Barents Press International http://www.barentspress.org Barents Press International Barents Press International CGFeedMaker 1.0.14 on CMS Made Simple Welcome to «Arctic Cinema 2012»! http://www.barentspress.org/news/159/15/Welcome-to-Arctic-Cinema-2012.html In September 2012, the second International festival for amateur and professional films «Arctic Cinema 2012» is taking place in the city of Arkhangelsk,Russia. It will be held on the campus of The Northern Arctic FederalUniversitynamed after M. V. Lomonosov (NARFU),... Thu, 17 May 2012 14:19:39 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/159/15/Welcome-to-Arctic-Cinema-2012.html Civil society and mass media http://www.barentspress.org/news/158/15/Civil-society-and-mass-media.html Mon, 14 May 2012 23:09:55 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/158/15/Civil-society-and-mass-media.html Forward to the 22 century! http://www.barentspress.org/news/157/15/Forward-to-the-22-century.html Fri, 11 May 2012 15:21:50 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/157/15/Forward-to-the-22-century.html Barents Mediasphere starts after summer http://www.barentspress.org/news/156/15/Barents-Mediasphere-starts-after-summer.html Media cooperation in Barents region will get new dynamics from autumn 2012 when a long planned project called Barents Mediasphere gets started. Project is financed by Kolarctic ENPI and partners are Arctic Centre of the Universityof Lapland, Rovaniemi (lead partner),... Thu, 03 May 2012 14:06:22 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/156/15/Barents-Mediasphere-starts-after-summer.html Journalism and Human Rights http://www.barentspress.org/news/155/15/Journalism-and-Human-Rights.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:04:36 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/155/15/Journalism-and-Human-Rights.html Nordic Culture around us! http://www.barentspress.org/news/154/15/Nordic-Culture-around-us.html From 18 to April 26, Murmansk, to my mind,   becomes the cultural capital of all Nordic countries. Every day at various venues in the city will be held exhibitions, debates, concerts and performances led by representatives of Denmark, Norway, Sweden,... Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:54:23 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/154/15/Nordic-Culture-around-us.html Women, Media and High North http://www.barentspress.org/news/153/15/Women-Media-and-High-North.html Workshop will be held May 22-23, 2012 in Murmansk.   Together with our Norwegian colleagues we will discuss how women are presented in northern media   , why women become objects of the interview less than men,   how stories about women of... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:12:39 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/153/15/Women-Media-and-High-North.html Big Cod – Big Politics http://www.barentspress.org/news/152/15/Big-Cod-Big-Politics.html Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:52:25 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/152/15/Big-Cod-Big-Politics.html BPI annual meeting canceled http://www.barentspress.org/news/151/15/BPI-annual-meeting-canceled.html Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:31:15 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/151/15/BPI-annual-meeting-canceled.html Well, what have you learned about Russian democracy? http://www.barentspress.org/news/149/15/Well-what-have-you-learned-about-Russian-democracy.html Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:16:01 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/149/15/Well-what-have-you-learned-about-Russian-democracy.html Murmansk journalists got aquainted with "The Barents Sea" http://www.barentspress.org/news/148/15/Murmansk-journalists-got-aquainted-with-The-Barents-Sea.html Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:53:33 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/148/15/Murmansk-journalists-got-aquainted-with-The-Barents-Sea.html «Barents Spektakel 2012 surpassed all expectations!» http://www.barentspress.org/news/147/15/Barents-Spektakel-2012-surpassed-all-expectations.html 14 Russian journalists visited at the ninth festival Barents Spektakel in Kirkenes, Norway. The trip took place with the support of the Norwegian Barents Sekretariat and the Nordic Journalistic Center. Someone visited the event once again, and for others impressions... Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:34:02 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/147/15/Barents-Spektakel-2012-surpassed-all-expectations.html Do we cultivate hatred language? http://www.barentspress.org/news/146/15/Do-we-cultivate-hatred-language.html I was a panelist on journalist debates in the framework of Barents Spektakel festival in Kirkenes.We discussed prejudices about each other. Journalists from Russia, Norway, Finland and Sweden put forward their own versions. I shared mine: media themselves ultivate hatred language. I presented ... Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:50:11 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/146/15/Do-we-cultivate-hatred-language.html From film festivals management in Tromsø to EkoFilmArt in Petrozavodsk http://www.barentspress.org/news/143/15/From-film-festivals-management-in-Tromso-to-EkoFilmArt-in-Petrozavodsk.html Acquaintance with management of festivals of documentary cinema of Northern countries became the theme of the week long training of the Russian experts in Norway and Finland within the limits of the project «Management of film festivals» financed by Ministerial... Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:16:48 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/143/15/From-film-festivals-management-in-Tromso-to-EkoFilmArt-in-Petrozavodsk.html What is this cocktail taste like? http://www.barentspress.org/news/142/15/What-is-this-cocktail-taste-like.html The nearer   Barents Spektakel,   more worries for journalists : so many events in five days ...A group of Russian journalists   covering  this extraordinary festival is formed at last. Thanks to a grant from the Norwegian Barents Secretariat and Nordic  Journalists... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:25:28 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/142/15/What-is-this-cocktail-taste-like.html North Sea changing environment http://www.barentspress.org/news/141/15/North-Sea-changing-environment.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:14:07 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/141/15/North-Sea-changing-environment.html Center for defending journalists' rights opened in Karelia http://www.barentspress.org/news/140/15/Center-for-defending-journalists-rights-opened-in-Karelia.html The idea of the center for defending journalists' rights started to be discussed at the Union of journalists of Karelia even in the autumn of 2009. Then it was agreed that our adherents from the Expert-legal partnership "Union" - the... Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:03:00 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/140/15/Center-for-defending-journalists-rights-opened-in-Karelia.html Learning to ask questions http://www.barentspress.org/news/139/15/Learning-to-ask-questions.html Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:59:22 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/139/15/Learning-to-ask-questions.html Journalism and human rights http://www.barentspress.org/news/138/15/Journalism-and-human-rights.html From November, 28th till December, 1st in the capital of Norway Oslo there took place an educational seminar for journalists of Barents region. Conversations with legal experts, discussions about human rights, acquaintance with the work of the newspaper «Drammens Tidende»... