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Murmansk

Type: City

Name: Murmansk

Country: Russia

Latitude: 68.959999

Longitude: 33.080002

population: 319,266

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

Soviet oceanographic surveys opened up to western scientists

A treasure trove of Barents Sea fisheries data collected during Soviet-era research voyages have recently been digitalized and now yields precious new knowledge about the ecosystem in the area.The data can help determine the fate of future offshore oil ... [Published Barents Observer - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Larva, Murmansk, Oil Spill, Norway, Arctic Cod

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Royal Navy

Island Arctic Convoy veterans honoured

IT TOOK 70 years of pressure on the UK Government, but the brave men who served upon the Arctic Convoys during the Second World War have now been honoured with the ?Arctic Star? medal ? with 39 convoy veterans presented their medals recently at Loch ... [Published Stornoway Gazette - May 19 2013]

Entities: Luftwaffe, Royal Navy, Murmansk, Winston Churchill

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Russia Boosts Emergencies Space Monitoring

MOSCOW, May 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Emergencies Ministry has finalized deployment of a space monitoring system to help ensuring prompt response to emergency situations in the country, it said on Thursday.“We have created and are expanding a system ... [Published RIA Novosti - May 16 2013]

Entities: Russia, Shipping Lane, Nuclear, Vologda (Russia)

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

SUEK Siberian Coal Energy Company OJSC

The new Murmansk tycoon

Andrei Melnichenko, Russia's sixth richest man, is playing an increasingly important role in Murmansk Oblast (Photo: Wikipedia)Russian oligarch Andrei Melnichenko intends to boost shipments of iron ore, apatite and coal from Murmansk.Location:After years ... [Published Barents Observer - May 15 2013]

Entities: Andrei Melnichenko, Murmansk, SUEK Siberian Coal Energy Company OJSC, Coal, Iron Ore

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Ole Andreas is Norway’s new man in Murmansk

Ole Andreas Lindeman is Norway's new Consul General in Murmansk.Norwegian diplomat Ole Andreas Lindeman takes over the post as Consul General in Murmansk this fall.Location:Lindeman has earlier been with the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. He was Deputy ... [Published Barents Observer - May 07 2013]

Entities: Murmansk, Norway, Consul, Øyvind Nordsletten

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 6 reports

Jock Dempster

Arctic Convoy veteran and campaigner;Born: April 20, 1928; Died: May 5, 2013. , who has died aged 85, was a veteran of the Arctic Convoys from Scotland to Russia during the Second World War a journey Churchill called the worst in the world and endured ... [Published Herald Scotland - May 07 2013]

Entities: Murmansk, Henry McIntosh, Russia

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

No Hot Water? Free Trip to Waterpark

fregat.zatovid.ruSwimmers spashing around during an event at the Fregat waterpark in Vidyayevo, the Murmansk region. Residents of Far North town will be left without hot water this summer because of local fuel debts, but the mayor has a plan to keep everyone ... [Published Moscow Times - May 07 2013]

Entities: Vidyayevo (Russia), Murmansk, Fuel Oil

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Passengers can fly to Murmansk from Minsk

(BelTA) – Passengers now have an opportunity to fly to Murmansk (Russia) from the National Airport Minsk, BelTA learnt from the press service of the airport.The press service informed that it became possible due to the connecting flight Minsk-Cherepovets/Cherepovets-Murmansk ... [Published Belta - May 03 2013]

Entities: Minsk, Murmansk, Severstal OAO, International Organization for Standardization, Belarus

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Crystal Cruises’ New North Cape: Arctic Excursions, Murmansk and More

Crystal Cruises has set a new itinerary and more than 15 new Crystal Adventures for its 2013 North Cape cruise.Passengers will be able to sail, fly, ride, and hike past waterfalls, over glaciers, along white sand beaches, and up village-dotted coastlines ... [Published SG Travellers - May 03 2013]

Entities: Crystal Cruises Inc, Murmansk, Copenhagen, Leknes (Norway)

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Improving the standard of foster care in Murmansk

SOS Children runs Villages for Russian orphans in four locations; Tomolino, near Moscow, Lavrovo, about 350 km further south, Pushkin, 17 km south of St Petersburg, and Kandalaksha in the north … more about our charity work in RussiaSponsor a child in ... [Published SOS Children - May 03 2013]

Entities: Murmansk, Foster Care, Kandalaksha (Russia), Russia, Pushkin (Russia)

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Finland confirms continued interest in Murmansk

If you are interested in information, access to which is restricted, please fill in the form ... [Published Skrin - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Murmansk, Finland

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Murmansk starts facelift of Nordic Skiing complex

The Dolina Uyut is located only a few kilometers away from the Murmansk city center. Photo: Wikipedia By Atle StaalesenThe Murmansk regional administration this week announced that the Murmanskpromstroy company will be responsible for the upgrade of ... [Published Barents Observer - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Murmansk, Winter Sports, Biathlon, Wikipedia

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Herman Jorgensen, GAC Norway's General Manager, GAC Norway, adds: "POLOG's skills are a perfect complement to GAC's, enabling us to jointly offer global customers the same unique solutions and support provided in the Arctic at any remote location. They are a professional and dedicated team which shares our values and our belief that integrity and quality are critical. We are excited to begin exploring the world's remotest locations together, to extend our portfolio of services to the shipping and energy industry and help our clients venture to new frontiers."

