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Conservationists find more critically endangered Arctic fox cubs in Finnish Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 08:54
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The new discovery brings the estimated number of Arctic fox cubs born in Finland over the summer to 25. Two

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

‘Varpu’ storm fells trees and cuts power in south, brings ‘first snow’ to Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 09:05
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Wind speeds of up to 35 metres per second were recorded in the south and east of Finland on Wednesday

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With northern focus, Finland applies EU funding to improve military mobility

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 16:12
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The Finnish Government said an application of €43 million has been sent to the European Union’s Connecting Europe Facility (CAF), a funding

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Heat record broken in northernmost Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 10:53
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The mercury climbed to 29.2 degrees Celsius in Utsjoki on Tuesday, with warm weather set to continue through the weekend

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* Featured * Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News 

Mixed May weather in northern Finland

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 15:47 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 15:56
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Lapland experienced mixed May weather, with exceptional warmth in the eastern part of the region and more rainfall than usual

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Sami turn down participation in Lapland wind power survey

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 14:28
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The Sami Parliament in Finland rejected participation in a Lapland wind power study saying the body does not participate in

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General 

Western Lapland chilled by Finland’s coldest-ever June temperature

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 12:39
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The municipality of Enontekiö in Finnish Lapland started summer with sub-zero temperatures. A weather station near Lapland’s Saana fell recorded

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Politics Politics (Finland) 

Trial fence on Finland-Russia border nears completion, Lapland phase next

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 10:42 — Last Updated: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 10:43
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Finland ultimately plans to build a fence that will cover stretches totalling about 200 kilometres of the 1,300-km-long border with

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland hosts major European fighter jet exercise in Lapland, Pirkanmaa

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 29, 2023 at 11:32
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The Arctic Challenge Exercise 23 will involve about 3,000 soldiers from several different countries, but peace activists plan to hold

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General 

Finnish Lapland braces for flood peaks this weekend

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 19, 2023 at 13:35
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Lapland rescue services have been busy since Thursday evening due to the Tornio River flood situation. Water levels continued to

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

The ‘nightless night’ season begins in Finland’s Far North

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 15, 2023 at 15:53
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When the sun sets over the Finnish Lapland municipality of Utsjoki on Monday, it will be the last time for

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics (Russia) Russia 

Future of Arctic Council in doubt after end of Russian chairship

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 10:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 10:35
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Russia’s two-year term as chair of the Arctic Council came to an end Thursday, leaving the future of the council’s

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland News 

Unusually warm April weather, sunshine records in northern Finland

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, May 8, 2023 at 14:31
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Northern Finland saw some unusually warm weather in April as well as sunshine hour records broken at some weather stations.

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Rovaniemi among cities with biggest rent hikes in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 15:39
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Housing rental costs in Finland increased during the first quarter of this year, but to a greater degree in areas

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* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News 

Exceptionally cold March in Arctic Finland

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 13:49
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Finland’s Arctic Lapland region had an exceptionally cold March this year, in line with much of the rest of the

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