China’s top 10 keywords for the Arctic
The country’s new Arctic policy document mentions the word «research» 41 times, «cooperation» 46 times and «climate» – 26 times.
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economy
Economic development in the North: The taboo no one wants to talk about
In August 2016, Mary Simon, the veteran Inuit and Canadian political leader, was appointed the Minister’s Special Representative on Arctic
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Alaska’s congressional delegation: Yes for offshore oil and gas leasing, but not everywhere
Alaska’s congressional delegation has asked Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke to exclude most of the state from his draft plan for
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An optimistic picture for Finland’s economy in 2018
The financial group OP predicts that employment, consumption and consumer confidence will grow this year before growth slows again in
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Cash-for-clunkers initiative spurs car sales in Finland
A programme aimed at taking higher-emission cars off the roads seems to be stimulating the car business. Car-owners are already
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Bank of Finland: Economic growth to begin slowing after 2017
The Bank of Finland says economic growth will begin to decline after peaking this year. An ageing population will also
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Organic Christmas trees a growing market in Sweden
Anna Benson helps run a company started by her father that grows and sells KRAV-label trees. Although there are a
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Finland: Economic boost should continue in 2018
The latest survey from the Ministry of Finance forecasts that the Finnish economy will grow by 2.4 percent in 2018
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Murmansk, “stronghold of Russian Arctic”
Murmansk Governor Marina Kovtun can cheer as key social and economic indicators in the far northern Russian region all point
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Al Gore: Climate change is a huge business opportunity
The former US vice president Al Gore said in his keynote speech at Slush on Thursday that climate change is
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Newest economic forecast good for Finland this year, but warns of slower times ahead
One of Finland’s biggest banks, Aktia, has raised its estimate of the nation’s GDP for this year to 3.1 percent.
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Will Norway make profits from Arctic oil?
Controversies about Norway’s oil-drillings off the coast of Finnmark continue as Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Søviknes, this week
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Alaska university names economics lab after Nobel laureate Vernon Smith
Nobel laureate economist Vernon Smith spent three years at the University of Alaska Anchorage late in his career, and UAA
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Airbnb shakes up tourism industry in northern Finland
Rovaniemi, capital of Finnish Lapland, has just 60,000 permanent residents but attracts half a million visitors a year, with double-digit
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Russian Aquaculture buys another Norwegian smolt producer to boost its production in Murmansk
One of Russia’s biggest breeders of farmed salmon, the Russian Aquaculture, is buying its second Norwegian smolt producer. The Olden
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