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“Barents and Arctic cooperation can continue without Russia”: ambassador

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 09:13
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Finland’s Barents Ambassador Jari Vilén is confident that international cooperation in the far northern region must persist on a Nordic

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Coldest day of winter recorded in Utsjoki, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 6, 2023 at 11:25
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Temperatures in the northernmost Finnish municipality plunged as low as -35 degrees. Kevojärvi weather station in Utsjoki, northern Finnish Lapland,

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) Geopolitics (Norway) Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics 

NATO will make us stronger, says Nordic defense chiefs

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 3, 2023 at 09:49
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“I am not worried at all about the security of Scandinavia because we have a strong defense,” Finland’s Chief of

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

Finland’s temperatures 2-3 degrees warmer than usual in February

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 12:09
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February was milder than usual across Finland, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The biggest deviations from average temperatures

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* Featured * Finland General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Politics Politics (Finland) 

Bitter disappointment as Finland’s attempt to reform Indigenous law fails — again

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 15:21
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It’s the third time attempts to reform Finland’s Sámi Parliament Act have failed This piece was produced with the support

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* Featured * Environment Finland General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Society (Finland) 

Finnair pilot flies off course to show passengers Northern Lights

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 11:00 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 11:30
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Strong solar winds have offered opportunities to see the colourful display in places as far south as Helsinki this week.

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* Featured * Countries Finland General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Finland) 

Marin “disappointed” in failure of Sámi Parliament Act reform

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 27, 2023 at 09:36
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One of the governing parties, the Centre, joined the opposition in torpedoing the bill, which would have given indigenous people

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Politics Politics (Finland) 

Controversial Sámi bill runs aground in parliamentary committee

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 09:37
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A controversial bill related to Sámi rights will not be voted on by MPs during this parliamentary term, after Parliament’s

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Sami NGO demands removal of “Far Northern Attire” from Square Enix’s Final Fantasy

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 16:26
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The NGO that promotes the rights and interests of Sami in Arctic Europe are demanding that Square Enix remove the

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* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Some filling stations fear fuel shortage in northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 09:02 — Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2023 at 09:03
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Filling stations in northern Finland might run out of fuel, if a truckers’ strike continues as planned until next Tuesday.

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Connection to nature, concern for environment amongst results of Sami youth survey

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 14:06
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A recent survey of Sami children in Finland suggests a connection to nature is one of the most important factors

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Finland) 

Russian shoppers take Norway’s Schengen shortcut to Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 at 09:05
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Finland closed the Russian border due to the attack on Ukraine last year, but that has not reduced the flow

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General News 

Activists halt logging again at Lapland site in Arctic Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 13, 2023 at 15:59
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A group of protesters disrupted logging operations at Aalistunturi in Kolari, Finland, on Sunday. According to the Forest Movement (Metsäliike in

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Politics Politics (Finland) 

President Niinistö: Finland aims to join Nato with Sweden “as soon as possible”

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 09:16
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Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö said on Tuesday that Finland is proceeding with its Nato process in “complete understanding” with Sweden. Niinistö noted

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Society Society (Finland) 

Finland: National Sámi Day

Yle News
Posted: Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:11
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Finland celebrates National Sámi Day on Monday, writes farming union newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus (siirryt toiseen palveluun) (MT). The day commemorates the first

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