Sunday, June 2, 2024

Flashpoint:Svalbard

From The Barents Observer, June 1:

Norway aims to upset the apple cart of Russia’s plans for education centre at Svalbard
Norway’s UNIS - The University centre in Svalbard - shall be the only to offer higher education, the Government’s Report to the Parliament makes clear.

https://thebarentsobserver.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/dsc01371.jpg?itok=P-TIjwHA

Comrade Lenin has a great panorama view over the main street in Pyramiden with the NordenskiĆ³ld 
glacier in the background. The Soviet-style mining town was abandoned in the late 1990ties. Photo: 
Thomas Nilsen

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