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Greenland needs new approach to preserve welfare state amidst aging population: gov

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, March 6, 2023 at 15:55
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Greenland has launched a new strategy to help navigate the upcoming challenges of maintaining the welfare state amidst an aging

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Society Society (Canada) 

Day after nurse sit-in in western Nunavik, union denounces employer actions

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 20, 2023 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Monday, January 23, 2023 at 08:54
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The day after a sit-in by nurses in the western part of northern Quebec, their union is denouncing the employer

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Pauktuutit to explore challenges confronting Inuit women in Canada’s extractive industry

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 22, 2019 at 15:38
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Canada’s national women’s organization is working to launch a new project to better understand the violence and harassment faced by

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News Politics Politics (Sweden) 

Sweden’s Armed Forces failed to recruit enough troops in 2017

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, January 12, 2018 at 14:07 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 16:11
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The Swedish Armed Forces continued to struggle attracting recruits in 2017, falling well below its own target of 3,500 troops required for basic training. Swedish

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Video: Working construction in Canada’s High Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 00:46 — Last Updated: Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 01:06
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Working construction in Canada’s High Arctic is not for the faint of heart. But since 2014, work crews from all

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Blog Business Business (Russia) General Russia 

Blog: Arctic oil – Russia pushes North as U.S. blocks Alaska leasing

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 14:47
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While the U.S. Department of the Interior announced earlier this month that it would hold off on leasing areas in the Alaskan

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finnair bracing for flight cancellations over pilot action

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 15:09
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National airline Finnair has warned of the possibility of flight cancellations as pilots resort to industrial action during negotiations on

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A construction site in Finland. The number of building companies seeking bankruptcies remains high, though it has declined by nearly 20% since last year. (iStock)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finnish economy still faltering

Yle News
Posted: Friday, December 4, 2015 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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The latest preliminary data from Statistics Finland indicates that GDP declined by half a percentage point from July to September

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finland’s shipbuilding prospects looking up

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 07:05 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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The industrial sector in Finland has been hit hard by a changing market and the economic downturn. Tens of thousands

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A construction site in Finland. The number of building companies seeking bankruptcies remains high, though it has declined by nearly 20% since last year. (iStock)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Finland trims economic growth forecast

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 15:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 15:40
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Finland’s Finance Ministry says Finnish public finances will remain in deficit until the end of the decade, even if government

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Alaska's coastal villages want more involvement in shipping decisions that affect waters near their communities. (iStock)
Business Business (USA) General Special Features USA 

What Shell’s decision means for Alaska economy

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 13:24 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 19:24
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Views on the impact of a Shell pullout from the already fragile Alaska economy ranged from dire to cautious Monday,

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Sydvaranger is a corner stone company in Kirkenes, employing about 400 people. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)
Business Business (Norway) General Norway 

Mining co. on bankruptcy brink in Arctic Norway

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Friday, September 25, 2015 at 20:57
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Bankruptcy looms for iron-ore miner Sydvaranger in Kirkenes as subcontractor stops deliveries of spare parts. According to newspaper Dagens Næringsliv,

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Arctic newspapers Norrländska Socialdemokraten and Norrbotten Kuriren, as well as television station 24 Norrbotten, are laying off people to reduce costs. (iStock)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Photo staff laid off at papers in North Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 15:16 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 20:36
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Newspaper company Norrbottens Media told staff on Tuesday it was cutting positions at three of its news outlets in an effort to reduce

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Jobs that include a great deal of customer service often require excellent language skills. (Tiina Karjalainen / Yle)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finns need Swedish, say Norway employers

Yle News
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 18:50 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 18:51
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Norwegian business leaders and academics interviewed by Yle’s Swedish-language news service say they are disappointed in the overall level of

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Economists are far from exuberant in their characterisation of Finnish finances. Words like dismal, weak, low-key and no change abound in their responses.(Jyrki Lyytikkä / Yle)
Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Zero growth at best for Finland: Yle Poll

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 18:36 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 15:38
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The nation was hoping for economic turnaround this year. Instead, 2015 threatens to become Finland’s fourth consecutive year of recession.

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