Welcome to the Barents portal!

The BarentsInfo.org portal contains general information about the region, articles giving an overview of different topics and links. From the Barents Euro-Arctic Council’s website you can find information on the official cooperation in the region. The contents of the portal is organized under following categories:

Information about the region - Administration - Barents Sea - Cooperation -  Culture - Customs information -  Dictionary - Documents - Economy & Business - Education & Research - Environment & Nature - Events - Funding - History - Indigenous people - Maps - Media & News  - Natural resources -  News feeds - Photos  - Projects - Statistics - Society - Travel & Tourism - Transport & Communications - Weather - Webcams -  Youth - Search

 News from the Barents region   - news in English and Russian from the Barents region, updated daily with English-Russian-English translation.


This is also a forum for sharing knowledge and relevant information on the region and your input is highly appreciated. The BarentsInfo.org portal is maintained by the Arctic Centre , University of Lapland.

 Link of the week: Oil Transport from the Russian part of the Barents Region - reports also describe the development of present and planned oil terminals and pipelines.
  Latest link: Economy of the North - presents a comprehensive overview of the economy of the circumpolar Arctic, including the traditional production activities of the indigenous people. The report discusses the importance of the Arctic economy from a global perspective, with particular focus on the natural resources in the Arctic region.  See latest link archive.

In Russian (google translator)

 

    


  Did you know?
.... that as much as 170 tons of fish are catched in the finnish lake Enare/Inari annually.
  News
Workshop on developing opportunities of tourism cooperation between the Arkhangelsk Region and Northern Norway on the Solovetskye Islands on 29th of June 2009
White Nights festival in Arkhangelsk during June 26-28 celebrates the 425th anniversary of the city
Importance of tourism in the Barents Region is increasing
The Challenges for Governance at the Arctic
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