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Full speed ahead in rearmament of the Kola Peninsula, says Russia’s defence minister

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 11:49
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In the shadow of Russia’s bloody war on Ukraine, Arctic combat capabilities will get an extra boost in 2022, the

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Poll: Increased support for Swedish NATO membership

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 09:05 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 09:09
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57 per cent of Swedes are now in favour of Sweden joining NATO, according to an opinion poll by pollster Demoskop, which

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Resource extraction in North needs tools to fight climate change, says Canada’s transportation minister

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 15:59
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Canada’s transportation minister says all economic sectors — including resource extraction in the North — need their own tools to

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March to join NATO ‘moving faster in Finland than it does in Sweden’, says expert

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 15, 2022 at 06:02
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Finland appears to be closer to applying to join the NATO military alliance than its western neighbor Sweden, says Jan

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Russia warns of nuclear, hypersonic deployment if Sweden and Finland join NATO

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 11:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 11:50
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One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies warned NATO on Thursday that if Sweden and Finland joined the U.S.-led

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Report: Finland and Sweden joining Nato would increase security in the Baltic Sea region

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 10:41
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The government has submitted a detailed report to Parliament on “fundamental changes” in the foreign and security policy environment following

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NATO membership decision draws closer as Finnish and Swedish leaders meet

Linnéa Wannefors, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 10:24
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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin met with Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson in Stockholm Wednesday to discuss defense and security policy,

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Arctic nations say they’re ramping up military spending as they meet with U.S. Senators

Lex Treinen, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Monday, April 11, 2022 at 11:26 — Last Updated: Monday, April 11, 2022 at 11:38
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Arctic nations are boosting military spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That was the message from Arctic nations’

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NATO chief: Decision on Finland’s membership can be quick

Yle News
Posted: Friday, April 8, 2022 at 16:35
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At a meeting with Nordic journalists, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated on Thursday that a political decision on Finland’s NATO membership

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Money for northern housing, mining, clean energy among Canada’s federal budget highlights

CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 8, 2022 at 10:06
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The federal government is promising more money for affordable housing in the North, the critical minerals industry, the High Arctic

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Veteran Finnish politician launches anti-NATO party leadership bid

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 16:56
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A long-time fixture on the Finnish political scene, Paavo Väyrynen says that he will stand for the chairmanship of the Centre Party

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Arctic Security: Will Canada’s federal budget deliver for NORAD?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 19:51 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 13:43
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The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) has provided continental defence of North America for over sixty years, but urgently

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Canada’s northern premiers use Arctic security concerns to press Trudeau for infrastructure investments

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 16:01
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The three Northern premiers used a meeting with the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand Monday to make the

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Finnish PM wants NATO decision to be taken this spring

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 4, 2022 at 11:00
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Sanna Marin on Saturday told Social Democratic Party delegates gathered in Helsinki that it was time for Finland to seriously

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Arctic Canada: Federal funding to pay for new water reservoir in Iqaluit, Nunavut

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 14:41
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A new water reservoir system for Iqaluit and upgrades to the city’s water distribution system will be built over the

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