Foreign Ministers line up for Barents talks in Arkhangelsk
“High north – Low tension” is the slogan for Norway’s Børge Brende when he on Wednesday travels to Arkhangelsk for
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Blog – Companies ill-prepared to respect indigenous rights in Arctic, study finds
With the temperature at the top of the world rising and demand for natural resources accelerating, the extractive industry is
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Norwegian Transport Minister «very positive» towards Finland’s Arctic railway initiative
Norwegian Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen was in the north to open a new road connection to Russia. But nearby Finland
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Russia draws another railway line on Arctic map
Grand new infrastructure initiatives come one after another as northern Russian governors seek a role for their regions in the
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Blog – Tales of the unexpected: Inuit shepherds in Greenland
In Greenland, there’s a joke that if you go out to dinner with a Greenlandic people, there’s five people: mom,
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House prices grow by more than 50% in Sweden’s northern counties
House prices in Umeå and Luleå have increased by more than 50% over the last five years, figures from Fastighetsbyrån,
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Positive forecasts upgraded to 3% growth for 2017 Finland economy
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA predicted three percent growth this year in the Finnish economy on Tuesday,
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Norway’s oil fund reaches $1 trillion
«I don’t think anyone expected the fund to ever reach 1 trillion dollars when the first transfer of oil revenue
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Blog – Trudeau’s Yukon plan: funding another road to nowhere
The past few years have been good for the Canadian road-building industry in the Arctic. In 2011, former Prime Minister
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‘Time for new buildings’: Norway border police faces rise in traffic from Russia
14% more border-crossings at Storskog in August compared with the same month 2016. This was the 13th month in a
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Alaska youth environmental group asks state to regulate greenhouse gas emissions
A group of youth activists, impatient with the state’s response to global warming, formally petitioned Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s administration
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Democrats urge investigation into Trump administration efforts to pressure Alaska senator
WASHINGTON — Some Democratic lawmakers became unlikely allies of Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski this week after a report of pressure that Interior
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Trump administration threatens retribution against Alaska over Murkowski health votes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump isn’t going to just let Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s no vote on Tuesday’s health care motion
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How much does Inuit art contribute to the Canadian economy?
When it comes to economic development in the Canadian Arctic, resource development dominates the headlines. But a recent report lays out in detail, just how
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Less traffic at northern border between Finland and Russia
Finnish Border Guard reports a 1% slip in traffic between Murmansk region and Lapland in second quarter. It is less
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