Finland chooses Kirkenes in Norway for new Arctic railway terminal
The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has decided that a railway routing to the Arctic Ocean via Oulu, Rovaniemi
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Sweden Prime Minister tells Donald Trump U.S. tariffs “will hurt us all”
In a meeting with US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven underscored how possible steel and aluminum tariffs could
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OECD: Basic income would increase poverty in Finland
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has taken aim at Finland’s basic income experiment, saying that rather than helping
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Putin wants a bigger, stronger, wealthier Russian Arctic
Delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to the parliament on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted the importance of speeding up the
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Tweets aside, Senator Sullivan says Trump good for Alaska
Sen. Dan Sullivan, in his annual address to the state Legislature, said he doesn’t like all of President Trump’s tweets
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Russia wants cryptocurrency farms in Murmansk region
New cryptocurrency farms should be built in the Murmansk region where there is abundant electricity available at affordable prices, Kravchenko
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Canadian province of Ontario contributes $96,000 towards update of Inuit art trademark
The Canadian province of Ontario may be a southern province, but this month it pledged $96,844 towards the Inuit Art
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Trump infrastructure plan gets mixed reviews in Alaska
The White House has presented its long promised infrastructure plan. It’s getting mixed reviews from Alaska’s U.S. senators. “You’ve got
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Blog – China & the Arctic: Why the focus on international law matters
There’s been a flurry of reaction to China’s recently released white paper on the Arctic, the first such policy
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Finland’s exports up by 15% in 2017
The value of goods that Finland exported last year increased 15 percent compared with 2016, a jump largely driven by
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Russia-Finland trade gains momentum after years of decline
The Nordic country in 2017 boosted its imports from neighboring Russia by almost 40 percent. Also Finnish exports to Russia
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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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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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