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Canada General RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Harmonized data could help understanding of COVID-19 pandemic in North: Arctic Council briefing doc

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, July 23, 2020 at 09:12
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Harmonized data and circumpolar oriented statistics would contribute to better understanding the COVID-19 pandemic in the North, says a briefing

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General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Iceland offers COVID-19 testing to international travellers starting June 15

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, June 15, 2020 at 14:33
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Iceland began offering COVID-19 testing to international travellers on Monday, in hopes that giving tourists a way to avoid two-week

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Sweden to lift domestic travel restrictions in mid-June

Lee Roden, Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2020 at 11:14
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People without Covid-19 symptoms will be allowed to travel within Sweden from June 13th, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced on

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut businesses, private sector struggle to find space in closed economy

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 5, 2020 at 10:47
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This story is part of The COVID Economy, a CBC News series looking at how the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish protest over George Floyd’s death to take place online due to pandemic

Frank Radosevich, Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 12:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 12:19
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Demonstrations have spread across the globe following the death of a black man in the United States after a white

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Business Business (Canada) Canada RCI 

Some businesses booming as Yukoners adjust to pandemic life in Arctic Canada

Mike Rudyk, CBC News
Posted: Monday, June 1, 2020 at 10:08
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While many businesses are struggling to survive through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, others are as busy as they’ve ever been.

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Man trying to enter Russia stuck in Finland for over 2 months

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2020 at 09:35
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A man who became stuck at the Vaalimaa border station between Finland and Russia in mid-March, has now been stranded on the

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut extends public health emergency until June 11

Beth Brown, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 12:36
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Nunavut’s public health emergency is extended until June 11 because of COVID-19. After releasing a reopening plan for the territory on

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Business Business (Finland) Finland 

Finland joins other Nordic countries in virtual tourism due to pandemic

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 10:39
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Finnish tourism destinations are turning to virtual tourism to get around travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. The first

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Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Sweden seen as major source of COVID-19 in Western Finland region

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 12:41
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Vaasa Central Hospital’s infectious diseases chief physician Juha Salonen told Svenska Yle that people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Finland’s western region

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Covid-19 deaths top 4,000 but overall situation in Sweden ‘getting better’

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 10:18
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Sweden on Monday saw its Covid-19 death toll pass 4,000, but State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell said that the overall situation in

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Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Closed military naval town in Russian Arctic sees major increase in COVID-19 cases

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 11:13
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A total of 169 new cases were registered in Arkhangelsk region over the last 24 hours, more than 150 of

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Canada: Nunavut government releases COVID-19 reopening plan

CBC News
Posted: Monday, May 25, 2020 at 18:54
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The Nunavut government unveiled its COVID-19 reopening strategy Monday, with the territory’s top doctor calling it a flexible, cautious and

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Nordics concerned over COVID-19 spread in Sweden

David Russell, Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, May 25, 2020 at 10:43
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Norway and Finland are looking at opening their borders for the tourist season and are said to be considering retaining

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Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) RCI 

COVID-19 delay, early ice melt challenge international Arctic science mission

The Associated Press
Posted: Friday, May 15, 2020 at 09:46
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They prepared for icy cold and trained to be on the watch for polar bears, but a pandemic just wasn’t

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