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:51:21 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/138/15/Journalism-and-human-rights.html Barents Spektakel 2012 invites http://www.barentspress.org/news/137/15/Barents-Spektakel-2012-invites.html From 8 to 12 February 2012 in Kirkenes the ninth festival Barents Spektakel  will be held. The Norwegian Barents secretariat traditionally invites a group of Russian journalists from Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions, the Komi Republic, Nenets Autonomous Okrug and the... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:40:12 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/137/15/Barents-Spektakel-2012-invites.html Were you also banned from writing about the meetings? http://www.barentspress.org/news/136/15/Were-you-also-banned-from-writing-about-the-meetings.html Moscow has been protested the whole  week. Tens   thousands of people protested against the election results. Internet, especially in social networks, was boiling up. A key official and many private media in many regions  were quietly outwaiting turbulent times. At... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:36:53 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/136/15/Were-you-also-banned-from-writing-about-the-meetings.html NGO forum in St. Petersburg http://www.barentspress.org/news/135/15/NGO-forum-in-St-Petersburg.html Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:25:27 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/135/15/NGO-forum-in-St-Petersburg.html Searching answers to unasked questions http://www.barentspress.org/news/134/15/Searching-answers-to-unasked-questions.html Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:11:31 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/134/15/Searching-answers-to-unasked-questions.html Northern Characters prizes and diplomas http://www.barentspress.org/news/133/15/Northern-Characters-prizes-and-diplomas.html Yesterday in Murmansk was closed the 4 international documentary films and  TV programs. In total, 115 films from Russia, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Canada,  Estonia  the   Netherlands and Italy have taken part in the contest. Director Knut Erik Jensen from Norway (Nordkapp... Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:05:09 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/133/15/Northern-Characters-prizes-and-diplomas.html Journalists’ cooperation gets €537.000 grant http://www.barentspress.org/news/132/15/Journalists-cooperation-gets-537-000-grant.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:51:35 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/132/15/Journalists-cooperation-gets-537-000-grant.html Interview with politicians http://www.barentspress.org/news/131/15/Interview-with-politicians.html During elections campaigns and in many other situations of the professional life we often feel us "holders for the microphone." Do you want to expand your knowledge of interview technique, especially interviews with politicians? Are you interested to get acquainted... Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:12:24 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/131/15/Interview-with-politicians.html Northern Character to be opened in Murmansk http://www.barentspress.org/news/130/15/Northern-Character-to-be-opened-in-Murmansk.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:43:45 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/130/15/Northern-Character-to-be-opened-in-Murmansk.html New media — on-line discussion in Petrozavodsk http://www.barentspress.org/news/129/15/New-media-on-line-discussion-in-Petrozavodsk.html On October, 28th in Petrozavodsk thjere took place the third and final seminar from a series about human rights. This project is organized by Barents Press Association and financed by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and Consulate General of Norway in... Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:51:43 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/129/15/New-media-on-line-discussion-in-Petrozavodsk.html Women and men in journalistic and in reports http://www.barentspress.org/news/128/15/Women-and-men-in-journalistic-and-in-reports.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:23:05 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/128/15/Women-and-men-in-journalistic-and-in-reports.html Newspaper staffers stand up for fired editor http://www.barentspress.org/news/127/15/Newspaper-staffers-stand-up-for-fired-editor.html Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:25:41 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/127/15/Newspaper-staffers-stand-up-for-fired-editor.html Contest for investigative reporters http://www.barentspress.org/news/126/15/Contest-for-investigative-reporters.html Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:50:55 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/126/15/Contest-for-investigative-reporters.html 5 years ago Anna Politkovskaya was murdered http://www.barentspress.org/news/125/15/5-years-ago-Anna-Politkovskaya-was-murdered.html The main Investigatory Management of Russia within the limits of legal investigation about the murder of "The Novaya Gazeta" observer Anna Politkovskaya in connection with new proofs establishes participation of new figurants in the crime. ITAR-TASS was informed about it... Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:29:10 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/125/15/5-years-ago-Anna-Politkovskaya-was-murdered.html New oil and gas journalistic course http://www.barentspress.org/news/124/15/New-oil-and-gas-journalistic-course.html Journalists from Barents Russia  are invited to send applications for the course «Oil and gas development is the main perspective of the North». Nine chosen participants will go to a study trip to Norway from 26 October to 5 November,... Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:58 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/124/15/New-oil-and-gas-journalistic-course.html NGO forum in St Petersburg invites http://www.barentspress.org/news/123/15/NGO-forum-in-St-Petersburg-invites.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:14:19 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/123/15/NGO-forum-in-St-Petersburg-invites.html Norwegians elected — Russian journalists observed http://www.barentspress.org/news/122/15/Norwegians-elected-Russian-journalists-observed.html On September, 12th in Norway there were elections to local authorities (communes) and regional ones. Some days before voting nine journalists from Archangelsk and Murmansk areas and Karelia plunged into the atmosphere of a pre-election city where they met representatives... Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:33:11 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/122/15/Norwegians-elected-Russian-journalists-observed.html For Press: Barents Rescue Exercise http://www.barentspress.org/news/121/15/For-Press-Barents-Rescue-Exercise.html In September, Barents Rescue 2011, a large-scale international emergency management exercise will be held in Norrbotten, Sweden. Participants will attend from Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Russia. This exercise is held every other year in accordance with a schedule for the... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:38:46 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/121/15/For-Press-Barents-Rescue-Exercise.html Journalist as a human rights activist and human rights activist as a journalist http://www.barentspress.org/news/120/15/Journalist-as-a-human-rights-activist-and-human-rights-activist-as-a-journalist.html Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:06:34 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/120/15/Journalist-as-a-human-rights-activist-and-human-rights-activist-as-a-journalist.html Woman in journalism http://www.barentspress.org/news/119/15/Woman-in-journalism.html Barents Press invites Murmansk Region journalists to take part in the project Role of woman journalist in a modern media. 