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Sweden-Russia relations hit new low after diplomats expelled

Simon Linter, Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 14:08
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Sweden Russian relations are at rock bottom after two Swedish diplomats were expelled from Russia last week, says an expert

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Blog – At Arctic Circle Forum, China shows Arctic geopolitics are above Mike Pompeo’s pay grade

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 16:35 — Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:47
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s swashbuckling fantasies aside, geopolitical competition in the contemporary Arctic is not about who controls

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Blog – Did Finland fail as Chair of the Arctic Council?

Timo Koivurova
Posted: Monday, May 13, 2019 at 09:59 — Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:42
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The attention of Finnish and international media focused on the lack of results at the Rovaniemi Arctic Ministerial Meeting. There

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Blog – The Arctic Council Ministerial could have been worse

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 10:29 — Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2019 at 12:07
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“The result could have been much worse.” So pronounced Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini at the press conference following the

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Interview – Finland’s Senior Arctic Official looks back at two years of Finnish Arctic Council chairmanship

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 13:40 — Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 13:46
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Finland completes its two-year Chairmanship of the Arctic Council on Tuesday, May 7th. Eye on the Arctic blogger Heather Exner-Pirot

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Blog – What to expect from the 2019 Arctic Council Ministerial

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 12:55 — Last Updated: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 13:04
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The Arctic Council is a collegial and sober organization, that likes to stay above the fray of geopolitical tussling. But

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian court sentences Norwegian ex-border inspector to 14 years for espionage

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 10:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 12:18
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Frode Berg, a former border inspector from Kirkenes, Arctic Norway, does not appeal the sentence delivered by the Moscow City

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Arctic Council: Officials struggle to find climate language that U.S. can support

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, April 15, 2019 at 10:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 12:16
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Senior diplomats from the eight Arctic Council countries meeting in Finland late last week struggled to come up with language

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Finnish, Russian presidents to meet at Arctic Forum next week

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 1, 2019 at 11:50
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Finnish President Sauli Niinistö plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg next week, as he attends the

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Russia, Norway talk Arctic GPS jamming in Oslo

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019 at 10:38
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Norway and Russia agree to look at the establishment of a new military communications channel. “We recognise Russia’s right to

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Russia, Norway find common ground on Barents fish

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 15:33
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We consider the interaction between our countries on regulation of joint fish stocks an example for all other coastal states,

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Finland General News Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finnish president Niinistö to attend Arctic Forum in Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 1, 2019 at 09:57
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The President was hoping to host an Arctic Summit in Finnish Lapland this winter, but will instead travel to Vladimir

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General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norwegian PM, FM to travel to Russia for Arctic Forum

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 14:27
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Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide says both herself and Prime Minister Erna Solberg will participate at Russia’s Arctic Forum

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Northern Canadian territory puts trade mission to China on hold amid diplomatic tensions

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 10:11
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The ongoing diplomatic dispute between Canada and China following the arrest of a top Chinese tech executive has caused the

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Norway irked by Russia’s GPS jamming near Arctic border

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 21, 2019 at 11:40 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:45
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Military forces on the heavily militarized Kola Peninsula, in northwest Russia, have blinded GPS signals in Norwegian air space five

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