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US warships sailed into the Barents Sea
Oct 23, 2024 · The USS Jason Dunham and USS Stout are part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group currently operating further south outside Norway.. Although the U.S. Naval Forces Europe in a press-release Wednesday evening tells that this is a “route maritime operates in the Barents Sea”, facts are different. US surface warships have stayed away from these waters after Russia launched its full ...
"It will take 10 years to remove all the rusty barrels..."
17 hours ago · The Clean Arctic estimates that it will take 10 years minimum to remove all the rusty barrels from the Chelyuskin cape. Meanwhile, experts accuse the Clean Arctic project and Russian authorities of masking the true extent of pollution in the Arctic. Ksenia Vakhrusheva, a project manager with the environmental NGO Bellona, is critical of such a ...
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(Opinion): Can Norway be a climate advocate in the UN Security Council while the country clings to its fossil fuel production? The Barents Observer follows the Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press and the document Right and Duties of the Editor. We report under full editorial independence and have ...
U.S. strategic bombers fly second Barents Sea mission this week
26 March 2024 - 01:00. The American bombers’ mission is the second in a few days to areas outside Russia’s strategic important submarine bases on the coast of the Barents Sea. On Sunday, the U.S. planes were met by a MiG-31, as reported by the Barents Observer. Flight patterns for the mission on Tuesday is not detailed, but the American ...
Harry S. Truman carrier strike group on exercise inside the Arctic …
1 day ago · The entire carrier group of warships sailing with the USS Harry S. Truman are currently in the waters inside the Arctic Circle. Vestfjorden, between Bodø and the Lofoten archipelago, provides an strategically important shelter for air- and navy operations for both the Nordic countries and the North Atlantic. The British carrier Prince of Wales ...
Consul General Konygin closes doors in Kirkenes after dialogue …
Oct 15, 2024 · With doors now closed in Kirkenes, Russia's remaining diplomatic missions in Norway is limited to the embassy at Drammensveien 74 in Oslo and its attached visa-section and trade mission. Barentsburg. Also Russia's Consulate General in in Barentsburg, the coal mining settlement on Svalbard, has suspended its consular services.
This year's biggest Barents Sea gas discovery
23 December 2022 - 01:00. The estimated size of the discovery is between 9 to 21 billion standard cubic meters of recoverable gas resources, the petroleum company announces the day before Christmas Eve. Lupa well is in the area of the Goliat field in the western Barents Sea where Vår Energy since 2017 has produced oil. The production platform ...
Drones, not tanks, on Russia's training ranges along NATO border
1 day ago · Drones, not tanks, on Russia's training ranges along NATO border. The Northern Fleet keenly shows off how its servicemen fly drones on training grounds near Norway and Finland. But there has hardly been a tank or an armoured vehicle on display in the far northern local brigades since the start of the full-scale war. Atle Staalesen.