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

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.

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.

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.

The Professor Molchanov was originally scheduled to leave Murmansk on March 4, but bad weather in the Barents Sea delayed the departure until the early hours of March 8, according to the vessel’s AIS ...

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

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%.

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 ...

Only days after the Arctic Metagaz loaded liquefied natural gas in the Ura Bay, Kola Peninsula, the carrier was hit by drones outside Malta.

France has withdrawn its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier from the upcoming NATO exercise Cold Response and is instead ...