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* Featured * Featured • Zone 1 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier group sails north for NATO training

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, September 22, 2023 at 15:58
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The British aircraft carrier will train warfare with Nordic countries, Americans and other allies off the coast of northern Norway.

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

Russia kicks off trans-Arctic navy exercise

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 09:09
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15 warships, submarines, support vessels, aircraft and coastal units are involved as the Northern Fleet starts an exercise that stretches

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

Canadian and Norwegian PMs talk Arctic on sidelines of Montreal summit

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, September 18, 2023 at 14:52
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Northern affairs were one of the main topics on the agenda when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Norwegian Prime

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

Lavrov formally withdraws Russia from Barents cooperation

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:58
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Sergei Lavrov on Monday informed the other members of the Barents Cooperation about the withdrawal from the official structures where

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Map of the Barents Strait between Alaska and Russia's Chukotka region. How will tensions between Moscow and Washington affect researchers in the Arctic? (iStock)
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Moscow fires cruise missiles in sea drills between Russia and Alaska

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, September 18, 2023 at 09:24
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Russia fired cruise missiles at mock targets in the seas separating it from Alaska on Monday in what it said

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

US Navy brings massive fire power to Tromsø

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 12:07
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For the first time a guided missile submarine of the Ohio-class makes port call to Northern Norway. It was Thursday

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Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) Politics 

With northern focus, Finland applies EU funding to improve military mobility

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 16:12
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The Finnish Government said an application of €43 million has been sent to the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CAF), a funding

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* Newsroom Picks * Countries General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola dies in an airplane crash in Alaska

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 13:38 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 14:14
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U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash, her office said in a statement Wednesday. “We are

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A Swedish Air Force’s JAS 39 Gripen jet fighter in 2011. (Patric Soderstrom/AP)
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish Air Force want to use fighter jets to launch satellites

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 11:30
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The Swedish Armed Forces are looking at whether they could use JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets to take satellites into

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

Arctic Council charting way forward to resume work says Norwegian SAO

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, September 1, 2023 at 15:30 — Last Updated: Friday, September 1, 2023 at 15:54
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Norway remains committed to restarting the work of the Arctic Council, with a focus on reactivating its expert teams, according

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish Government and US Congressmen confident of Swedish NATO accession in October

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, September 1, 2023 at 11:43 — Last Updated: Friday, September 1, 2023 at 11:46
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US Congressmen from the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee were in Stockholm today, and told media they were confident

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Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland issues Nato stamp

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2023 at 11:54
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Finland is to issue a postage stamp to commemorate its accession to Nato’s military alliance. The national postal service says

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Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland counted its bomb shelters and found 50,500 of them

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 09:46
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Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighboring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year,

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* Featured * Canada Countries General Politics Politics (Canada) 

MLAs in N.W.T. postpone upcoming election, add $75M to wildfire budget

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 10:58
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General election now set for Nov. 14, as recommended by chief electoral officer N.W.T. MLAs have voted to postpone the

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

Kremlin propagandist Maria Zakharova hits out at Norway: “Real zoocide”

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 09:06
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40 reindeer that crossed into Russia to graze were slaughtered upon return to Norway, a move used by foreign ministry

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