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A road in the Arctic Russian port city of Murmansk. Traffic and cargo loads were town in 2014 along the Northern Sea Route. (iStock)

News agency in Murmansk fined by Election Commission

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 16:12 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 16:28
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«I consider it a revenge for our disobedience», says SeverPost editor Dmitry Visotsky. The online news site, one of the biggest

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Welcoming Independent Barents Observer to Eye on the Arctic!

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 09:50 — Last Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 22:55
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Today we’re happy to inform our readers and listeners that a new Norwegian partner has joined the Eye on the

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Alaskans win Norwegian film contest

Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at 16:23 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 23:52
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BETHEL — The challenge was to make a short film about the Arctic that went beyond icons like polar bears

Overlapping claims to the North Pole don't mean conflict is inevitable says a Norwegian expert. (iStock)

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Media & the Arctic: What happened at Barents Observer?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 14:06 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:37
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Note to Readers: The Barents Observer has been part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news cooperation project since 2014.

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25th anniversary of Yle Finland’s Russian service

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Friday, October 23, 2015 at 13:37
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The work of Yle’s small Russian-language department, Novosti Yle, is carefully scrutinised both inside and outside of Finland. In particular,

Stories concerning everything from drilling and education, to journalism and the environment, were among your most read stories this week. (iStock)

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Blog:Put up or shut up with your Arctic Conflict Theory

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 18:03 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:45
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The Arctic is on the verge of conflict; so the theory goes. Melting ice is uncovering a trove of riches,

Suicide rates in the world's circumpolar communities remain several times higher than their southern counterparts. (iStock)

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Confronting suicide in Alaska

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 15:32 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 15:36
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A discussion after a suicide can help support vulnerable people who are at risk, or it can help push them

Dmitry Rogozin heads Russia's commission for Arctic affairs. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

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Moscow to set up Arctic media service

Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at 13:12
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Russia will establish a major new media resource aimed at promoting Russian national interest in the Arctic. The new state-sponsored

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BarentsObserver – What happens now?

Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 14:22
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”We will continue to publish good Barents stories as long as we can” ”We are one less person, but will

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Owners fire BarentsObserver editor

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 13:31 — Last Updated: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 18:16
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They first refused to give the newspaper editorial freedom, today they followed up with the dismissal of Editor Thomas Nilsen.

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The new face of climate change?

Kamala Kelkar, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 14:46 — Last Updated: Friday, September 25, 2015 at 20:57
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German tourists aboard a cruise through the Hinlopen Strait in Svalbard this summer were approaching a yellow dot on an ice-floe,

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Citizenship, Shell and polar education:Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 at 20:30
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

A sea-floor scan shows one of the two long-missing Franklin ships. The image was unveiled by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper with much fanfare in 2014. (Canada parks/The Canadian Press)

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Canadian reporter says Toronto Star stopped work on Arctic shipwreck story

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 20:33 — Last Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015 at 20:32
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Canadian reporter Paul Watson says he has resigned from the Toronto Star newspaper after editors banned him from further research into

United States Secretary of State John Kerry leaves a news conference at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Blog: Arctic Council Ministerial – Winners and Losers

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 13:43 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 14:04
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Canada’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council concluded on Friday in Iqaluit. With the dust now settled, it’s time to review