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Norway buys 54 Leopards for protection of the North

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 3, 2023 at 14:20
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After a long period of consideration, Norway has decided to buy new tanks. A total of 54 Leopard 2 tanks

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Lonely Lavrov invites Arctic colleagues to Siberia, but no one will come

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at 09:08
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It was late last fall Sergey Lavrov sent the official invitation for the bi-annual ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council.

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No plans to emulate Sweden’s crisis survival guide, says Finnish PM

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 12:11 — Last Updated: Friday, May 25, 2018 at 11:46
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Finland does not have plans to publish war and crisis preparation guidelines to all of its residents as Sweden is

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Activists say use of Finnish in Sweden is being restricted

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 17:19 — Last Updated: Friday, June 30, 2017 at 13:09
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Finnish speakers in Sweden are protesting about what they say is language-based discrimination. The group of activists wrote an op-ed

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Military exercise Arctic Challenge 2017 set for take off

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, May 22, 2017 at 08:30
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More than 100 aircrafts from 12 nations will crowd the skies over northern Finland, Sweden and Norway. The Norwegian Defence

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Finland carbon neutral by 2045 says country’s environment minister

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 17:10 — Last Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at 17:13
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Environment Minister Kimmo Tiilikainen says that Nordic countries should be world leaders in climate policy. He says Finland could reach

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Finland Politics Politics (Finland) Society Society (Finland) 

Finland wants Nordic cooperation in returning rejected asylum seekers

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 16:53 — Last Updated: Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 16:54
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Finland’s Interior Minister Petteri Orpo is calling for Nordic cooperation in sending rejected asylum seekers back to their home countries.

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