CANADA
ANALYSIS: Finances in Canada’s Northwest Territories leave little wiggle room ahead of budget
Caroline Wawzonek has promised to be creative as numbers paint a grim picture Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek has a challenge
FINLAND
Golden eagles’ reindeer attacks cost Finland 800,000 euros in damages
Finland paid approximately 1.4 million euros in compensation for damage caused by protected animals in 2018, of which barnacle geese
NORWAY
Plenty of more oil in Barents Sea, says Norwegian petroleum authority
New field discoveries have been scarce, but the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate still believes that there is more than 3 billion
SWEDEN
Scientists fire rocket from Arctic Sweden into the heart of aurora borealis
After weeks of waiting for the perfect conditions, scientists were finally able to fire off a rocket early Thursday into
RUSSIA
Russian Embassy denies accusations of influence operations in Norway
“As normal there are no evidence, just general speculations,” the Embassy writes in a statement to the Barents Observer. On
USA
Scientists sound alarm on striking transformation of Bering and Chukchi ecosystems as ocean warms
A team of scientists are sounding the alarm on some of the striking changes they’re witnessing in the Bering and
DENMARK/GREENLAND
International Inuit organization announces youth leadership award winners in honour of Hans-Pavia Rosing
The Inuit Circumpolar Council Council (ICC) announced the recipients of its inaugural youth leadership awards on Monday, recognizing what the
ICELAND
Iceland, Estonia talk Arctic at Tallinn meeting
The foreign ministers of Iceland and Estonia met on Wednesday to talk everything from Nordic-Baltic relations to Arctic cooperation. “We
