Norwegian Foreign Ministry says the two oldest reactors at the Kola nuclear Power Plant should be closed for safety reasons. But the message does not get through. Director at Kola NPP, Aleksandr Ionov, says he never heard anything negative from Norwegian authorities.

Yesterday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin gave the okay for French oil company Total to expand into Russia. The decision came shortly after Total joined forces with Russia’s largest independent gas producer in a joint exploration venture.

Russia will have its first nuclear icebreaker of the next generation within 2015. Construction of the first vessel will start in 2010, and it will be equipped with a new type of nuclear reactor.

The extensive use of snowmobiles in the town of Longyearbyen on the Arctic archipelago Svalbard causes air pollution that approaches levels seen in larger European towns.

Kola MMC’s plants near the Norwegian border emitted 97,7 thousand tons of sulphur dioxide in 2008. That is five times more than the entire Norwegian emissions of sulphur dioxide.

The main message of Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, on his visit to Finland on Wednesday concerned the planned undersea gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.

40 year old rusty spent nuclear fuel containers from Russia’s abounded submarine base Gremikha were shipped to Murmansk this week.

NUUK -- Greenland´s premier has resigned as the island prepared for a power shift after a left-wing opposition party defeated the long-governing Social Democrats in parliamentary elections.

Russia will drop its planned hike in timber export tariffs to Finland, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told his Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen today.

Upgrading of ships’ equipment and components, strengthening their hulls against heavy ice, minimizing emissions and improving their icebreaking abilities must be implemented in order to establish regular year-round trans-Arctic trade route says Det Norske Veritas (DNV).