Lapland sees a population decline that will continue for years to come
Finland’s northernmost region lost almost 500 inhabitants in the ten months period from January to November 2020. There are now
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How Murmansk government plans to attract newcomers and reverse regional decline
“We need 200,000 newcomers to compensate for natural population decline in the region over the coming decade,” she says. Depopulation
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Finland’s population could begin falling in 2031
Statistics Finland’s projection, published on Monday, gives backing to often heard predictions that the country’s population will soon go into
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Understanding Alaska’s growing senior population
The senior population in Alaska is growing faster than any other state in the United States. State Demographer Eddie Hunsinger
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Arctic Russia: Military towns growing while overall population slides
The population of Murmansk is shrinking to a historical low. Only the Northern Fleet garrisons see new people moving in.
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Shrinking workforce a growing problem for Murmansk’s economy
Over the last five years, the economically active population of this region in northwest Russia has shrunk by more than
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Finnish state should invest in services to keep rural areas populated: poll
Finland’s public broadcaster Yle recently asked the pollster Taloustutkimus to carry out a survey asking a sample of Finns about
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Small town hopes to reverse depopulation trend affecting rural and Northern Sweden
While more and more people move to Sweden’s bigger towns and cities, 63 municipalities in the countryside have seen
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Dozens of asylum seekers march from Lapland into Sweden border town
Some 55 asylum seekers who took part in a protest against Finland’s asylum policies at the northern border crossing town
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‘Every year it’s harder’: Hiring teachers gets increasingly difficult in rural Alaska
In the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Southwest Alaska, classes started this month with about a dozen teaching jobs unfilled.
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Enough with Stockholm, move gov agencies across country including to Arctic, says Swedish PM
The offices of seven authorities will be relocated from Stockholm to other cities and towns in a bid to “decentralise”
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Finland asylum seekers to march from Lapland border town into Sweden
According to social media and Finnish news reports, a group of mostly Iraqi asylum seekers in Finland are planning to make their way
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Low enrollment forces 2 more school closures in Alaska
A tiny school on remote St. George Island in the Bering Sea and an alternative school in the Interior’s Delta
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Plenty of water? Canadian Arctic communities on the verge of running out
Looking at a map of Arctic Canada, it seems there are literally thousands of lakes and rivers, yet many Arctic
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Finland: 5 reasons the economy is bogged down
Past recessions have come and gone, so why does it seem that the Finnish economy is now bouncing back so
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