Friday, July 11, 2025
Eye on the Arctic

Eye on the Arctic

Issues affecting circumpolar nations

  • Countries
    • Canada
    • Denmark/Greenland
    • Finland
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • Russia
    • Sweden
    • USA
  • Categories
    • Environment
    • Politics
    • Society
    • Science
    • Business
    • Art and Culture
  • Longforms
  • Video Reports
  • Regard sur l’Arctique

finance

Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

N.W.T. government announces review aimed at freeing up $150M annually

CBC News
Posted: Monday, February 12, 2024 at 15:52
0 Comments

The N.W.T. government has announced a strategy to find an additional $150 million annually through a combination of spending cuts

Read more
* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Russian VTB bank to finance the construction of icebreakers

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, June 19, 2023 at 11:19
0 Comments

By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer  Amid sanctions, the importance of the Northern Sea Route rises. The Russian-sanctioned bank

Read more
with-budget-us-house-inches-toward-anwr
Business Business (USA) General RCI USA 

Arctic refuge oil rights auction faces uncertain response

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 16:04
0 Comments

Oil and gas companies are unsurprisingly remaining quiet about their intentions, says one industry player The Trump administration is preparing

Read more
Business (USA) Environment General RCI USA 

U.S. government makes proposal that could limit bank pullback of Arctic oil, gas funds

The Associated Press
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at 09:19
0 Comments

It follows move by large U.S. banks that plan to ban or limit investments in Arctic oil and gas projects

Read more
Business Business (Russia) Russia 

Norwegian wealth fund’s value in Russian company Gazprom more than doubled in 2019

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 16:37 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 16:51
0 Comments

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund enjoyed a very good year on both the Russian stock and bond markets. The

Read more
Business Business (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Swedish authorities OK Nordea bank’s HQ move from Stockholm to Helsinki

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 11:56 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 11:58
0 Comments

Regulators in Sweden have given Nordic banking giant Nordea the green light to relocate the bank’s headquarters from Stockholm to

Read more
General News Society Society (USA) USA 

How alternatives to traditional banking can help rural Alaskans

Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 14:12 — Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 14:15
0 Comments

About a dozen people, including a baby, sit in a classroom at the Knik Tribal Council office in Palmer (southcentral

Read more
Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland gets new minister of Economic Affairs

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 16:45
0 Comments

President Sauli Niinistö appointed long-serving Centre Party MP Mika Lintilä to the post of Economy Minister on Thursday afternoon. Lintilä

Read more
(iStock)
Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Sanctions, low oil prices cost Russia $600 billion

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 5, 2016 at 16:52 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 16:46
0 Comments

The combined shock of financial sanctions and low oil prices will make Russia lose $600 billion in the period 2014-2017,

Read more
Finland's parliament. (iStock)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finnish economy in a rut, 1.2% growth in 2016

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 18, 2015 at 15:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
0 Comments

The Finance Ministry is predicting close to zero economic growth for 2015, but is pegging output at 1.2 percent for

Read more
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Bank of Finland forecasts slow growth in 2016

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 11, 2015 at 16:55 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
0 Comments

The Bank of Finland forecasts slow growth next year, with no boost to exports on the horizon. Economic growth will

Read more
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Nordea forecasts continued slump for Finnish economy

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 21:14 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
0 Comments

Nordea’s fresh economic forecast warn of continued slow growth in the Finnish economy—in stark contrast to much of the rest

Read more
Economists are far from exuberant in their characterisation of Finnish finances. Words like dismal, weak, low-key and no change abound in their responses.(Jyrki Lyytikkä / Yle)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Zero growth at best for Finland: Yle Poll

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 18:36 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 15:38
0 Comments

The nation was hoping for economic turnaround this year. Instead, 2015 threatens to become Finland’s fourth consecutive year of recession.

Read more
Business Business (Canada) Canada 

Yukon Zinc granted creditor protection after mine closure

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 20, 2015 at 14:00
0 Comments

Yukon Conservation Society concerned about $3 million environmental security owed by Wolverine Mine Yukon Zinc has been granted creditor protection

Read more
Children and adults watch Santa Claus getting ready to start the long journey to children all over the world, one day before Christmas Eve at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland in 2012. (Kaisa Siren/AFP/Getty Images)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

Christmas tourism to Finland’s Arctic boasts fifth year of growth

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2014 at 20:22 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 20:06
0 Comments

Holiday tourism to the north of Finland has exceeded expectations this year. Charter flights to airports in Rovaniemi, Kittilä and

Read more
  • ← Previous

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

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

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Also on RCI (Chinese)

体验加拿大之北极光下 • Experiencing Canada

Also on RCI (Spanish)

Nunavut in spanish

Also on CBC

CBC North
RCI • Radio Canada International
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

RCI

  • FRANÇAIS
  • ENGLISH
  • ESPAÑOL
  • 中文
  • العربية

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • RCI | Facebook
  • RCI | Twitter

Resources

  • RADIO-CANADA
    • Conditions d’utilisation
    • Ombudsman
  • CBC
    • Impact and Accountability
    • Ombudsperson
Copyright © 2025 Eye on the Arctic. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.