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Report: Moscow sees Finland as friendly, but not a major EU player

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 10:50
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Russia no longer sees Finland as an influential EU country, so Moscow has less interest in routing strategic communications through

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Improved road between Russia and Finland boosts cross-border travel

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 15:56 — Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2020 at 15:57
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The growth in travelers from Murmansk to northernmost Finland was more than twice the 2019-growth on the Russian-Norwegian border. For

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Finland ‘disappointed’ by COP25 failure

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2019 at 09:10 — Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2019 at 09:17
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The US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement made a new deal more difficult, according to the Environment Minister. UN

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finns favour nuclear power to fight climate change, poll says

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 12:01 — Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2019 at 12:48
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Nearly half of all respondents to an Yle poll said they consider nuclear power to be a sustainable form of

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Society 

Switzerland joins growing list of countries having banned seal product imports

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 19:35
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Switzerland has become the latest country to introduce a ban on the import of seal products, joining a similar ban

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Blog Business Business (Iceland) General Iceland 

Blog: Scotland’s First Minister – We’re closer to the Arctic than London

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 14:27
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On Friday, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivered a speech in an unlikely venue: the Arctic Circle conferencein Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Blog General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Ice-Blog: Arctic Council – 20 years in a warming world

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 17:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 17:38
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Twenty years does not really seem like a long time. But when it comes to climate change in the Arctic, the

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland says trust-building needed to change fears about Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, July 4, 2016 at 17:35
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Trust-building is the keyword, the Finnish President said after his meeting with Vladimir Putin. “There is clearly a certain fear

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Russia’s image of Finland contradictory says researcher

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 4, 2016 at 14:43
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The talks at Kultaranta demonstrated differences in opinion on the causes of the security threats and altered circumstances in the

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Brexit boon for Russia says Finnish expert

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 27, 2016 at 17:49
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A crumbling European community is pleasing to Russia, says the chief of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. She says

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General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Iceland won’t back down on sanctions against Russia

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 18:40
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Iceland will continue to follow the EU in its sanctions against Russia, the country’s new Foreign Minister Lilja Alfredsdottir says.

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Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) General 

Ice-Blog: Translating COP21 from intent into action… is time running out?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 13:58
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After all the hype surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement in December, there is a real danger of anti-climax, of feeling

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Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at a press conference in Russia in August 2014. (Ivan Sekretarev /AFP/Getty Images)
Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

NATO membership not joint Finnish-Swedish decision: President Niinistö

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 2, 2016 at 17:01
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President Sauli Niinistö has told Yle that there is no automatic link that would require Finland and Sweden to coordinate

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General Iceland Society Society (Iceland) 

Feature Interview: Hunting culture under stress in Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2016 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:26
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Today on Eye on the Arctic we bring you another instalment of our occasional series on how climate change, and

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Putin vows to restrict asylum seekers’ into Finnish Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 13:19
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In several hours of talks on Tuesday, the Russian and Finnish presidents discussed a wide range of issues, from sanctions

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