Press release of the Murmansk Regional Government in regards to the upcoming II International Session “Cooperation in the Arctic” Read more
On October 3, Ministerial meeting of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council took place in Umeå, Sweden, and concluded the Swedish Chairmanship passing it over to Norway for the next two years. Read more
Interview with the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide Read more
The reports from the "Assessment of need of activities to support Children and Youth At Risk (CYAR) in the Barents Region" project, has been presented at the latest Joint Working Group on Health and Social related Issues (JWGHS) meeting in Syktyvkar in September 2019. The project is financed by the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and performed by the Finnish institute for Health and Welfare. Read more
Barents Scholarships for Cultural Cooperation is an initiative on awarding scholarships to cultural actors in the Barents Region Read more
Ann Linde will welcome Ministers for Foreign Affairs from the Barents region countries and host the EU Arctic Forum in Umeå on October 3-4, 2019. Read more
9th Barents Parliamentary Conference took place in Haparanda on September 16-18, 2019. Read more
Barents Ministerial Meeting on Transport took place on September 11-12 in Umeå, Sweden. Read more
Starting this week, Liubov Timonina will be working as an intern at the International Barents Secretariat. Read more
Quite many events on the high level are scheduled for the last month of the Swedish BEAC Chairmanship. Those are the Transport Ministerial Meeting in Umeå, Parliamentary Conference in Haparanda and biennial Barents Rescue in Kiruna. Also some working groups will have their meetings in September. Read more
Vindelälven-Juhtatdahka Biosphere Candidate got its application granted and the area is now a new Biosphere Reserve within UNESCO´s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). Read more
The workshop arranged for training industry practitioners, regional environmental officers and BAT experts of the Murmansk region (SA No 1b-5) has become the final training event in a series of intensive workshops organised in the Barents region within the framework of Supporting Activities. Read more
International Barents Secretariat has released a new video "This is IBS in Kirkenes, Norway", in which the staff of the IBS tells about their contribution on enhancing the work within Barents Cooperation. Read more
An Intensive Practical Workshop “Environmental Hot Spots of the Barents region: Best Available Techniques, Best Environmental Practices, Integrated Environmental Permits and Environmental Performance Enhancement Programmes" was held in Arkhangelsk, 22-26 April 2019 Read more
Regional leaders are joining forces to highlight the Barents Cooperation on the international arenas. Tomas Hallberg, Head of the IBS will moderate the “Talking Barents” panel in the Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg Read more
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