Indigenous reindeer herders request emergency aid after drought, wildfires ravage Sweden
The Swedish Saami Association is demanding a comprehensive aid package from Stockholm after a season of unprecedented drought and wildfire
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Blog – Monchegorsk, Russia: a mining town with green aspirations
Murmansk, the largest city in the entire Arctic, is having a makeover. At the restaurant on the top floor of
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Sweden breaks ground on test plant for fossil-free steel production
A significant green step is taken outside Luleå, northern Sweden, for an industry that accounts for about a quarter of
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High-tech lasers to help Sweden build detailed maps of all its forests
A laser-scan of all the forests in Sweden is about to be made, a process that will take seven years,
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Sanction-hit Northerners place hopes in Norway-Russia business talks
Trade and Industry Minister Torbjørn Røe Isaksen says Norway’s one-to-one relation with Russia is good. In June, he welcomes Minister
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Norway keeps eye on Russia’s floating nuclear power plant as it heads for Arctic
The controversial Russian installation will spend the next two weeks along the Norwegian coast. The “Akademik Lomonosov” is followed with
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Chinese investors move ahead in Finnish Lapland, will build €1 billion biofuel refinery
The Kaidi Group has acquired a 32 hectare plot in Kemi for the project. Kemi is the ideal location for
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Trans-Arctic fiber cable can make Kirkenes to high-tech hub
Finland’s former President Paavo Lipponen presents plans for a telecommunication highway between Europe and Asia via Kirkenes and the Northern
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Swedes discover new Barents oil and gas
Norwegian oil association is happy, while Greenpeace in Stockholm warns Lundin’s shareholders. Lundin Petroleum says the Neiden prospect in the
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Will new Finnish railway bridge gap between Arctic and Central Europe?
Helsinki remains committed to build a connection through the Gulf of Finland and all the way to the Norwegian Arctic
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Exports from Finland to Russia show first rise in nearly three years
Finland’s exports to Russia in August grew for the first time since December 2013, according to figures from Finnish Customs.
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Security interests spice up Barents fishery talks
Cod still brings Norwegians and Russian together around the table. But in the background looms a far more active role
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Norway votes against ban on dumping mining waste at sea
This is how a fjord on the Barents Sea coast looks like when filled up with mining waste. Russia and
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Wind in Arctic Sweden to power Google
Investment company Aquila Capital buys the Lehtirova wind power project in northern Sweden. Production from the 41 wind generators will
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A role for India in Russian Arctic
Moscow invites New Delhi to joint oil and gas projects in Arctic waters. Cooperation in the Arctic constitutes a key
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