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

Three exercises, one scenario: Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 6, 2023 at 10:12
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Building capabilities, cooperation and cross-border enforcement are in focus as military forces from several NATO countries are involved in three

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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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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Moscow lowers ambitions in nuclear icebreaker program

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 16:43
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Only two days after the EU imposed sanctions against Russia’s state nuclear icebreaker operator, the country announces that it will

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Politics Politics (Canada) 

N.W.T. MLAs say they won’t support territorial carbon tax bill as is

Natalie Pressman, CBC News @natpressman
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 14:45
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N.W.T. MLAs said Wednesday they could not support the finance minister’s proposed changes to the territory’s carbon tax system as

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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 * Canada Countries General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Int’l arctic cooperation needs to continue despite rupture with Russia: Canada’s GG

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 12:06 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 12:11
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By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press  Governor-General Mary Simon says Canada needs to find a way to continue cross-polar collaboration

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* Featured * Canada Countries General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Nunavik Inuit name negotiators for self-determination discussions

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 14:49
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The organization that represents the Inuit of Nunavik has named two negotiators to lead self-determination discussions with the Canadian and

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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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Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (Norway) 

On Norway’s Arctic border with Russia, saving refugee lives in extreme cold bigger worry than military invasion

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 14:24 — Last Updated: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 14:33
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Frontier guard Lars Erik Gausen is well aware that Russian soldiers are training warfare a few kilometers east of the

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 1 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Canada) 

Ties in North American Arctic stronger than ever, says Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 09:52 — Last Updated: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 10:05
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Despite the rupture in Arctic cooperation with Russia’s since its invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Canada’s relationship with the

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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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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Russia’s Arctic Brigade in Alakurtti is counting its many dead

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 09:03
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The troops trained to defend the Russian Arctic are taking a big toll in the muddy battlefields of Ukraine. It

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Canada Countries General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Canada) 

One year after Russia’s Ukraine invasion, circumpolar diplomats take stock

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 18:29 — Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 19:33
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TORONTO — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year upended almost 30 years of Arctic cooperation, but it’s also brought northern

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Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canadian military says it has tracked, stopped China surveillance in Arctic waters

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 15:56
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The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces say they’re aware of recent efforts by China to conduct surveillance

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Politics Politics (Russia) 

Putin’s hope for Sarmat missile launch from Plesetsk failed

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 11:27
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As Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced Russia suspending participation in the New START treaty, information appears that a long awaited

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