East-West cooperation in the Barents Region is unique and can be seen as a good example for other border regions in Europe, the Barents Review – a new publication from the Norwegian Barents Secretariat – concludes.

The Norwegian border town of Kirkenes is celebrating the Barents Spektakel 2010 festival this week. The festival slogan this year was “Arctic Calling” and the program consisted of conserts, theatre, art exhibitions and debates on numerous topics. A total of 15.000 persons visited the various events of the festival.

Every year the Norwegian Barents Secretariat co finances approximately 200 Norwegian-Russian cooperation projects. See this web page for more information about how you can apply for support. Attached to this article you will find project catalogues for the projects we supported in 2009.