Blog: Caribou, development & North Korea – Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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US-Finland to hold air exercises in May
The US military will bring several F-15C fighter jets to Finland for joint exercises with the country’s military in May,
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Russian submarine activity equals Cold War levels
Commander says “a lot of what the Russians are doing at the moment we don’t understand, and is obscure.” Vice-Admiral
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Arctic soldiers training with reindeer in Russia
Soldiers from the Northern Fleet’s Arctic Brigade have for the first time learned how to use traditional means of transportation
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Finland wants shorter call-up time for reservists
Finland’s Defence Minister Jussi Niinistö wants new legislation to shorten the call-up time for reservist training. Niinistö said Monday that
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US soldiers practice Arctic warfare in Lapland
Together with the Sodankylä brigade, 15 American soldiers are participating in intense winter weather military training in Finnish Lapland. Dubbed
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Finnish, Swedish PMs plan closer defense cooperation
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipilä and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven have penned a rare joint missive outlining their plans
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Top Eye on the Arctic stories of 2015
With 2015 behind us, we take a look back at some of your most-read Eye on the Arctic stories of the year.
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Sweden to share more intel with Finland, NATO
Sweden will have more joint military exercises and share more intelligence with both Finland and the military alliance NATO, Defence
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Arctic nations sign coast guard agreement
Representatives of all eight circumpolar nations signed a historic deal on Friday committing their coast guards to cooperate and coordinate
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Canadian rangers program to be reviewed
Some alarm bells are sounding over the health of Canada’s northern patrollers. Canada’s Arctic is a vast and very scarcely
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Finns on fence about NATO
A new poll commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle shows that 55 percent of Finns are opposed to NATO
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Trudeau, shipping & Arctic conflict: Week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Blog:Put up or shut up with your Arctic Conflict Theory
The Arctic is on the verge of conflict; so the theory goes. Melting ice is uncovering a trove of riches,
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Finland inspects Russian Arctic Brigade
The Finnish Defence Command is starting a three-day evaluation visit to Alakurtti, the base for Russia’s new Arctic special forces.
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