BarentsObserver NewsBarentsObserver Newshttp://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easyTue, 05 Apr 2011 14:59:00 +0200 Regional prosecutors in Murmansk demand that the border town of Nikel cleans up a 60,000 square meter area used as dump site. Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:59:00 +0200 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/border-town-must-remove-garbage-mountain.4907155.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/border-town-must-remove-garbage-mountain.4907155.html The establishment of a visa free travel zone across the Norwegian-Russian border has pushed forward the plans to build a new hospital in the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes. Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:26:05 +0100 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/borderzone-agreement-speed-up-hospital-plans.4850553.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/borderzone-agreement-speed-up-hospital-plans.4850553.html The church in Nikel, the Russian town located near the border to Norway and Finland, on Monday burnt to the ground Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:04:06 +0100 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/borderzone-church-burnt-to-the-ground.4850417.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/borderzone-church-burnt-to-the-ground.4850417.html The first ever agreement on visa-free travel between Russia and a Schengen-member state was signed in Oslo today. The agreement stipulates how the population in the near-border areas can cross the border only by showing their ID-card. Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:33:56 +0100 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/first-opening-in-the-schengen-regime-with-russia.4838145.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/first-opening-in-the-schengen-regime-with-russia.4838145.html The iron ore mining company Sydvaranger Gruve has to stop their use of the Magnafloc 1707 chemical in their production process, because it pollutes the fiord outside the Norwegian-Russian border town of Kirkenes. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:24:42 +0200 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/chemical-ban-for-mining-company.4835899.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/chemical-ban-for-mining-company.4835899.html This photo of the Russian and the Norwegian border commissioner without their uniforms shows in its simple manner the close relations on the Norwegian-Russian border. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:00:19 +0200 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/family-gathering-securing-cross-border-relations.4811146.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/family-gathering-securing-cross-border-relations.4811146.html 20 percent more people crossed the Russian-Norwegian border in the first six months 2010 compared with the same period last year. The main reason is Russians going to Kirkenes for shopping on Saturdays. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:57:26 +0200 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/boost-in-border-crossings.4803830.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/boost-in-border-crossings.4803830.html The Russian Customs has raised the weight limit on duty-free goods from 35 kg to 50 kg per month. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:44:18 +0200 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/russian-customs-raises-duty-free-limit.4796870.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/russian-customs-raises-duty-free-limit.4796870.html New cameras along the Norwegian border to Russia help the police and border guards in detecting border violations. Recently the cameras detected two cases of illegal border crossings – both from Norway into Russia. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:08:15 +0200 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/new-cameras-detect-border-violations.4792933.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/new-cameras-detect-border-violations.4792933.html The Norwegian cargo ship “Svartfoss” recently sailed to the Pechenga Bay delivering production equipment for the local salmon farming in the area that until recently was strictly military closed. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:53:40 +0200 http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/regular-foreign-shipping-to-border-zone-fjord.4792809.html http://borderzone.barentsobserver.com/regular-foreign-shipping-to-border-zone-fjord.4792809.html