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Sweden's chief climate negotiator at the Bonn Climate change conference this week says the international community needs to start working on compromises now in order to reach a comprehensive climate agreement. (iStock)

Climate compromise needed: Swedish official

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 18:07 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 18:18
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The Bonn Climate change conference ends on Friday and time is running out to achieve a compromise ahead of the

Tórshavn, the largest community in the Faroe Islands. While countries in the European Union, Norway and Iceland hasve seen their trade relations with Russia suffer because of sanctions and anti-sanctions, Faroese exports to Russia have gone up. (iStock)

Business Business (Denmark/Greenland) Denmark/Greenland General

Faroe Islands cashing in on Russian sanctions

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 15:58 — Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015 at 19:10
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The Faroese economy benefits greatly from its monopoly of the Russian salmon market. The islands’ biggest marine produce company, Bakkafrost, has

Biologist Harri Hongell says he once received death threats over a bog protection project. (Kalle Niskala / Yle)

Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General

Remembering Finland bog protection controversy

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 at 17:53 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 12:22
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Work to create nature reserves in the Ostrobothnia region as part of the EU’s Natura 2000 project felt like pulling

General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden

Sweden awaits Russian blacklist explanation

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, June 1, 2015 at 14:52 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 20:29
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Swedish MEPs and MPs are among more than 80 EU citizens who Russia has blacklisted from visiting the country, reports Swedish

What would a merged environment ministry mean for Finland? (iStock)

Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) Special Features

Controversy over possible agriculture and environment ministry merger in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 15:52 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 18:34
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Finland’s Prime Minister-elect Juha Sipilä dropped a hint recently that his proposed coalition is considering merging Finland’s Ministry of Environment

Russian President Vladimir Putin at a news conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014.(Pavel Golovkin/AP)

General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features

Putin signs law against “undesirable” NGOs

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 12:44 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 18:34
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Persons working inside Russia for foreign organizations or firms listed as “undesirable” can get hefty fines or get sentences of up

Pilot results show that solar systems in Oulu produce as much electricity as those in northern Germany. (Kalevi Rytkölä / Yle)

Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General Special Features

Finland’s largest solar power unit to be built in Oulu

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 19:18
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Finland’s largest solar power unit, comprising of 1,600 solar panels producing 420 kilowatts of power, will be built in Oulu

Sergei Lavrov is Russia's Foreign Minister. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

General Norway Politics Politics (Norway)

Will Russia’s foreign minister attend top-meeting in northern Finland?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 16, 2015 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Monday, March 16, 2015 at 15:35
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Last Barents Council meeting in Norway was the first in history without attendance of a Russian Foreign Minister. Will Lavrov

Tromso, the home of Arctic Frontiers. (Irene Quaile)

Blog Business Business (Norway) General Norway

Ice-Blog: Arctic Oil – a white elephant?

Irene Quaile
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 16:36 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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The conference: Arctic Frontiers has attracted a record number of participants this year and huge media interest. For the first time in

Alexander Stubb, Erna Solberg and Kristina Persson discussing the report on cooperation in the Scandinavian Arctic. (Trude Pettersen/Barents Observer)

General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) Special Features

Scandinavian Arctic should cooperate more: report

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 14:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:44
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TROMSØ: The Scandinavian Arctic can rise to become the most innovative, industrious and environmentally friendly growth region in Europe, a

Investment risk or profitable industry? Arctic oil and gas drilling was topic at Sunday's opening debate in Tromsø at the Arctic Frontiers conference. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

Business Business (Norway) General Norway

Will Barents oil investments be financial disaster?

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 19, 2015 at 14:14
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TROMSØ: To drill or not to drill, that’s the Arctic Frontiers question of the year. Investor Jens-Ulltveit-Moe warns Troms and

2014 set a new record for clipfish production, at approximately 100 000 tons. (Trude Pettersen/Barents Observer)

Business Business (Norway) General Norway

Record year for Norwegian seafood exports

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 20:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 22:13
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Despite the collapse of the Russian market, exports of Norwegian seafood set new records in 2014. The total value of

Traffic outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Electric car sales are weak in the country, especially compared to places like neighbouring Norway. (Sven Nackstand / AFP)

Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden

Stockholm cleans up and passes air quality test

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 13:58 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 22:25
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The Swedish capital has passed EU air quality standards for the first time, thanks in part to a ban on

Power prices and the subsidies for renewable power producers are currently at a record low in Sweden.(iStock)

General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden

Energy consumption at 30-year low in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 15:02 — Last Updated: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 21:04
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Warm weather and a weak European economy brought a dip in Swedish electric energy use in 2014. Energy-consumption levels have

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) talks to Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin in 2011. (Maxim Shemetov / AFP / Getty Images)

Business Business (Russia) General Russia

Seismic mapping of Russian Arctic will continue — Rosneft

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 16:27 — Last Updated: Friday, December 12, 2014 at 20:42
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The state-owned oil company in 2015 intends to conduct seismic mapping of seven fields in the Pechora Sea. During a public