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Sweden says before NATO summit they will spend 5% of GDP on defence

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2025 at 11:42
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Less than two weeks before a NATO summit, Sweden and the Netherlands said Friday that they intend to increase defense

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finnish Lapland sees tourism boom in January

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 14:19 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:21
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The number of tourists visiting Finnish Lapland grew by 12.5 percent in January compared to the same period last year,

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Norway Politics 

5,000 troops train for winter war in Arctic Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 09:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 12:09
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It is named Joint Reindeer and is unfolding in parts of northern Norway this week. The exercise is this year’s

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Russia ordered to pay €5.4 million for seizing Greenpeace vessel

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 14:04
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An international tribunal formed under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea has ruled that Russia will have

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Ice-Blog: Farewell to ‘Last Ice’ victims

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, November 6, 2015 at 16:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Ice Blog readers may remember the story of the two ice researchers and polar explorers who died when they broke

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Greenpeace's ice breaker 'Arctic Sunrise' enters its homeport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on August 9, 2014, after returning from Murmansk, almost a year after it was seized by Russia during a protest against Arctic oil drilling. (Remko de Waal/AFP/Getty Images)
Environment Environment (Russia) General Russia 

Russia has to pay for Greenpeace arrest

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 13:05 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 18:51
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The detention of the “Arctic Sunrise” and the arrest of 30 eco-activists following the Greenpeace campaign in the Pechora Sea was illegal

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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