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COVID-19 Roundup: Sweden discusses virus’ impact on the military; Norway’s COVID reproduction rate falls to 0.61

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Posted: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:10 — Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 17:25
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COVID-19 and its effect on the military dominated discussions at the Northern Group meeting of defence ministers this week, said

Reykjavik, Iceland. The Arctic Circle Assembly was held in the city this week. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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Iceland talks COVID-19 with Canada, Greenland foreign ministers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 15:54
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Iceland’s Ministery of Foriegn Affairs said it has spoken with foreign ministers in other North American Arctic regions this month

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COVID-19 Roundup: New case in Russia’s Nenets region ; Alaska’s businesses reopen at 100 per cent capacity

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Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 18:07 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 18:28
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Nenets Autonomous Okrug: This region of northern Russia recorded an additional case of COVID-19 on Wednesday bringing total confirmed cases

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COVID-19 roundup: Iceland’s borders to open mid-June; senior federal medical officer to visit Alaska

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Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 18:22 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at 18:28
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Restrictions on international business travellers and tourists arriving in Iceland are expected to be lifted in mid-June, with the government

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COVID-19 roundup: business support extended in Iceland as well as states of emergency in NWT

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Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 17:04 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 17:14
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With mass layoffs and mass insolvencies across Iceland amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has announced extended part-time unemployment benefits

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Iceland, Estonia talk Arctic at Tallinn meeting

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 15:53 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 15:55
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The foreign ministers of Iceland and Estonia met on Wednesday to talk everything from Nordic-Baltic relations to Arctic cooperation. “We

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Iceland most gender-equal country says World Economic Forum 2020 report, Canada comes in 19th

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2019 at 15:26 — Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2020 at 17:16
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Iceland has been named the world’s most gender-equal country by the World Economic Forum. It’s the 11th year in a

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Iceland getting back to normal after being savaged by freak winter storm

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2019 at 16:13 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 14:15
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Iceland is getting back to normal after being savaged by a freak winter storm last week, with the Icelandic Red

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Arctic Council creates new expert group on nuclear emergencies

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 11:16
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Two fatal accidents during the summer of 2019 was a wake-up call for radiation emergency authorities monitoring northern waters. On

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Large swaths of Iceland still without power Wednesday after winter megastorm

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 16:18 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 16:20
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Much of northern and eastern Iceland remained without power Wednesday afternoon after a winter storm raged across the country this

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Iceland to restrict heavy fuel oil use in territorial waters

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 14:22 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 15:29
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Iceland’s Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources will restrict heavy fuel oil use in the country’s territorial and internal waters

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Arctic Council wants to up youth engagement on North

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 15:38
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The importance of upping youth engagement on northern issues was one of the focus topics at the recent Arctic Council,

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Iceland to host international symposium on plastics in Arctic and sub-Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:31
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Iceland will host an international symposium on plastics in the Arctic and sub-Arctic this April to share best practices and

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Blog – Geoengineering climate fixes popular at Arctic Circle assembly

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 14:53 — Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 14:05
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At Arctic Circle 2019, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, it seemed, had not gotten the memo: Oil is out,

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Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry calls for climate action at Arctic Circle assembly

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 11:20 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 14:54
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This is the war we must wage and win, says former U.S. Secretary of State as he encourages everyone, from

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