17 – 22 October in 2011 Barents Press with  the financial support  of the Swedish Institute arranges  a study visit... Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:52:14 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/119/15/Woman-in-journalism.html The editor has returned to her office with the judge's decision http://www.barentspress.org/news/118/15/The-editor-has-returned-to-her-office-with-the-judge-s-decision.html In May this year the head of administration of Olonets area Olga Tervo with her order dismissed the editor of the regional newspaper "Olonia" Svetlana Guseva, without having specified the motives of the unexpected decision. Previously there hadn't been any... Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:34:57 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/118/15/The-editor-has-returned-to-her-office-with-the-judge-s-decision.html Energy efficiency and energy saving http://www.barentspress.org/news/117/15/Energy-efficiency-and-energy-saving.html Bellona-Murmansk environmental NGO (Russia) together with Svanhovd environmental center (Norway) invites journalists from Murmansk, Murmansk region and the north of Norway to takepart in the Russian-Norwegian seminar, devoted to energy efficiency and energy saving . The seminar will take... Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:02:07 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/117/15/Energy-efficiency-and-energy-saving.html Russian journalists are invited to a study trip to Norway http://www.barentspress.org/news/116/15/Russian-journalists-are-invited-to-a-study-trip-to-Norway.html On September, 12th in this country there will take place election of deputies to the local parliaments.  The future structure of the government and local authorities bodies depends on the outcome of the elections. In two years the election to Storting,... Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:55:48 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/116/15/Russian-journalists-are-invited-to-a-study-trip-to-Norway.html Our hearts are with you http://www.barentspress.org/news/115/15/Our-hearts-are-with-you.html Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:08:23 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/115/15/Our-hearts-are-with-you.html Facebook launches guide for journalism schools http://www.barentspress.org/news/114/15/Facebook-launches-guide-for-journalism-schools.html Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:49:15 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/114/15/Facebook-launches-guide-for-journalism-schools.html Federal Security Service got interested in investigative journalism http://www.barentspress.org/news/113/15/Federal-Security-Service-got-interested-in-investigative-journalism.html Investigative journalism demands special knowledge and skills for not to become an object of prosecution. Therefore the declared intake to school of investigative journalism was welcomed with enthusiasm by mass-media in the Russian Northwest. The more so it’s because the... Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:30:05 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/113/15/Federal-Security-Service-got-interested-in-investigative-journalism.html Elnar Seljevold is granted St. Olavs Order http://www.barentspress.org/news/112/15/Elnar-Seljevold-is-granted-St-Olavs-Order.html 'His Majesty The King has granted the advisor Elnar Seljevold, Fredrikstad,  the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for his contribution in mutual understanding among people', - the official site of the Norwegian Royal court reports. The veteran of the... Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:05:21 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/112/15/Elnar-Seljevold-is-granted-St-Olavs-Order.html State support of national mass-media in Komi will be fixed by special statutory act http://www.barentspress.org/news/111/15/State-support-of-national-mass-media-in-Komi-will-be-fixed-by-special-statutory-act.html The state support of national mass-media will be fixed by the special statutory act. It was declared by the head of Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer when he was making comments on the open letter of the Union of journalists of... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:48:31 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/111/15/State-support-of-national-mass-media-in-Komi-will-be-fixed-by-special-statutory-act.html Land of of Archangels - notes from press tour http://www.barentspress.org/news/110/15/Land-of-of-Archangels---notes-from-press-tour.html Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:25:54 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/110/15/Land-of-of-Archangels---notes-from-press-tour.html Fighting pseudo-extremism in Karelia is easier than fighting economic devastation http://www.barentspress.org/news/109/15/Fighting-pseudo-extremism-in-Karelia-is-easier-than-fighting-economic-devastation.html The website Politika Karelii has posted an article about the appalling conditions in which people live in Karelia’s northern villages. For example, the village of Lendery with a population of 1,848 is separated from the outer world by the absence... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:50:18 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/109/15/Fighting-pseudo-extremism-in-Karelia-is-easier-than-fighting-economic-devastation.html Remembering Levi http://www.barentspress.org/news/108/15/Remembering-Levi.html Wed, 25 May 2011 18:29:07 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/108/15/Remembering-Levi.html “We came to love all gray and colorful places in Murmansk” http://www.barentspress.org/news/107/15/We-came-to-love-all-gray-and-colorful-places-in-Murmansk.html Luleå Tekniska University placed in a little Northern  Swedish  town   Piteå has for several years   run  an exchange program with the Murmansk Humanitarian University.    In our school we   have a couple of students from Russia and from Ukraine. This year I went... Wed, 18 May 2011 08:08:14 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/107/15/We-came-to-love-all-gray-and-colorful-places-in-Murmansk.html Who are we – and who we want to be http://www.barentspress.org/news/106/15/Who-are-we-and-who-we-want-to-be.html The 17. Annual meeting of Barents Press International in Levi, Finland made it all clear. The network is now in process where the participants are searching for a more exact description on what Barents Press is. Although the BP is... Wed, 11 May 2011 21:42:31 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/106/15/Who-are-we-and-who-we-want-to-be.html Annual conference of the BPI was held in Levi http://www.barentspress.org/news/105/15/Annual-conference-of-the-BPI-was-held-in-Levi.html 6-8 may, 2011, in ski centre Levi in the north-west of Finland the annual conference of the international journalist association of Barents Press International took place. It was attended by about 100 journalists of the Barents region from Finland, Sweden,... Wed, 11 May 2011 16:13:03 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/105/15/Annual-conference-of-the-BPI-was-held-in-Levi.html Genghis Khan’s ninth eye - Karelia in the lens of central TV channels http://www.barentspress.org/news/104/15/Genghis-Khan-s-ninth-eye---Karelia-in-the-lens-of-central-TV-channels.html Reporting on events journalists make a print of real life in articles, reportages, television programs. And what prints do we leave in this reality, in the minds of those with whom we talk and of whom write? Director of the... Mon, 02 May 2011 19:47:51 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/104/15/Genghis-Khan-s-ninth-eye---Karelia-in-the-lens-of-central-TV-channels.html International festival of Russian language "Glagol" invites http://www.barentspress.org/news/103/15/International-festival-of-Russian-language-Glagol-invites.html Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:49:13 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/103/15/International-festival-of-Russian-language-Glagol-invites.html Webinar on mass media finance took place in Petrozavodsk http://www.barentspress.org/news/102/15/Webinar-on-mass-media-finance-took-place-in-Petrozavodsk.html The web-seminar was attended by journalists from Petrozavodsk and district cities of Karelia, as well as colleagues from Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions. The seminar was organized by the international association Barents Press with the financial support of the Norwegian Helsinki... Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:16:11 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/102/15/Webinar-on-mass-media-finance-took-place-in-Petrozavodsk.html Journalism and human rights http://www.barentspress.org/news/101/15/Journalism-and-human-rights.html Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:21:00 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/101/15/Journalism-and-human-rights.html Welcome to Barents Press International Annual Meeting! http://www.barentspress.org/news/100/15/Welcome-to-Barents-Press-International-Annual-Meeting.html XVII international BPI annual conference is to be held on 5.-9.05.2011 in the city of Levi, Finland. The program includes items on Arctic cooperation, borders in Barents Region, prospectives of mining industry and tourism, observation of economical development and mass... Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:16:16 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/100/15/Welcome-to-Barents-Press-International-Annual-Meeting.html Scoop Russia starts with 14 investigations http://www.barentspress.org/news/99/15/Scoop-Russia-starts-with-14-investigations.html Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:40:16 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/99/15/Scoop-Russia-starts-with-14-investigations.html In Komi Republic journalist claimed against police officers’ actions http://www.barentspress.org/news/98/15/In-Komi-Republic-journalist-claimed-against-police-officers-actions.html Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:49:18 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/98/15/In-Komi-Republic-journalist-claimed-against-police-officers-actions.html Danish experts will train Russian mojos http://www.barentspress.org/news/97/15/Danish-experts-will-train-Russian-mojos.html Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:23:50 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/97/15/Danish-experts-will-train-Russian-mojos.html Russian journalists will go on an ecological press tour http://www.barentspress.org/news/96/15/Russian-journalists-will-go-on-an-ecological-press-tour.html Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:44:46 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/96/15/Russian-journalists-will-go-on-an-ecological-press-tour.html “Links” – this is about us… http://www.barentspress.org/news/95/15/Links-this-is-about-us.html Journalist from Murmansk, Dmitry Ermolaev, has written a book which is devoted to the people from the border area. It is called “Links” and tells about the people’s life neatr the borders in the North over centuries and how the... Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:00:44 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/95/15/Links-this-is-about-us.html TV festival Northern Character invites http://www.barentspress.org/news/94/15/TV-festival-Northern-Character-invites.html Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:27:56 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/94/15/TV-festival-Northern-Character-invites.html Old Polyarnaya Pravda paper is back http://www.barentspress.org/news/93/15/Old-Polyarnaya-Pravda-paper-is-back.html On February 17, in Murmansk, the first issue of revived paper  Polyarnaya Pravda was published. Today, the name of the newspaper is  Polyarnaya Pravda Plus . It has the same editor, Ildar Rekhimkulov. We are publishing the article devoted... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:34:25 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/93/15/Old-Polyarnaya-Pravda-paper-is-back.html BPI International Board held session in Finland http://www.barentspress.org/news/92/15/BPI-International-Board-held-session-in-Finland.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:35:44 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/92/15/BPI-International-Board-held-session-in-Finland.html “Barents Spektakel” festival in Kirkenes http://www.barentspress.org/news/91/15/Barents-Spektakel-festival-in-Kirkenes.html 15 journalists from North West Russia got the experience of what this    Norwegian- Russian combination of words means. Five days of cultural, political and business events influenced a lot on our understanding of life in the neighbor country. Debate with... Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:57:43 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/91/15/Barents-Spektakel-festival-in-Kirkenes.html Unprecedented openness from Norwegian Border Guard http://www.barentspress.org/news/90/15/Unprecedented-openness-from-Norwegian-Border-Guard.html 15 journalists from different TV-companies, newspapers and magazines in Northwest-Russia were last week invited to visit Norwegian border guard installations along the border. This was the first time Russian media was allowed to see how the border is being... Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:54:44 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/90/15/Unprecedented-openness-from-Norwegian-Border-Guard.html Welcome to Sundance Documentary Film Program http://www.barentspress.org/news/89/15/Welcome-to-Sundance-Documentary-Film-Program.html Wed, 02 Feb 2011 13:42:37 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/89/15/Welcome-to-Sundance-Documentary-Film-Program.html Radio station in Karelia subjected to censorship http://www.barentspress.org/news/88/15/Radio-station-in-Karelia-subjected-to-censorship.html The brief (3-4 minutes) “Special Angle” weekly review hosted on the Militseiskaya Volna (Police Wave) radio station in Petrozavodsk by journalist Valery Potashov since July 2010 used to highlight the most significant facts of the past week, commenting on every... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:19:55 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/88/15/Radio-station-in-Karelia-subjected-to-censorship.html Scoop Russia competition for investigative journalists http://www.barentspress.org/news/87/15/Scoop-Russia-competition-for-investigative-journalists.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:03:48 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/87/15/Scoop-Russia-competition-for-investigative-journalists.html Karelian national calendar published http://www.barentspress.org/news/86/15/Karelian-national-calendar-published.html The book "Pyhät da arret. Karjalaine rahvahankalendari" ("Holidays and everyday life. Karelian national calendar") has been published in Petrozavodsk. The authors of the new edition are Olga Ogneva, journalist of State TV/Radio Company "Karelia" and Alexey Konkka, research assistant of... Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:26:10 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/86/15/Karelian-national-calendar-published.html The Year of Adventures in Norway http://www.barentspress.org/news/85/15/The-Year-of-Adventures-in-Norway.html TV-21 from Murmansk and Norwegian company Medvind Media AS  have started a unique joint project-serial. During the year young people from different countries are taught to sail in a folk school Malanger in Troms county. The presentation of the project... Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:32:39 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/85/15/The-Year-of-Adventures-in-Norway.html Journalists of Russia still in the zone of conflicts http://www.barentspress.org/news/84/15/Journalists-of-Russia-still-in-the-zone-of-conflicts.html Glasnost Defense Foundation has published data about the fixed conflicts connected with journalists and mass-media in Russia in 2010. The analysis of the facts shows: «the last year hasn't brought appreciable improvements or deterioration in position of Russian mass media... Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:06:02 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/84/15/Journalists-of-Russia-still-in-the-zone-of-conflicts.html €4 million to democracy and human rights http://www.barentspress.org/news/83/15/4-million-to-democracy-and-human-rights.html Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:24:38 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/83/15/4-million-to-democracy-and-human-rights.html The Program exceeded all expectations http://www.barentspress.org/news/82/15/The-Program-exceeded-all-expectations.html - said the students from the Barents region after the study-visit  in Denmark. 16 English speaking journalism students from Northwest Russia were invited by  the Nordic Journalism Centre (NJC) Update to spend a study week in Århus, the second biggest... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:18:17 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/82/15/The-Program-exceeded-all-expectations.html Discrimination on national basis http://www.barentspress.org/news/81/15/Discrimination-on-national-basis.html As a result of reforms which will occur in the Karelian publishing house «Periodika» since January, 2011 the magazine for children «Kipinä» ("Sparkle") will be puplished not only in Finnish, but also in Vepsan and two dialects of the Karelian... Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:12:10 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/81/15/Discrimination-on-national-basis.html Sword of Freedom of Speech http://www.barentspress.org/news/80/15/Sword-of-Freedom-of-Speech.html Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:45:29 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/80/15/Sword-of-Freedom-of-Speech.html Awards to young journalists http://www.barentspress.org/news/79/15/Awards-to-young-journalists.html Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:07:44 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/79/15/Awards-to-young-journalists.html Russian journalists will see the Queen http://www.barentspress.org/news/78/15/Russian-journalists-will-see-the-Queen.html Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:37:48 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/78/15/Russian-journalists-will-see-the-Queen.html First Barents Press webinar took place in Karelia http://www.barentspress.org/news/77/15/First-Barents-Press-webinar-took-place-in-Karelia.html Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:50:06 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/77/15/First-Barents-Press-webinar-took-place-in-Karelia.html Barents Spektakel invites http://www.barentspress.org/news/76/15/Barents-Spektakel-invites.html From 2 to 6 February 2011 in Kirkenes there will be held a traditional festival -  Barents   Spektakel mixture of modern art, theater, literature, cinema, music, politics and business. The permanent organizer is the Norwegian art-center Pikene på broen... Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:06:50 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/76/15/Barents-Spektakel-invites.html TV Festival Severny Character awards http://www.barentspress.org/news/75/15/TV-Festival-Severny-Character-awards.html Winners of the prizes of the third International festival of documentary films and television programs   are announced. Swedish filmmaker Gunilla Bresky got the Grand Prix of the festival for the second time. Among the winners BPI active members: Alexander Pivkin... Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:37:15 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/75/15/TV-Festival-Severny-Character-awards.html Sami time – project of TV “Murman” http://www.barentspress.org/news/74/15/Sami-time-project-of-TV-Murman.html In November 2009 there was announced a competition within the Joint Programme «Minorities in Russia: developing languages, culture, media and civil society” with financial support of the Council of Europe. 314 applications were sent to the competition, and 282 were... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:40:14 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/74/15/Sami-time-project-of-TV-Murman.html TV festival Northern Character is opened http://www.barentspress.org/news/73/15/TV-festival-Northern-Character-is-opened.html On November 16th in Murmansk a festive opening of the third International festival of documentary films and television programs took place. More than seventy journalists, documentary professionals and producers from five countries came to Murmansk. Members of International jury headed... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:57:58 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/73/15/TV-festival-Northern-Character-is-opened.html BPI board meeting in Levy http://www.barentspress.org/news/72/15/BPI-board-meeting-in-Levy.html Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:59:21 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/72/15/BPI-board-meeting-in-Levy.html Journalist brutally beaten in Moscow http://www.barentspress.org/news/71/15/Journalist-brutally-beaten-in-Moscow.html  Thirty years old   Oleg Kashin, correspondent of Russian daily Kommersant ,  was severely beaten on the night of Nov. 6 by two unknown persons.  Journalist with fractures of the jaw, a broken fingers and a broken leg was taken to... Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:38:28 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/71/15/Journalist-brutally-beaten-in-Moscow.html New head of publishing house "Karelia" dismisses journalists http://www.barentspress.org/news/70/15/New-head-of-publishing-house-Karelia-dismisses-journalists.html On November, 3rd the editor of the newspaper "Licey" Natalia Meshkova and the correspondent of the same edition Anastasia Ermashova received the prevention about the labor contract being broken off. "Licey" is done by two of them so all journalists... Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:52:11 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/70/15/New-head-of-publishing-house-Karelia-dismisses-journalists.html Tight control over mass media persists http://www.barentspress.org/news/69/15/Tight-control-over-mass-media-persists.html Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:21:16 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/69/15/Tight-control-over-mass-media-persists.html Multimedia era has come http://www.barentspress.org/news/68/15/Multimedia-era-has-come.html On October, 11-16th the Nordic Centre of Journalism and association Barents Press held a seminar «Multimedia journalism». 14 editors of Internet sites from Murmansk and Arkhangelsk areas, Karelia and St.-Petersburg took part in an educational trip, having visited editions of... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:57:07 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/68/15/Multimedia-era-has-come.html Bosses from “Evil Empire” http://www.barentspress.org/news/67/15/Bosses-from-Evil-Empire.html In the educational centre of journalism Update in Århus twee were told much new and all questions were willingly answered. We also had a chance to try roles of multimedia journalists. Each of three teams in the became an editorial... Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:48:21 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/67/15/Bosses-from-Evil-Empire.html Cameraman lost job because of the Karelian governor's complexion http://www.barentspress.org/news/66/15/Cameraman-lost-job-because-of-the-Karelian-governor-s-complexion.html Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:27:28 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/66/15/Cameraman-lost-job-because-of-the-Karelian-governor-s-complexion.html Looking forward to Northern Character http://www.barentspress.org/news/65/15/Looking-forward-to-Northern-Character.html Acceptance of applications for participation in the Third International Festival of TV programs and films Northern Character has completed. The event is organised by TV-21 broadcasting company with support of the international association of journalists Barents Press, "Norilsk nickel" Company,... Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:26:19 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/65/15/Looking-forward-to-Northern-Character.html Alley of Journalists will be planted in Petrozavodsk http://www.barentspress.org/news/64/15/Alley-of-Journalists-will-be-planted-in-Petrozavodsk.html The Union of Journalists of Karelia starts a long-term project: to create Alley of Journalists i n Petrozavodsk rest park on the quay of the Onega lake. All mass-media of Karelia and all journalists are invited to participate in planting... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:37:43 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/64/15/Alley-of-Journalists-will-be-planted-in-Petrozavodsk.html Opposition newspaper editor arrested in Arkhangelsk Region http://www.barentspress.org/news/63/15/Opposition-newspaper-editor-arrested-in-Arkhangelsk-Region.html Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:16:47 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/63/15/Opposition-newspaper-editor-arrested-in-Arkhangelsk-Region.html Media school for NGO and mass-media held in Sortavala http://www.barentspress.org/news/62/15/Media-school-for-NGO-and-mass-media-held-in-Sortavala.html Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:57:04 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/62/15/Media-school-for-NGO-and-mass-media-held-in-Sortavala.html Visit of Foreign Press Association to Murmansk http://www.barentspress.org/news/61/15/Visit-of-Foreign-Press-Association-to-Murmansk.html 15 journalists from Norway, Sweden, Sri Lanka, France, USA and other countries visited Murmansk Region. “ A lot of things has happened in Murmansk since I was there the last time and Teriberka was quite an experience!”, says Björn Lindahl... Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:49:47 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/61/15/Visit-of-Foreign-Press-Association-to-Murmansk.html Welcome to the international TV-festival in Murmansk http://www.barentspress.org/news/60/15/Welcome-to-the-international-TV-festival-in-Murmansk.html On 16 November the III International festival of documentary films and TV-programs Northern Character to be opened in Murmansk. In the context of the festival there will be a competitive demonstration of the films, telling us how the persons’ character... Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:31:58 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/60/15/Welcome-to-the-international-TV-festival-in-Murmansk.html Human rights and journalism. Dialogue proceeds. http://www.barentspress.org/news/59/15/Human-rights-and-journalism-Dialogue-proceeds.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:27:14 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/59/15/Human-rights-and-journalism-Dialogue-proceeds.html Barents Mediasphere planning has started http://www.barentspress.org/news/58/15/Barents-Mediasphere-planning-has-started.html Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:17 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/58/15/Barents-Mediasphere-planning-has-started.html “Barents–papa” witnessed cooperation of two radio stations http://www.barentspress.org/news/57/15/Barents-papa-witnessed-cooperation-of-two-radio-stations.html Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:18:46 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/57/15/Barents-papa-witnessed-cooperation-of-two-radio-stations.html Welcome to multimedia course http://www.barentspress.org/news/56/15/Welcome-to-multimedia-course.html Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:02:43 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/56/15/Welcome-to-multimedia-course.html Native languages mass media in Karelia: on the threshold of reforms http://www.barentspress.org/news/55/15/Native-languages-mass-media-in-Karelia-on-the-threshold-of-reforms.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:36:42 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/55/15/Native-languages-mass-media-in-Karelia-on-the-threshold-of-reforms.html Judge in Karelia reprimanded for hampering journalist’s work http://www.barentspress.org/news/54/15/Judge-in-Karelia-reprimanded-for-hampering-journalist-s-work.html The Qualifying Collegium of Karelia’s Supreme Court has sanctioned a judge for interfering with a reporter’s work. Last March, Judge E. Stepanova broke the law by ousting a journalist from the courtroom for using a tape recorder, and by requiring... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:24:57 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/54/15/Judge-in-Karelia-reprimanded-for-hampering-journalist-s-work.html Cross-border cooperation of journalists on northern latitude http://www.barentspress.org/news/53/15/Cross-border-cooperation-of-journalists-on-northern-latitude.html In the north of Karelia cross-border relations of Louhsky area and Finnish sister-community of Kuusamo are well developed. It is promoted by the international customs check point of Suoperä. Journalists on either side of the border can meet and work... Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:20:36 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/53/15/Cross-border-cooperation-of-journalists-on-northern-latitude.html «Come on!» -media school for NGO http://www.barentspress.org/news/52/15/Come-on--media-school-for-NGO.html Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:29:11 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/52/15/Come-on--media-school-for-NGO.html Journalist's rights were violated in Murmansk city council http://www.barentspress.org/news/51/15/Journalist-s-rights-were-violated-in-Murmansk-city-council.html Nadezda Sarsakova, correspondent of the paper «Territoria zakona» (Murmansk), addressed Barents Press Web-site with a letter about facts of counteraction to her journalistic work. We publish fragments of the letter and commentary by Murmansk Union of Journalists board member Svetlana... Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:06:19 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/51/15/Journalist-s-rights-were-violated-in-Murmansk-city-council.html Russian journalists on a training visit to Norwegian colleagues http://www.barentspress.org/news/50/15/Russian-journalists-on-a-training-visit-to-Norwegian-colleagues.html Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:59:01 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/50/15/Russian-journalists-on-a-training-visit-to-Norwegian-colleagues.html Why newspapers are not trusted http://www.barentspress.org/news/49/15/Why-newspapers-are-not-trusted.html Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:14:49 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/49/15/Why-newspapers-are-not-trusted.html Barents Reunion convention — press invitation http://www.barentspress.org/news/48/15/Barents-Reunion-convention-press-invitation.html Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:06:25 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/48/15/Barents-Reunion-convention-press-invitation.html European Journalism-Fellowships in Berlin http://www.barentspress.org/news/47/15/European-Journalism-Fellowships-in-Berlin.html Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:52:17 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/47/15/European-Journalism-Fellowships-in-Berlin.html Karelian journalists nominate officials for "Gag" anti-award http://www.barentspress.org/news/46/15/Karelian-journalists-nominate-officials-for-Gag-anti-award.html Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:09:46 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/46/15/Karelian-journalists-nominate-officials-for-Gag-anti-award.html Youth Chat is not a place to keep silent at http://www.barentspress.org/news/45/15/Youth-Chat-is-not-a-place-to-keep-silent-at.html Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:19:24 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/45/15/Youth-Chat-is-not-a-place-to-keep-silent-at.html Bodø: overcoming kilometers and language barrier http://www.barentspress.org/news/44/15/Bodo-overcoming-kilometers-and-language-barrier.html It happened so that only Karelian delegation was presenting Russian journalists at the Annual Barents Press Conference in Bodø (Norway). The Iceland volcano played a bad trick with our colleagues from Murmansk and Archamgelsk. So we felt special responsibility as... Fri, 28 May 2010 18:12:24 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/44/15/Bodo-overcoming-kilometers-and-language-barrier.html Arkhangelsk journalists are ready to join to the international investigative network http://www.barentspress.org/news/43/15/Arkhangelsk-journalists-are-ready-to-join-to-the-international-investigative-network.html Fri, 28 May 2010 16:14:56 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/43/15/Arkhangelsk-journalists-are-ready-to-join-to-the-international-investigative-network.html Mini BPI conference – at the Murmansk airport http://www.barentspress.org/news/42/15/Mini-BPI-conference-at-the-Murmansk-airport.html Wed, 26 May 2010 14:48:01 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/42/15/Mini-BPI-conference-at-the-Murmansk-airport.html Reggae Rock and Rights tour http://www.barentspress.org/news/41/15/Reggae-Rock-and-Rights-tour.html Mon, 24 May 2010 17:39:26 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/41/15/Reggae-Rock-and-Rights-tour.html Youths rights in the Barents Region http://www.barentspress.org/news/40/15/Youths-rights-in-the-Barents-Region.html Mon, 24 May 2010 17:14:33 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/40/15/Youths-rights-in-the-Barents-Region.html Annual meeting 2010 opened http://www.barentspress.org/news/39/15/Annual-meeting-2010-opened.html Barents Press 16 annual meeting in Bodø is open. Robert Sandström, Board Chairman, Barents Press International, and Arne Egil Tønset, Board Chairman, Barents Press Norway, opened the meeting with a short speech. For the first time we have an annual... Sat, 22 May 2010 09:52:23 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/39/15/Annual-meeting-2010-opened.html Then we go! http://www.barentspress.org/news/38/15/Then-we-go.html Fri, 21 May 2010 12:42:14 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/38/15/Then-we-go.html Everyone reads! http://www.barentspress.org/news/37/15/Everyone-reads.html Nine journalists from Barents Russia participated in study visit to Norway within a programme “Oil and gas industry development. Norwegian - Russian cooperation.” The journalists visited many industrial objects, parliament, MFA, municipalities in Hammerfest, Stavanger and Oslo. They also... Wed, 19 May 2010 10:39:22 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/37/15/Everyone-reads.html Politicians go ahead with joint Nordic television channel http://www.barentspress.org/news/36/15/Politicians-go-ahead-with-joint-Nordic-television-channel.html Tue, 11 May 2010 16:02:49 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/36/15/Politicians-go-ahead-with-joint-Nordic-television-channel.html Do journalists meet their duties? http://www.barentspress.org/news/34/15/Do-journalists-meet-their-duties.html Fri, 07 May 2010 14:51:08 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/34/15/Do-journalists-meet-their-duties.html Mayor of Murmansk is refused excitation of slander criminal case http://www.barentspress.org/news/35/15/Mayor-of-Murmansk-is-refused-excitation-of-slander-criminal-case.html Fri, 07 May 2010 13:48:46 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/35/15/Mayor-of-Murmansk-is-refused-excitation-of-slander-criminal-case.html Design and layout seminar http://www.barentspress.org/news/33/15/Design-and-layout-seminar.html Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:38:15 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/33/15/Design-and-layout-seminar.html Polar Lights — international Arctic film festival http://www.barentspress.org/news/32/15/Polar-Lights-international-Arctic-film-festival.html Dear Colleagues! The First International Arctic Film Festival “Polar Lights” is to be held for the first time in the Murmansk region on 24-30 May 2010. It was established by the Government of the Murmansk region and the Polar Lights company.... Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:40:48 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/32/15/Polar-Lights-international-Arctic-film-festival.html Days of Norway in Murmansk http://www.barentspress.org/news/31/15/Days-of-Norway-in-Murmansk.html On April, 22 in Murmansk there were started Days of Norway which follow Barents Spektakel – 2010. The event took place in Kirkenes and was visited by a big group of journalists from Murmansk and Archanguelsk ereas and Komi Republic.... Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:07:34 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/31/15/Days-of-Norway-in-Murmansk.html Invitation to study course in Norway http://www.barentspress.org/news/29/15/Invitation-to-study-course-in-Norway.html Norwegian centre Consult Inform and Barents Press International accept applications for participation in the study course in the North of Norway for journalists and journalism students of senior courses from Murmansk and Archangelsk areas and Karelia. The course period is... Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:29:17 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/29/15/Invitation-to-study-course-in-Norway.html Arne Egil in colours http://www.barentspress.org/news/28/15/Arne-Egil-in-colours.html Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:28:28 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/28/15/Arne-Egil-in-colours.html Free journalistic and privacy. Where the limit of invasion lies? http://www.barentspress.org/news/27/15/Free-journalistic-and-privacy-Where-the-limit-of-invasion-lies.html Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:27:52 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/27/15/Free-journalistic-and-privacy-Where-the-limit-of-invasion-lies.html Bodø again! http://www.barentspress.org/news/26/15/Bodo-again.html Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:20:19 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/26/15/Bodo-again.html BPI annual meeting is postponed http://www.barentspress.org/news/25/15/BPI-annual-meeting-is-postponed.html Barents Press annual meeting in Bodø must be cancelled this weekend. This is of course due to the dust-cloud over most of Scandinavia and northwestern Russia. The Norwegian minister of transport just said that there will be no air traffic... Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:18:12 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/25/15/BPI-annual-meeting-is-postponed.html Journalism in Russia: study experience (continued) http://www.barentspress.org/news/24/15/Journalism-in-Russia-study-experience-continued.html Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:49:53 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/24/15/Journalism-in-Russia-study-experience-continued.html Murmansk mayor rejects accusations of censorship http://www.barentspress.org/news/23/15/Murmansk-mayor-rejects-accusations-of-censorship.html Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:47:18 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/23/15/Murmansk-mayor-rejects-accusations-of-censorship.html Editor-in-chief of Vecherny Murmansk accuses mayor Subbotin of censorship and pressure upon mass-media http://www.barentspress.org/news/22/15/Editor-in-chief-of-Vecherny-Murmansk-accuses-mayor-Subbotin-of-censorship-and-pressure-upon-mass-media.html In the congress hotel jf the Meridian hotel in Murmansk there has been heled a special press conference with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper Vecherny Murmansk Natalia Chervjakova. The editor-in-chief of the newspaper of which founder is the Murmansk city... Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:43:24 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/22/15/Editor-in-chief-of-Vecherny-Murmansk-accuses-mayor-Subbotin-of-censorship-and-pressure-upon-mass-media.html Big Radio plus Radio Domen http://www.barentspress.org/news/21/15/Big-Radio-plus-Radio-Domen.html Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:38:21 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/21/15/Big-Radio-plus-Radio-Domen.html YLE technicians have begun a strike http://www.barentspress.org/news/20/15/YLE-technicians-have-begun-a-strike.html The technicians of Finnish public broadcasting company YLE have begun a strike which will last till Friday. Today on Monday April, 6 at ten o'clock in the morning the maintenance service personnel has left workplaces in Vaasa, Lappeenranta, Oulu, Turku... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:32:39 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/20/15/YLE-technicians-have-begun-a-strike.html The State of ''ordinary people'' http://www.barentspress.org/news/19/15/The-State-of-ordinary-people.html Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:49:15 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/19/15/The-State-of-ordinary-people.html Study trip to Denmark for Russian students http://www.barentspress.org/news/18/15/Study-trip-to-Denmark-for-Russian-students.html 16 Northwest Russian journalism students are invited to participate in five day course ”Modern journalism in transition” in Aarhus, Denmark on 21.-27. November 2010. Aarhus is home of Danish School of Media and Journalism, Nordic Journalism Centre (NJC) and one... Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:30:43 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/18/15/Study-trip-to-Denmark-for-Russian-students.html Journalism in Russia: study experience http://www.barentspress.org/news/17/15/Journalism-in-Russia-study-experience.html Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:20:07 +0200 http://www.barentspress.org/news/17/15/Journalism-in-Russia-study-experience.html Bellona invites journalists to Climate Change Seminar http://www.barentspress.org/news/16/15/Bellona-invites-journalists-to-Climate-Change-Seminar.html Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:18:31 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/16/15/Bellona-invites-journalists-to-Climate-Change-Seminar.html Journalists of Karelia complain to Strasbourg http://www.barentspress.org/news/15/15/Journalists-of-Karelia-complain-to-Strasbourg.html For the first time ever in Karelia, the newspaper Novaya Kondopoga (NK) has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights to challenge a number of court decisions passed in respect of the newspaper and one of its... Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:17:30 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/15/15/Journalists-of-Karelia-complain-to-Strasbourg.html New oil and gas journalistic course http://www.barentspress.org/news/14/15/New-oil-and-gas-journalistic-course.html Journalists from Barents Russia are invited to send applications for the course «Oil and gas development is the main perspective of the North». Nine chosen participants will go to a study trip to Norway from 28 April to 7 May,... Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:15:46 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/14/15/New-oil-and-gas-journalistic-course.html Sermon or confession? http://www.barentspress.org/news/13/15/Sermon-or-confession.html Such question about the essence of a documentary film was set by the known Russian documentary film maker Alexander Gutman to the participants of a seminar in Murmansk. In the beginning of March there was held a training course «Documentary... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:10:46 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/13/15/Sermon-or-confession.html «Children and terrorism» — seminar for Russian journalists http://www.barentspress.org/news/12/15/Children-and-terrorism-seminar-for-Russian-journalists.html Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:57:15 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/12/15/Children-and-terrorism-seminar-for-Russian-journalists.html Journalism and human rights http://www.barentspress.org/news/11/15/Journalism-and-human-rights.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:56:18 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/11/15/Journalism-and-human-rights.html High rank Karelian officials are at law with the press http://www.barentspress.org/news/10/15/High-rank-Karelian-officials-are-at-law-with-the-press.html Lyudmila Kosyuk, the head of Karelian governor's administration, and Victor Asanov, the chief of the economic board of Karelian governor's administration, have lodged with the city court of Petrozavodsk legal claims against the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets v Karelii (MKK) for... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:54:03 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/10/15/High-rank-Karelian-officials-are-at-law-with-the-press.html It is interesting to learn from colleagues http://www.barentspress.org/news/9/15/It-is-interesting-to-learn-from-colleagues.html Olga Sukhanova, journalism teacher from the Murmansk Humanities Institute with thirteen colleagues from the North - West Russia went on a study visit to Norway and Finland. ''I am interested to learn from colleagues, and like the practical orientation of... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:49:09 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/9/15/It-is-interesting-to-learn-from-colleagues.html WELCOME TO BODØ! http://www.barentspress.org/news/8/15/WELCOME-TO-BODo.html We really do hope you will find time to join this year’s Barents Press annual meeting. We are quite sure it will become a memorable weekend, and we wish you warmly welcome to Bodø. The organizers find it necessary to... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:44:13 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/8/15/WELCOME-TO-BODo.html Press conference on the Internet! http://www.barentspress.org/news/7/15/Press-conference-on-the-Internet.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:41:43 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/7/15/Press-conference-on-the-Internet.html State regulation of the markets — seminar for Russian journalists http://www.barentspress.org/news/6/15/State-regulation-of-the-markets-seminar-for-Russian-journalists.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:39:25 +0100 http://www.barentspress.org/news/6/15/State-regulation-of-the-markets-seminar-for-Russian-journalists.html