Tag: Svalbard
Norway should consider opening a new coal mine on Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
According to the plan, Norway’s last coal mine will be closed in 2025. By then, Mine 7 at Longyearbyen in Svalbard will be virtually empty of viable coal deposits. But…
The armed forces will train on Svalbard with Hercules – news Troms and Finnmark
The coast guard regularly visits Longyearbyen in connection with cruises in the sea areas near Svalbard. From next year, the Swedish Armed Forces will increase their presence on Svalbard. It…
Warns against giving Russian research ship permission to cruise off Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
Once again, Russia is applying for permission for a research cruise in Norwegian waters. Now the Russians want to carry out a two-month long research trip to Svalbard. It is…
– Violates the Svalbard Treaty – news Troms and Finnmark
The businessman has topped the lawyer team with John Christian Elden and Bernt Heiberg in Elden Advokatfirma. They assist together with his appointed defender, lawyer Jens Bernhard Herstad, they write…
Sharp criticism of the emergency services after a fatal accident on Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
It is Sunday afternoon on April 10 this spring. A private entourage is on its way back to Longyearbyen after a nice weather trip on a snowmobile. In the moraine…
Russia accuses Norway of increased military presence on Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports this on its website. The Russians have become particularly aware of what they believe to be Norwegian military buildup on Svalbard after the…
Considering excluding Russian state-owned tourism company on Svalbard due to the war in Ukraine – news Troms and Finnmark
The Svalbard Tourism Council, the owner of Visit Svalbard, will decide on 12 October whether to cut cooperation with the Russian state-owned tourism company Arctic Tourism Center Grumant in Svalbard,…
Uncertain future for the approaching celebrity polar bear “Frost” in Svalbard – news Troms and Finnmark
– A bear that often walks within the planning area of a city, and has children who are killed because they have a foraging behaviour, is unsustainable. That’s what Arild…
Russia will spend 300 million on Svalbard to invest more in tourism – news Troms and Finnmark
Russia will spend 1.5 billion rubles on Svalbard. This corresponds to approximately NOK 300 million. This is what the country’s head of the Ministry of Development in the Far East…
Polar bear broke into cabins on Svalbard near Longyearbyen – news Troms and Finnmark
A bunny and a polar bear cub are now frolicking near several cabins on Svalbard, near Longyearbyen. A cabin was visited by polar bears two days in a row earlier…