• Moscow restrains visa-freedom potential for #Pechenga | Barentsobserver
    http://barentsobserver.com/en/borders/2014/01/moscow-restrains-visa-freedom-potential-pechenga-24-01

    30 percent of population on Norwegian side is granted visa-freedom while only 3 percent in Pechenga has got the same rights.

    So at this point, Weiss encourages all women over the age of 40 to keep their yearly mammogram appointment. “It’s irresponsible to say mammography doesn’t lead to improved survival based on this study,” says Weiss.
    (…)In #Kirkenes, locals can apply for the same certificate at Russia’s Consulate General. The difference is that the consulate is located where most people within the visa-free zone are living. Of the 10,000 inhabitants on the Norwegian side, more than 30 percent holds such certificate. Pechenga municipality on the Russian side has some 40,000 inhabitants.

    First Russian, Schengen visa-freedom
    Visa-free travel for residents in the two border municipalities started in May 2012 and was the first opening for visa-freedom between a Schengen-country and Russia.