Canada’s Nunavut Inuit organization plans to seek self-government
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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Greenland reexamining COVID-19 rules after cases surge in Denmark
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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Arctic Canada: Yukon government back in black with $4M surplus budget
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’s Inuit look forward to working with newly appointed ministers
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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Sweden’s political blocs face unity test as talks with parliament speaker begin
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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Will NATO save important air base in Norwegian Arctic?
The Norwegian government planned to abandon the Air Force base in Andøya, located in the North. But NATO might want
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Russia plans fenced parks to confine reindeer herding in Arctic
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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Should Gov be able to call on Finns if Sweden attacked?
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 – With Siumut’s re-election, will Greenland welcome Chinese investment?
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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Norway’s two northernmost counties merge into one territory
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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Sweden faces criticism over border controls
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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Norway hikes 2017 defense budget
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: Poirier’s Revenge – The map of Canada has the wrong Arctic boundaries. No, really.
When Polar Knowledge Canada was created out of the ashes of the Canadian Polar Commission in 2015, it published a
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Iceland’s Pirate Party leads polls few days before elections
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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NATO membership not joint Finnish-Swedish decision: President Niinistö
President Sauli Niinistö has told Yle that there is no automatic link that would require Finland and Sweden to coordinate
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