GAC pushes further into the Arctic with Polar Logistics Group [Published Transport Weekly - 37 mins ago]

"The established cooperation with Orica and the explosives loading and blasting works which have begun in its framework in underground conditions, Orica's professionalism and the impressive standard and level of technologies which the company showed in this have lead to the final decision of Apatit to dedicate itself to full and comprehensive cooperation in production and application of emulsion explosives. The ultimate goal of this, as we see it, is maximum transfer of the full cycle of blasting both in open-cut and underground conditions of Apatit to Orica's specialists. The steps which we have made together up till now make us confident that our joint work will be successful and fruitful" Mr Yurievich said

ORICA LIMITED : PhosAgro and Orica sign landmark 10-year mining services supply contract for majo ... [Published 4 Traders - May 22 2013]

"In view of this significant contribution and that of the many hundreds of personnel who have served aboard with such distinction, it is my great honour to confer the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh upon ‘The FortressFortress of the Sea’."

HMS Edinburgh bids farewell to capital namesake [Published The Scotsman - May 21 2013]

...revolution changed that?" says Kalev Leetaru , a University Fellow at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science. "That has been a difficult thing to look at because there hasn’t been much data."

How Twitter Is Changing the Geography of Communication [Published The Atlantic Cities - May 16 2013]

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GAC pushes further into the Arctic with Polar L... [Published Transport Weekly - 37 mins ago]
Soviet oceanographic surveys opened up to weste... [Published Barents Observer - 3 hours ago]
Soviet Cold War oceanographic surveys opened up... [Published ScienceNordic - 6 hours ago]
Inside the Ring: NSA under Reagan [Published Washington Times - 8 hours ago]
ORICA LIMITED : PhosAgro and Orica sign landmar... [Published 4 Traders - May 22 2013]
HMS Edinburgh bids farewell to capital namesake [Published The Scotsman - May 21 2013]
The Arctic This Week: 11 May 2013 – 17 May 2013 [Published The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar S ... - May 20 2013]
Brave wartime convoy veteran Harry finally rece... [Published Diss Express - May 20 2013]
Island Arctic Convoy veterans honoured [Published Stornoway Gazette - May 19 2013]
RICHARD WILLIAMSON: Channel’s chill wind is hom... [Published Chichester Observer - May 18 2013]
Russia Boosts Emergencies Space Monitoring [Published RIA Novosti - May 16 2013]
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard-Icebreakers, Arctic O... [Published Ship Technology - May 16 2013]
PhosAgro Raises Over USD 210 mln in Add. Share ... [Published Best Invest - May 16 2013]
OJSC PHOSAGRO - PhosAgro Raises Over USD 210 ml... [Published ADVFN UK - May 16 2013]
How Twitter Is Changing the Geography of Commun... [Published The Atlantic Cities - May 16 2013]
Old Jock Dempster defied the Nazis and the Prim... [Published Daily Record - May 15 2013]
The new Murmansk tycoon [Published Barents Observer - May 15 2013]
Viking Cruise: Voyages of Discovery Takes Passe... [Published Travelers Today - May 15 2013]
Arctic convoy hero’s funeral held in Dunbar [Published The Scotsman - May 15 2013]
War vet: Russians have treated me better... [Published Derby Telegraph - May 14 2013]
Russia-Norway naval exercise moves from Barents... [Published Itar Tass - May 13 2013]
The Arctic This Week: 04 May 2013 – 10 May 2013 [Published The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar S ... - May 13 2013]
Share floats to boost NZX [Published Timaru Herald - May 12 2013]
Russia-Norway military exercisers begin in Bare... [Published Itar Tass - May 11 2013]
Arctic Convoy navies celebrated at Loch Ewe as ... [Published For Argyll.com - May 11 2013]
Dunbar’s Arctic Convoys hero Jock Dempster dies [Published Berwickshire News - May 10 2013]
Eurovision: Ukraine's Golden Fire [Published EuroNews - May 10 2013]
Royal honour for our Arctic convoy heroes [Published Dartmouth Today - May 10 2013]
Russia invests heavily in navy [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 09 2013]
Victory Day in London Remembers Russian-UK Coop... [Published RIA Novosti - May 09 2013]

Blogs

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The Arctic This Week: 11 May 2013 – 17 May 2013 [Published The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar S ... - May 20 2013] !--[if gte mso 9]>0false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalse<![endif]--> By Tom Fries , Kevin Casey & Maura Farrell The Arctic This Week 2013:19Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here . Thanks for joining us this week! We hope you find TATW useful and ...
The Arctic This Week: 04 May 2013 – 10 May 2013 [Published The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar S ... - May 13 2013] !--[if gte mso 9]>0false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalse<![endif]--> By Tom Fries , Kevin Casey & Maura Farrell The Arctic This Week 2013:18Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here . Thanks for joining us this week! We hope you find TATW useful and ...
The Arctic This Week: 27 Apr 2013 – 03 May 2013 [Published The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar S ... - May 06 2013] !--[if gte mso 9]>0false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalse<![endif]--> By Tom Fries , Kevin Casey & Maura Farrell The Arctic This Week 2013:17Not a subscriber yet? Sign up here . Thanks for joining us this week! We hope you find TATW useful and ...
Rob Huebert: It’s time to talk about Arctic mil... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 06 2013] Ahead of Canada assuming chairmanship of the multi-national Arctic Council this month, the National Post presents a week-long series where defence experts at the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute offer advice on what Ottawa should do with ...
Arctic Forum Foundation cooperation in the Bare... [Published Arctic Forum Foundation - May 01 2013] Arctic Forum Foundation’s Secretary General Steffen Weber made a quick tour of the Kirkenes-Murmansk EU Border Region, attending meetings with Barents area regional organizations in Kirkenes on 21-22 October and continuing with the conference “Transport ...

Audio/Video

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Russia invests heavily in navy [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 09 2013]
Polar Nights & Northern Lights (RT Documentary) [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Mar 03 2013]

Press Releases

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Sweco to evaluate bridges in Russia [Published CisionWire - English - Feb 05 2013]
Climashield® beginnt Partnerschaft mit Direct A... [Published PR Newswire - Feb 04 2013]