Social Democrats lose Arctic stronghold over healthcare in Sweden’s regional elections
An independent party campaigning against the closure of hospitals has come first in the county council elections in Norrbotten in
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Arctic Europe’s July records melted under extreme temperatures
Average temperature in Finnish Lapland was five degrees above normal. In Finnmark, on Norway’s Barents Sea coast, August started just
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Warming Arctic could be at heart of deadly July heatwave
It’s been a hot July. Wildfires in Greece killed at least 83, Sweden is desperately fighting fires above the Arctic
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Forest fires are raging across the Barents region
Firefighters combat wildfires from the Kola Peninsula (Northwestern Russia) to Norrbotten (Northern Sweden) as record heat wave continues north of
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Population dropping in Northwestern Russia
Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Oblasts are the part of the Barents region with sharpest drop in population, while both Northern Sweden
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European Commission suggests extending major rail network to Northern Norway
The Norwegian ice-free port is suggested a key position in EU’s Scandinavian-Mediterranean Corridor railway network. As part of the next
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Sami win case for rights to hunt, fish in Sweden
The Gällivare District Court has awarded the Girjas Sami association in Norrbotten County the right to control hunting and fishing permits on
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Photo staff laid off at papers in North Sweden
Newspaper company Norrbottens Media told staff on Tuesday it was cutting positions at three of its news outlets in an effort to reduce
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Arctic foxes making a comeback in Sweden
More than a decade ago, the fjällräven, or arctic fox, in Scandinavia was on the brink of extinction. But things
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Activists arrested in Sweden during Arctic military exercise
Seven activists protesting against the international military exercise Arctic Challenge were arrested for trespassing on Tuesday when they entered one
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Sami villages under-report elk hunt kills in Sweden
Local officials with Norrbotten county have called out five of the area’s largest Sami villages for failing to report hundreds
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Free birth control halves number of abortions carried out in northern Sweden
Since Sweden’s Norrbotten county council began offering free birth control to young women three years ago the number of abortions
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Sweden: Mine applications hit new low in 2013
The number of mining applications for exploration permits has dropped to a new low this year, leading some to believe
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Two killed by tar spill at plant in North Sweden
Two people were found dead on Thursday afternoon, after an industrial accident at a coke-oven plant in Luleå, a city
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