Panel discussion
Gratis
25.februar
18:00
Like a hard pull on the handbrake, the restrictions put in place during the recent pandemic brought all but a stop to cross-border mobility and freedom of movement. These measures have caused an upheaval for almost everything: from the everyday lives of individuals, to the appearance of our neighbourhoods, and how we think about travel and tourism. They also continue to have a stark effect on larger topics such as governmental strategy and international relations and politics. In the northern regions, international vaccine policies (and the recognition of some vaccines and not others) only adds to existing challenges.
Mobility in spite of boundaries is what gives our border areas their character, and their feeling of centrality. What are the consequences if the borders, in practice, remain closed, and turn our border areas into peripheries once again?
Panelist:
– Sverre Lodgaard (Oslo), Norwegian political scientist and Senior Research Fellow Emeritus at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
– Magnus Mæland (Kirkenes), managing Director for Kirkenes Chamber of Commerce
– Tatjana Britskaya (Murmansk), journalist for Novaya Gazeta
– Maxim Belov (Murmansk), entrepreneur, politician and member of the Murmansk regional parliament
Moderator:
Rune Rafaelsen (Kirkenes), politician and former mayor of Sør-Varanger municipality
As part of the Transborder Café programme, the duet “Struny Struny” (Strings Strings) will take the stage in Kirkenes. It is a new project by Ekaterina Efremova (guitar and vocals) and Irina Volokoslavskaya (kantele). The first concert was held at the end of 2021. The duet performs its own songs based on 20th-century poems, creating a unique blend of guitar and kantele.