Blog – Faroe Islands host Arctic Circle Forum, trumpet “infrastructure miracle”
Situated halfway between Iceland and Scotland, the Faroe Islands are so remote from most people’s minds that even the customs
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Can Arctic Finland lure Hollywood producers?
It’s becoming a more common sight: Hollywood location scouts travelling to Lapland to see if what they see and hear
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Blog: Arctic language survival – Iceland to the rescue?
Part One of this series looked at the broad issue of language endangerment and its links to ecological disruption in
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Blog: Can environmental diplomacy save Arctic languages?
Following a 2008 symposium on indigenous arctic languages in Tromsø, Norway, the Indigenous Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council launched
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Colonialism still present in Arctic, says premier of Canada’s Northwest Territories
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Despite improved relations between the federal government and Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, northerners still get excluded from political
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Blog: Five ways the Dakota access pipeline affects the Arctic
Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota have erupted this past week. For months, members of the Standing Rock
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Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge can help us prevent climate changes says Ban Ki-moon
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges governments to ensure that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and contributions remain central when ways to
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10% of Iceland’s workforce employed in tourism
Tourism to Iceland has skyrocketed during the last years, and is now a major source of employment in the country.
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Blog: An acute crisis in northern health care
It’s often said that you can’t put a price on good health. But as I learned at a conference in
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Nordic countries discuss closer defense cooperation
On the background of new regional security challenges, the Nordic countries have discussed ways to increase defense and security cooperation.
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How an Arctic initiative by Canada has gone from being blasted by critics to praised by international politicians
TROMSO, Norway – When Canada announced the creation of an Arctic Economic Council during its most recent Arctic Council chairmanship (2013-2015), many
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Iceland, art & street lighting: Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Blog: Arctic like ‘discovering a new Africa,’ Iceland
The Arctic Circle Singapore Forum convened last week in the hot and hazy tropical megalopolis. The forum is an offshoot of the
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NSR – Russia to focus on domestic projects
REYKJAVIK: Transit cargo between Europe and Asia is plummeting, but cargo to and from Russian ports along the Northern Sea
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Calls for action at Arctic shipping conference
With Arctic sea ice dwindling toward what is likely to be one of the lowest minimums on record, conditions are primed for
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