Monday, 24 January
The delegation of the officials from British Embassy in Moscow and from the Consulate general of Great Britain came to Murmansk. The visit of the British delegation is connected with the celebrations of the 60th Anniversary of Victory in the Second World War. 300 British war veterans are expected to participate in these events – all of them are the members of the Northern escorts, they will come to Murmansk on the 9th of May. Today the officials of the British Embassy will have the meeting with the Deputy Governor of the Murmansk Region Ludmila Chistova, and tomorrow they will have the meeting with the representatives of Northern Fleet Command. Also it is planned that the ship of the British Navy will come to the port of Murmansk. The British delegation consists of council Mark Woodham, vice-council Sean McKolm, the assistant of navy attachй, Captain Karen McTir, the medical security advisor Ian McDonald, administrator of the military department in Embassy, warrant officer Steven Freeman.
On the 22nd of January in Apatiti was held the first open paintball tournament. The tournament organizers are Paintball club "Hunter" (Apatiti), under support of Sport committee in Apatiti. Company Ad-Paintball sponsored the tournament, it gave the prize for the first place, referee team, inflatable field and tournament balls of high quality. In the tournament participated teams from the Murmansk region and Karelian Republic. The first place gained team from Petrozavodsk, the second place – Joulupuki from Kostomuksha, the third place – Madhus from Zapolyarny and the forth place – I.R.A. from Monchegorsk.
"Place in the sun" is the name of the exposition, opened in Museum of Regional Studies. It was prepared by 5 young photo-artists from Norway. They spent their youth in Northern Norway, and their exposition is devoted to this part of their native country. The young artists think, that this exhibition is commentary to myths and cliche about Northern Norway that exist in the world. On the photos one can see bright picture of this "land of unsetting sun". Everything is reflected on these pictures: local hospitality, peculiarities of national cuisine, and light-heartedness of life against severe nature. This is the discussion about present and future of this land, that is so close to our territory. But the most important thing is that the exposition shows that Northern Norway has its own place in the sun. As noticed photographer from Norway Heidy Nikolaisen: "We wanted to correct and expand young people’s notion about Norway. We’d like to tell what the youngsters in Norway are busy with, what they are thinking about. We tried to make spectators think. "Place in the sun" is the second exposition from neighboring northern country. This time it is arranged for the Anniversary of Independence of Norway. It is the sequel of the culture program, organized together with consulate general of
15 years ago the museum gained its today’s status and the fond received first works of painting, sculpture and drawing. The museum workers decided to celebrate 20th of January in an unusual way – to put on medieval costumes. Museum workers can’t say for sure how many people have visited museum for 15 years. For instance, we can say, that just last year the museum received 40.500. But the typical visitor, is a man, of about 40 years of age, who is usually state employee. The museum plan is firmly scheduled. All exhibitions are known. As art-critics promise, this year we will be able to see much interesting.
