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Luleå

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Northern Swedish municipality of Luleå bans mobile phones in schools

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at 15:35
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A general ban on mobile phones in elementary schools is being prepared by the government parties and the Sweden Democrats.

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US bombers land in northern Sweden for first time

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 09:10
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“This is a historic event,” said Brigadier general Tommy Peterson, acting chief of Sweden’s air force. The two B-1B bombers

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Blog: Blinken touts Arctic green transition as fighter jets rumble overhead

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 09:03
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The discovery of rare earth elements at the world’s largest underground iron ore mine in Kiruna promises to fuel the

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Blinken to visit Luleå amid Arctic fighter jet exercise

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11:26
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with the Swedish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister at Luleå air base

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Sweden’s icebreaker season starts with trip from arctic city of Lulea

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, December 23, 2022 at 17:09
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Sweden’s icebreaker season is underway, starting with the first vessel departing from the northern city of Lulea, a city just

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Scandinavian fighter jets in joint training with American B-52 bombers above Arctic Circle

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 15:08
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Simultaneously as Russia’s Northern Fleet kicks off a larger exercise in the Barents Sea is NATO flexing muscles in the

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New routes from Arctic Europe include Milan, London & Thai destinations

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 12:21
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Restoring connectivity between airports in northernmost Europe and far-away destinations is shaping up, despite concerns of long-term post-pandemic hangover affecting

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Criminal gang activity moving into northern Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, October 22, 2021 at 12:59
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Police in Norrbotten have noticed that criminal gangs that can primarily be linked back to Stockholm, have found their way

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Swedish government greenlights higher-speed railway line north to Luleå

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 30, 2021 at 14:26
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The North Bothnia Line will connect Umeå and Luleå along the coast of north-eastern Sweden. In total, the railway entails

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Business Business (Norway) Norway 

No take off for flight-shaming in northern Norway, but northern Sweden sees fall in air passengers

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, January 13, 2020 at 12:29
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With 2019 being the year when ‘Flight shame’ was introduced as a social movement aimed at boycotting air travel to

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Northern Swedish city launches battery-powered bus route

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 15, 2018 at 11:46 — Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2018 at 11:49
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Cold climate is no obstacle for green battery commuting in the largest city in Sweden’s northernmost county. No diesel smell,

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Population dropping in Northwestern Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:39 — Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:44
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Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts are the part of the Barents region with sharpest drop in population, while both Northern Sweden

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Sweden breaks ground on test plant for fossil-free steel production

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 10:07 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:01
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A significant green step is taken outside Luleå, northern Sweden, for an industry that accounts for about a quarter of

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Scientists in Sweden help Indian farmers with artificial glaciers

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, June 4, 2018 at 13:22
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Researchers in Sweden are providing their expertise in snow and ice to help farmers in a remote part of northern

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Business Business (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Northern Sweden to host more Facebook servers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 13:39
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Facebook buys land for its third server hall in the town of Luleå, in Northern Sweden. Facebook already has two

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