According to regional leaders participating in the 2009 Arctic Economic Development Summit, if Arctic communities are to not only survive, but flourish in the future they need to become more self sufficient.

Gazprom is continuing the laying of a 70 km long underwater pipeline across the Baydarata Bay. The pipeline will link the huge Bovanenkovo field with the Russian west-bound pipeline grid.

The Nerpa shipyard in Murmansk Oblast might start producing wind generators for the Russian market. Until now, the plant is most known for its work with nuclear powered submarines.

The Norwegian oil minister’s decision to start looking for oil and gas in the Arctic waters of the Jan Mayen island has triggered harsh reactions both from environmentalists and from parliament.

With organized crime groups already established in the Canadian Arctic and anticipated to grow larger and stronger, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police want to develop a criminal intelligence network in the region.

The Norwegian government wants to start oil exploration in the waters around the far northern Jan Mayen island. -We have to uphold our revenues from oil production, the country's oil minister says, adding that new areas now must be explored.

On Thursday of last week, a small NASA aircraft successfully completed its very first science flight over the Arctic. The flight was part of a research expedition to study the disappearing Arctic ice and obtain a better understanding of the life cycle of the sea ice and its long-term stability.

The energy company Troms Kraft is investing 700 million NOK in the construction of a new windmill park at Vannøya, northern Norway. Planned expansions of the park could give power to all of northern Norway, the company says.

What had to happen has happened – Gazprom confirms that delays are likely in the Shtokman project.

The Sami Parliament will not approve new mining projects in the northernmost Norwegian county of Finnmark, parliament speaker Egil Olli says.