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RCI Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sami Language Week to take place October 19-25

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2020 at 09:21 — Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2020 at 09:28
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Sami Language Week, an event created to raise awareness and increase visibility of the Sami language, will take place this

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Crossing the Baltic Sea on a paddle board without sleep

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 14:47
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Needing a goal to train for during the summer months, professional cross-country skier Jonas Böhlmark embarked on a nautical journey

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Canada Finland Geopolitics (Canada) Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland and Russia discuss cooperation between Arctic and Barents structures

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 13:38
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While Russia takes over the Chair of the Arctic Council next year, Finland will have the responsibility of the Barents

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

A Norwegian port offers a new transport route for Chinese shippers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 14:39
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The shipping container was in mid-July loaded on a train in the Chinese city of Hefei. Less than two weeks

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finland to begin coronavirus testing at seaports and airports

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 17:48
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Coronavirus testing of passengers arriving to Helsinki-Vantaa airport will begin in the coming days, according to Yle sources. The measure

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Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Russia’s Murmansk region counts more COVID-19 cases than neighboring Norway or Finland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 16:43
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2,299 cases are counted at Belokamenka, Novatek’s huge construction site by the Kola Bay, but the majority of cases, 7,492,

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Miners hunting for metals to battery cars threaten Finland’s Sámi reindeer herders’ homeland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 17, 2020 at 17:02 — Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2020 at 17:05
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Nobody had asked them about exploring for minerals inside their siida, a reindeer foraging area, in northern Finland. The Sámi

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Russian tourists eager to book holidays in Finland despite border closure

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2020 at 12:02
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Hotels in eastern Finland say there has been an upsurge in attempted bookings by Russian tourists for late July, though

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RCI Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Canadian-style reconciliation commissions draw mixed reaction across Scandinavia

John Last, CBC North
Posted: Friday, July 3, 2020 at 14:02
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It began with a funding announcement — and a modest one at that. Last week, the Swedish government announced $175,000

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland 

Finnish conservationists worry about Saimaa ringed seal as fishing net ban ends

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 09:00
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Conservationists want fishermen in lake Saimaa to voluntarily extend a seasonal ban on fishing nets intended to help protect endangered

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland RCI 

Can climate adaptation be culturally sustainable in the Arctic?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 08:52
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While ways of reindeer husbandry may be adaptable to the changing climate, intergenerational transmission of Indigenous knowledge can be negatively

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Eskimo-branded ice cream may get name change in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Monday, June 22, 2020 at 15:02
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The Eskimo-branded chocolate-covered ice cream on a stick will soon be re-branded in the US in an effort to fight

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Northern Scandinavia to pioneer commercial flights with electric planes

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 12:18 — Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2020 at 10:26
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Northern Scandinavia could be one of the first regions in the world with flights operated by commercial airliners with zero-emission

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General RCI Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sami in Sweden start work on structure of Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 08:36
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The Swedish government announced 1.2 million Swedish kroner  (approximately $170,00 CDN) this month for the Sami Paliament to begin laying

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Finland’s Finance Ministry predicts sluggish recovery from pandemic

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 14:49
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State number crunchers forecast a six-percent slump this year – but Finland’s economy will slowly recover towards the end of

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