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Greenland adds new incentive to promote domestic tourism as international travel craters

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 08:31
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With the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic still impacting Greenland’s tourism industry, the government has announced a new initiative

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Canada’s Green Party leadership candidates debate food security and the North’s economy

Hilary Bird, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 13:35
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The nine candidates vying to replace Elizabeth May as the leader of the Green Party held their fourth leadership debate on Monday

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Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

Denmark, U.S. affirm need to ‘maintain and build situational awareness’ in the Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 24, 2020 at 08:09
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Denmark’s Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod wrapped up their meeting on Wednesday, with both

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Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

Pompeo to talk Arctic at upcoming meeting with Danish FM

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 15:40
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The Arctic will be high on the agenda when U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Copenhagen at the

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Big uptake of COVID-19 emergency benefit program in Northern Canada’s territories

Richard Gleeson, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11:35 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 12:01
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A large number of people in the N.W.T. and Nunavut have tapped into a federal program meant to provide emergency

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Finland’s Finance Ministry predicts sluggish recovery from pandemic

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 14:49
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State number crunchers forecast a six-percent slump this year – but Finland’s economy will slowly recover towards the end of

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General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Iceland offers COVID-19 testing to international travellers starting June 15

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 14:33
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Iceland began offering COVID-19 testing to international travellers on Monday, in hopes that giving tourists a way to avoid two-week

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut businesses, private sector struggle to find space in closed economy

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2020 at 10:47
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This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is

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Iceland RCI Society Society (Iceland) 

Iceland and Greenland implement COVID-19 testing for travellers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 15:51 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 15:09
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Iceland and neighbouring Greenland have slowly been reopening their economies for several weeks, and this month have implemented COVID-19 testing

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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

COVID-19 amplifying economic stress on First Nations, Inuit and Métis in urban Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 15:18
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COVID-19 is increasing the  economic stress on Canada’s urban Indigenous population, including Inuit, says a new article from Statistics Canada.

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Reykjavik, Iceland. The Arctic Circle Assembly was held in the city this week. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
Canada Denmark/Greenland Iceland Politics Politics (Canada) Politics (Denmark/Greenland) Politics (Iceland) RCI 

Iceland talks COVID-19 with Canada, Greenland foreign ministers

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 22, 2020 at 15:54
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Iceland’s Ministery of Foriegn Affairs said it has spoken with foreign ministers in other North American Arctic regions this month

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Denmark/Greenland General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

COVID-19 could delay Kingdom of Denmark’s Arctic strategy

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 15:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 15:55
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The COVID-19 pandemic may delay the Kingdom of Denmark’s Arctic strategy, which expires at the end of the 2020, the

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Half of Finnish Lapland’s tourism businesses fear failure by winter

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 8, 2020 at 10:52
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The impact of the coronavirus crisis on travel and tourism has already brought many businesses in Finnish Lapland to the brink of

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Virus crisis sees tourism spending in Finland plummet by up to €10b

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 12:16
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Forecasts from the Ministry for Employment and the Economy (TEM) suggest that spending on tourism, accommodation and related services in

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

‘We weren’t prepared’: Canada’s Northwest Territories economy in a battle for survival amid COVID-19

Alex Brockman, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 11:13 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 13:44
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This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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