The border of southeastern Finland and Russia saw a record number of crossings over the past year. Read the full story

The World Trade Organisation has been reassured by Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus that they will impose a ban on the import and export of seal skins from Greenland and Canada. Read the full story

Iceland has made a reciprocal deal with Russia over the sale of dairy products which paves the way for the export of Icelandic products including skyr, butter and milk powder to the biggest country in the world. Read the full story

A former business partner of Icelandic ‘outvasion Viking’ Björgólfur Guðmundsson has this week used his new book to accuse him of making threats and trying to bribe him when their relationship went awry in Russia in the 90s. Read the full story

Officials in Finland are becoming concerned about an apparent increase in the amount of drugs being transported through the country to Russia. Read the full story

The Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, invited Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland, to a conference on Arctic shipping and other affairs of the high north. The conference started yesterday and is mainly about the new opportunities and responsibilities that will come with melting sea ice. Read the full story

Norway and Russia have agreed on a historic deal that will see the two nations divide up their portions of the Barents Sea. The pact follows decades of debate about how the 68,000 square-mile Arctic region should be carved up. Read the full story

Business between Denmark and Russia will take a step forward this year via new energy initiatives. Read the full story

One of Norway’s most famous and beloved immigrants has legally returned to the country just three months after her forced deportation. Read the full story

Radiation fears at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant this week have sparked fresh debate about the dangers posed to Norway by Russia’s aging power industry. Read the full story