BUSINESS Record-size Container Ship Sets Course for Arctic via Norwegian Coastline Sep 09 2024 - 14:48 A massive container ship the length of three football fields traveled up the…
BUSINESS Safety Takes a Backseat as Russia’s LNG ‘Shadow Fleet’ Operates in Arctic Without Permits Sep 03 2024 - 11:15 As Russia continues to expand its liquefied natural gas shadow fleet to bypass…
BUSINESS Freyr Stops Battery Production and Lays Off Employees Aug 30 2024 - 13:47 The battery company Freyr must lay off several employees and make "significant…
BUSINESS Equinor Strengthens Preparedness in the Barents Sea Aug 30 2024 - 14:56 Equinor will establish and operate a new area-wide emergency preparedness solution…
BUSINESS Fossil-Free Steel Production in Northern Sweden: The Hybrit Project Goes Industrial Aug 30 2024 - 14:47 The Swedish Hybrit project, aiming for fossil-free iron and steel production, is now…
BUSINESS LNS Achieves Milestone with First-Ever NOK Three Billion Turnover Aug 26 2024 - 08:43 The Northern Norwegian contractor company Leonhard Nilsen & Sønner (LNS) reached the…
Business Swedish Company Buys Barel in Kirkenes, Northern Norway Aug 23 2024 - 20:35 "It is very exciting that we can create engines for growth in Kirkenes that are…
Business “If We Stop the Oil, We Stop the War” Aug 19 2024 - 09:05 Arendal (High North News): The EU's sanctions package against Russia has become so…
ARCTIC LIVING SpaceX Announces First Human Spaceflight over Polar Regions Aug 14 2024 - 14:36 Fram2 will be the first spaceflight in which humans will fly over and explore the…
POLITICS Successfull Launch: The Arctic To Gain Full Broadband Coverage With Norwegian Satellites Aug 13 2024 - 14:45 Space Norway’s two satellites for Arctic broadband have now been launched into space…
Business Russian LNG Carrier Goes Dark in Norway’s Arctic Waters to Circumvent Sanctions Aug 08 2024 - 09:37 A Russia-affiliated LNG carrier circled for two weeks to the North of Norway. It…
POLITICS New Important Step for Norway and Germany's Space Cooperation Jun 20 2024 - 18:33 On Wednesday, Norway and Germany signed a declaration facilitating German launches…
BUSINESS New Sulitjelma Mines One Step Further Toward Opening One of Few Metal Mines in the North Jun 21 2024 - 15:11 High North News (Sulitjelma): About 30 years after the historical mines in Sulitjelma, Northern Norway, closed down, work is now in full swing in order to start up new operations. "Europe needs minerals. When most things are to be electrified, copper will be very important," says the manager of Nye Sulitjelma Gruver, Størker Bjørnstad, to High North News.
BUSINESS From Ukraine to the Arctic: The War's Impact on Russia's Northern Energy Ambitions Mar 18 2024 - 14:51 Two years into the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western sanctions call into question the future of Russia's Arctic energy ambitions. U.S. measures strike at the heart of Russia's Arctic plans. Sanctions now target project construction, ship-building, and marketability of liquefied natural gas.
