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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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Iceland, Estonia talk Arctic at Tallinn meeting

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
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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A Swedish Navy fast-attack craft patrols in the the Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, on October 18 2014. (Pontus Lundahl/AFP/Getty Images)
General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics Sweden 

Mandatory military service to be reinstated in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 14:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 14:06
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The red-green government has formally decided to reintroduce compulsory military service for all those born in or after 1999. Sweden had suspended

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics Sweden 

Swedish foreign minister to meet Russian counterpart

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 17:46
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Foreign Minister Margot Wallström told Swedish Radio she will meet with her Russian counterpart to discuss bilateral relations and the

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The Ojnare forest on northern Gotland. (Jonas Neuman/Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden’s Ojnare forest becomes protected area

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at 19:56 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 19:14
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The government has decided that the Ojnare forest on the Baltic Island of Gotland needs to be protected for its

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Ojnare forest protest in Gotland. (Cristina Jardim Ribeiro/SR Gotland)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden close to decision on Gotland controversy

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 13:46 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 20:32
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Sweden’s government could be close to a decision on the controversial Ojnare forest on the Baltic island of Gotland, as the

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The NATO/OTAN logo in Norfolk, Virginia in 2012. (Paul J. Richards / AFP)
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NATO question lingers for Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 18:08 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 20:06
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Even with military exercises and calls for a “route plan” toward possible membership, Sweden has kept the western military alliance

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A Finnish Air Force Hornet jet on May 16, 2011. A story looking at an upcoming aviation exercise in Arctic Europe was your top read Eye on the Arctic story this week. (Heikki Saukkomaa/AFP/Getty Images)
Blog Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) Special Features 

NATO, icebreakers and a tragic loss: Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2015 at 20:12 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Record numbers for Swedish wild salmon

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, September 8, 2014 at 14:43 — Last Updated: Monday, September 8, 2014 at 21:49
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Salmon are surging up Sweden’s rivers in record numbers. In the biggest river, Tornea älv in Norrbotte, over 100,000 salmon

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Plastic waste threatens oceans say Swedish researchers

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 10:45
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Researchers in Sweden are calling on people to use less plastic in an effort to help protect the oceans as

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The shallow Baltic Sea is the final resting place of thousands of ships. (Eila Haikarainen / Yle )
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

100 wrecks containing oil in Finnish waters

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 13:23
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The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) says it is basically a matter of time before Finland faces an oil leak such

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A grey seal. Hunters will be allowed to take over 1000 this season. (YLE)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finland blocks ringed seal hunting

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 10:13
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Finland’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is permitting up to 1,050 grey seals to be taken by hunters this season,

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Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. (Mikhail Metzel / AP)
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian and Finnish defence ministers confer in Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 14:20
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The two ministers are to hold a joint press conference on Wednesday. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is on a

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