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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Journalist barred from jails in Canada’s east-Arctic wants ban quashed

Sara Frizzell, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 13:40 — Last Updated: Friday, February 22, 2019 at 10:28
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A Nunavut journalist is trying to reverse a government decision to ban him from all of the territory’s jails, by

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Norwegian media Independent Barents Observer reportedly blocked in Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:39
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Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer, an online newspaper based in Arctic Norway which reports on

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Bear ‘invasion’ in Arctic Russia: media too quick to blame climate change, experts say

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 10:42 — Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 15:02
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Photos and videos of the more than fifty polar bears walking around the houses in Belushaya Guba have gone viral

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Business Business (Norway) General News Norway 

Arctic-based news site launches Chinese-language section

The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 14:33 — Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2019 at 15:07
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Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news partnership.

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Blog Canada General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Blog – 2018: Recapping the year in the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, January 7, 2019 at 11:17
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Planet Earth has completed another rotation around the sun, which has now set on the Arctic for the next three

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Blog General Geopolitics Geopolitics (USA) News Politics USA 

Blog – How should we measure Arctic identity?

Mathieu Landriault
Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 11:58 — Last Updated: Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11:25
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An intriguing survey on Arctic issues was published earlier this month by The Arctic Studio, a research organization based in

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General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Moscow-based media pretends to bring “objective” environmental journalism to Barents region

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 12:18
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The head of the ecological monitoring and consulting group POMOR, Timofey Surovtsev, wants to counter Norwegian media’s negative reporting on

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

‘Treasure trove’ of Native Press photos donated to territorial archives in Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 26, 2018 at 13:59
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The Native Communications Society has donated 200,000 Native Press images to the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) government, to be preserved and

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General News Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Bill would allow Russia to tag journalists as “foreign agents”

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 11:47 — Last Updated: Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 11:51
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It is another crackdown on the Russian media, and it will make it even harder for Russian journalists to engage

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russian Supreme Court upholds FSB ban on Barents Observer Editor Thomas Nilsen

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 28, 2018 at 14:27 — Last Updated: Monday, May 28, 2018 at 14:56
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Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news partnership.

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General News Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia lashes out at Norwegian NGO over “russophobic” World Cup handbook

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 14:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 14:55
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A guidebook for journalists issued by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in connection with the upcoming Football World Cup is a

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Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Press Freedom Index: Finland slides again, Norway stays ahead

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 16:28
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published its annual Press Freedom Index on Thursday, placing Finland in fourth position. It’s the second

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Fishing diplomacy, rethinking China & how Twitter is improving northern news : 2017 Arctic Year in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 03:31
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The end of the year is a time to take stock. Here at Eye on the Arctic, it’s also the

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

Alaska’s largest newspaper files for bankruptcy; new publishers emerge

Annie Zak, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, August 14, 2017 at 13:55 — Last Updated: Monday, August 14, 2017 at 14:03
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Alaska’s largest newspaper filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Saturday evening and new owners have been lined up.

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Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipilä in June 2015. In an interview with the daily Finnish paper Keskisuomalainen, he said it's unlikely any new proposals for nuclear power plants would come up for consideration during the current government’s term in office.(Raigo Pajula/AFP/Getty Images)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Norway and Sweden surpass Finland in 2017 press freedom rankings

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 14:59
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Advance reports last week that Finland had lost its top spot on the World Press Freedom Index are now confirmed.

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