Survey: More than half of reservists in Finland pro-Nato
Support for Finland joining Nato is far higher among members of the Finnish Reservists’ Association than in the rest of
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Blog: Norway’s hydropower will light up UK homes
Last week, the United Kingdom and Norway signed an agreement to build what will be the world’s longest interconnector from
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Finnish politicos divided over proposed joint EU army
Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö and Defence Minister Carl Haglund have come out in support of a proposal by EU Commission
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Finland to participate in NATO crisis management exercises
Finland is to participate in a series of crisis management exercises with NATO and its partners, starting Wednesday. The non-military
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Norway, Russia committed to Barents cooperation, despite divisions over Ukraine
Fronts are sharp and political disagreement touch. But Norwegian and Russian politicians fully agree about Barents regional cooperation. Organized in the
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Finland’s Niinistö to attend Munich security conference
Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö is to attend this year’s Munich Security Conference this weekend. He will join a panel discussion
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Russia, shipping and political crisis in Greenland: 2014 Year in Review (Part 3)
Today is the last instalment of the Eye on the Arctic Year in Review where we checked in with our
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Northern Sea Route traffic plummets
After four years of increased use of the Northern Sea Route by vessels going in transit between Europe and Asia,
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Blog: China-Russia gas deal creates Arctic winners and losers
The $400 billion, 30-year China-Russia gas deal signed in Shanghai on May 21 has sparked a lot of excitement about
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Blog: Hamburg & the Northern Sea Route
The port city of Hamburg, Germany actually lies 130 kilometers inland from the North Sea. Despite this distance, it has
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Blog: UK has Arctic on radar in national maritime security strategy
The United Kingdom is a country with longstanding interests in the Arctic. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, English whalers
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Blog: Greenpeace protestors greet first barrels of Arctic oil
While the media focuses its attention on the vulnerabilities of pipelines that transport natural gas from Russia to Europe, Gazprom
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Blog: Russia puts countries on edge in the Arctic
The Arctic has been one of the bright spots in cooperation between Russia and the West for several years now
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Blog: Ukraine’s impact on Arctic gas development: Part II
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the potential impacts Ukraine could have on Arctic gas development. Last week, I
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