visa-free access to the Norwegian archipelago departed Murmansk on Sunday.

Authorities’ repression of scientists is isolating Russia from international scientific cooperation and weakening the country’s position in the Arctic, according to a brief by the Foreign Intelligence ...

The 277-metre-long Arctic Metagaz was attacked in the early hours of March 3 while sailing east of Malta. The 23-year-old vessel was originally owned and operated by the Norwegian company Bergesen ...