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Canada’s Nunavut Inuit organization plans to seek self-government

Jane George, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at 11:45
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Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., which represents about 30,000 Nunavut Inuit, plans to push ahead with self-government negotiations. “What we would like

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Denmark/Greenland RCI Society Society (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland reexamining COVID-19 rules after cases surge in Denmark

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, September 21, 2020 at 08:16
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Greenland’s home rule government is currently reexamining its COVID-19 related executive order after a surge of cases in Denmark and

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) RCI 

Arctic Canada: Yukon government back in black with $4M surplus budget

CBC News
Posted: Friday, March 6, 2020 at 14:18
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The Yukon government is expecting to be back in the black this year, with its first projected surplus budget in

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Canada Politics Politics (Canada) 

Canada’s Inuit look forward to working with newly appointed ministers

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 18:05
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Canada’s national Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), and the Canadian section of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) have indicated

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General News Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden’s political blocs face unity test as talks with parliament speaker begin

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 15:22 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 15:26
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The speaker of Swedish parliament will begin talks on Thursday with eight party leaders to determine who is best placed to form

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News Norway Politics 

Will NATO save important air base in Norwegian Arctic?

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 10:01 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 10:04
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The Norwegian government planned to abandon the Air Force base in Andøya, located in the North. But NATO might want

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia plans fenced parks to confine reindeer herding in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 10:19 — Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 09:50
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The region that holds the world’s biggest number of reindeer wants to restrict animal migration and establish fenced “reindeer parks”.

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) News Politics Sweden 

Should Gov be able to call on Finns if Sweden attacked?

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, April 30, 2018 at 09:53 — Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 09:52
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Sweden and Finland have deepened their military ties over the past few years and a proposal announced on Friday would

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Blog Denmark/Greenland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Denmark/Greenland) News Politics 

Blog – With Siumut’s re-election, will Greenland welcome Chinese investment?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 11:37 — Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2018 at 11:43
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Nearly 30,000 Greenlanders, or some 71.9% of eligible voters, went to the polls today on the world’s largest island. Some

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway’s two northernmost counties merge into one territory

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 5, 2017 at 14:04 — Last Updated: Friday, May 5, 2017 at 14:07
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The country’s two northernmost counties Troms and Finnmark are merged into one territory as part of a government masterplan for

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General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden faces criticism over border controls

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 at 14:47
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The government’s rationale for introducing and keeping border controls has been criticised by the National Audit Office. Last week, the

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General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway hikes 2017 defense budget

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 15:07
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2,1 billion Norwegian kroner (€231 million) increase year on year, of which the majority addresses the Armed Forces long-term defense

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Blog Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Blog: Poirier’s Revenge – The map of Canada has the wrong Arctic boundaries. No, really.

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 18:37 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 19:17
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When Polar Knowledge Canada was created out of the ashes of the Canadian Polar Commission in 2015, it published a

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General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Iceland’s Pirate Party leads polls few days before elections

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 13:45
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Like the eruption from Eyjafjallajökull shocked air-traffic across Europe in 2010, Iceland today experiences a political earthquake where the Pirate

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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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