Blog – Qingdao plays pivotal role in China’s Arctic strategy
In January, China released its first Arctic Policy. In the U.S., fearful headlines greeted the document, from The Wall Street
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Infrastructure
Major expansion planned for Northern Finland’s airports
Airport operator Finavia is launching a major investment programme in northern Finland. It aims to raise the number of passengers
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Russia to link military installations with trans-Arctic cable
Starting in Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula, in Northwestern Russia, the fiber-optic line will provide state-of-the art tele- and data
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Finland’s roads crumble after worst thaw in 20 years
Motorists are being warned of increasingly poor driving conditions, especially on secondary roads, in areas from the south coast up
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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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Northern Sea Route is free of ice, Arctic shipping thrives
As Russian Arctic ice shrinks to this year’s lowest, a big number of ships are moving in. In waters normally
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‘Time for new buildings’: Norway border police faces rise in traffic from Russia
14% more border-crossings at Storskog in August compared with the same month 2016. This was the 13th month in a
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Sweden plans construction of northern coast railway
First leg of the new railway along Sweden’s northern coast is included in the Transport Administration’s proposal for the national
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Where’s the cash? Russia to give Arctic development plan a rethink
Ambitions are sky-high, but much hinges on private investments. «This is the main mechanism, with which we will develop the
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U.S. transportation secretary announces efforts to speed up project development in Alaska
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, visiting Alaska for a two-day trip, announced measures on Thursday to streamline what she called
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European Parliament member bikes 240 km in support of Arctic railway
A big majority of the EU Parliament Committee of Transport would support the projected railway line from northern Finland to
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Chinese tourists spend big in Finland’s capital
Chinese tourists spend a lot of money when visiting Finland’s capital. Last year visitors from China spent 214 million euros
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Federal agency to investigate ‘avoidable’ plane crashes in Alaska
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a rare investigative hearing in Anchorage on Thursday to learn more about the
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‘Over 15 mph, we make clouds’: Road dust plagues rural Alaska
BETHEL — Across rural Alaska, cars, trucks and four-wheelers kick up clouds of road dust, a plague that coats tundra berries and
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Passenger numbers skyrocket at remote airport in Russian Arctic
Boom-town Sabetta in the Yamal Peninsula sees a doubling in the number of air passengers. Up to 400.000 people could
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