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Ice-cold gloom for Russia’s new super-powerful icebreaker

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023 at 11:05
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Budgets are massively overrun and it is not clear when the 120 MW nuclear-powered vessel will be ready for sailing.

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Vatican repudiates Doctrine of Discovery following demands from Indigenous people

The Associated Press
Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:16
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By Nicole Winfield – The Associated Press Documents had been ‘manipulated’ for political purposes by colonial powers, said Vatican The

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway’s plan to bring Arctic Council back from a year in limbo

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 09:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 09:05
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There will be no ceremony as Norway on May 11 takes over as chair of the Arctic Council from Russia.

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Report finds untapped potential for cooperation in North American Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 15:45
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There’s untapped potential for cooperation in the eastern region of the North American Arctic that remains worth exploring despite the

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia kicks off command and staff exercise, NATO scrambles F-35s from Evenes

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 11:23
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Warships, submarines, aircraft and coastal air defense units are engaged as Russia’s Northern Fleet train on protecting Russia’s Arctic maritime

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Growing focus on Arctic puts Greenland at higher risk of cyber attacks: assessment

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 15:56
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The growing international attention on the Arctic puts Greenland at an increased risk for cyber attacks, according to a recent

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska politicians applaud, environmental groups denounce, Arctic project go-ahead

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, March 13, 2023 at 16:31
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Alaska politicians are welcoming Washington’s go-ahead Monday for a new energy project in the Arctic part of the state, while

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

“It’s about time” U.S. ambassador to Norway says of Sweden, Finland’s NATO bids

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 13, 2023 at 11:40
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The U.S. ambassador to Norway, Marc Nathanson, says the whole northern flank of NATO has to be conscious of the

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Key NATO commanders teamed up with newcomer Sweden at northern border with Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 15:46
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PASVIK—Amid rising tensions with Putin’s Russia, NATO strengthens its northern security cooperation. Never before have there been more high-ranking commanders

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

NATO talks between Finland, Sweden and Turkey on right path, says Secretary-General

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 15:47
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NATO talks between Finland, Sweden and Turkey wound up in Brussels on Thursday with promises to meet again before the

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

“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 * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Defence chief wanted CF-18s to destroy object over Yukon, but fighters were delayed

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 15:49
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By Lee Berthiaume · The Canadian Press Canadian aircraft were still minutes away when the F-22 fired its missile, Wayne Eyre said

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway’s foreign minister on snowmobile patrol along Russian border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 09:13
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Norway continues to keep border and ports open for Russia in the north. “We are cooperating with individual Russians,” foreign

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Yukon cuts budget for rural land development in half

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 15:11
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Community services minister says budget reflects how much work can actually be done this year The Yukon government has cut

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics 

Arctic Circle Japan Forum winds up in Tokyo

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 14:36
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The Arctic Circle Japan Forum wound up Monday after three days of sessions focused on Asia’s growing role in the

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