NRCC Networking meeting in St. Petersburg, 22 September 2015

The NRCC has the pleasure to invite representatives of its member companies and partners to the forthcoming NRCC Networking Meeting in St. Petersburg. 

Please click here to download the program for more details and follow the link to register for the meeting on-line

Registration deadline: Friday, 18 September 2015.

We look forward to your participation!

The NRCC administration.

NORRUSS: call for proposals autumn 2015

NORRUSS announces a joint call with the Russian Foundation for Basic Research for researcher projects targeting specific challenges for the petroleum sector in the Barents Sea. Amount of funding presumed available for this call for proposals is NOK 10 million to the Norwegian partners, who apply to the Research Council of Norway (RCN) and RUB 75 000 000 to the Russian partners, who apply to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research – for cooperation in the same project. Application deadline is 09.09.2015 13:00 CET.

NORRUSS allocates also NOK 20 million to new research and innovation in the High North and NORRUSS invites companies and organization to submit projects for proposals for increased competitiveness and innovation in the north. There is also a call for proposals for research projects on Russian Arctic Policy. Application deadline is 25.11.2015 13:00 CET.

Read more and apply on RCN's website.

NRCC takes part in Aqua Nor 2015 exhibition in Trondheim

Aqua Nor has been an important international venue for the aquaculture industry through a period of over 30 years. All the major aquaculture countries were represented by a record breaking 500 exhibitors, 21.000 visitors from 74 countries, and official delegations from; UAE, Canada, India, Malaysia, Poland, Chile, Brasil, Indonesia, Spain and South Africa - all headed by Minister level coordinated through the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries.

Matchmaking B2B Norway-Russia Program manager Hans Olav Rekdal from the NRCC visited the Aqua Nor exhibition in Trondheim this week, and reports about very busy days meeting long-term partners from aquaculture industry and making new contacts. New products, services, research and development projects for the industry were introduced to participants. 

NRCC & INSOK Russia Seminar in Stavanger: “Still business opportunities for Norwegian enterprises in the Russian Oil & Gas market”, 13 October 2015

Article in Sør-Varanger Avis with reference to press release from Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce

Read full article in Norwegian from Sør-Varanger Avis

Russian Prime Minister signs decree to extend list of countries that fall under counter-sanctions

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree that extends the list of countries that fall under Russian counter-sanctions. The official statement was made at a Cabinet meeting on 13 August, as Russian news agency TASS has reported. The list now includes Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, as well as Ukraine, under special conditions. 

"Now in addition to the European Union countries, Australia, Canada, Norway and the United States, that saw a ban on export of some agricultural products last August, we've added a number of countries - Albania, Montenegro, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and Ukraine under special conditions," the Russian prime minister said, recalling that these states have joined the earlier decision on the extension of the EU sanctions against Russia. 

Read full article in English on the TASS website