På ni måneder har forholdet mellom nordmenn i Longyearbyen og russere i Barentsburg blitt betraktelig kjøligere, bekrefter VGs to reportasjeturer.

The Russian radio station Maya in Barentsburg had to halt its FM broadcasts after Norwegian authorities discovered that it lacked the necessary licences. The company has since applied for authorisatio...

Den statlige russiske stiftelsen Trust Arcticugol mener at det beslaglagte fartøyet er livslinjen til Barentsburg-samfunnet, og krever at arresten må opphøre.

Skipet «Professor Moltsjanov» ble tatt i arrest i Barentsburg av Sysselmesteren på Svalbard. Det skal ha krevd flere forsøk, hevder advokat.

Sysselmesteren på Svalbard måtte gi opp første forsøk på å ta arrest i den russiske båten «Professor Moltsjanov» i Barentsburg i september.

Deep inside the Russian settlement of Barentsburg, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard one of the most remote and extreme places on Earth, sitting just 1,300 kilometres from the North Pole a scru...

Sysselmesteren på Svalbard måtte gi opp første forsøk på å ta arrest i den russiske båten «Professor Moltsjanov» i Barentsburg i september.

I fire år har reiselivet i Longyearbyen unngått de russiske bosettingene på Svalbard. Nå avviser de at det dreier seg om en boikott.

Barentsburg combina minería, turismo, ciencia y patrimonio bajo soberanía noruega. Claves de la presencia rusa en Svalbard y el Ártico.

BARENTSBURG, Norway — For the best part of a century, the biggest threat to the residents of Svalbard was polar bears. Increasingly, it now comes from Russia. Fears are growing that Moscow could use the sprawling Arctic archipelago — a part of Norway with an unusual legal status — to test NATO militarily amid growing uncertainty over the U.S. commitment to European defense. Allies suspect Russia of probing crucial undersea cables in the waters off Svalbard and staging military-style events that test the limits of the rules governing its presence there. As Russia ramps up hybrid attacks across Europe, Oslo is racing to boost its naval and surveillance capabilities to protect its northern flank, while local authorities on Svalbard are investing in critical infrastructure — and even have an evacuation plan in place. “There is more tension in the Arctic and in the north, and of course also Svalbard is a part of that,” Norwegian Defense Minister Tore Sandvik told POLITICO. “We know that Russia ... uses a lot of ways to try to provoke or find ways to do hybrid threats.” Despite its status as Norwegian territory, the archipelago's main island, Spitsbergen, is home to a Russian town. For...

N.V. Nederlandsche Spitsbergen Compagnie var et nederlandsk kullselskap på Svalbard i årene 1920 til 1932 som hadde sin hovedaktivitet i gruvebyen Barentsburg. Selskapet ble omtalt med kortformen Nespico.

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

On Wednesday, the Governor of Svalbard seized the Russian vessel 'Professor Molchanov', which is docked in Barentsburg on Svalbard. Governor Lars Fause stresses that neither the Norwegian state nor th...

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...

The Ministry of Justice and Public Security on Friday adopted a special regulation aimed at safeguarding the supply lines to Svalbard, including the Russian settlement of Barentsburg. Moscow is likely...