Last Schengen land-border open for Russian tourists sees 33 percent increase in traffic
Due to the restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic, the numbers for this January are not comparable with previous years. Russia
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Norway prepares for Russians fleeing military service
It is starting to get cold in northernmost Norway and illegal border crossings in the wilderness could be dangerous. A
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Norway formally scraps Russia visa deal
Higher costs, more papers and longer processing time. From September 22, Russians will find it harder to apply for visa
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Updated: Arctic security discussed at Reykjavik Northern Group meeting
Arctic security was among the top issues discussed at the Northern Group meeting in Reykjavik this week, the member countries’
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After a two-year delay, Canadian Inuit art exhibition in Warsaw meets the moment
After a two-year delay because of the pandemic, a new exhibition of contemporary Inuit art in Warsaw, Poland opened in
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Norway absent from massive US-led multinational drill in Europe next year
NATO’s northernmost country with direct border to Russia’s militarized Kola Peninsula relies heavily on allied reinforcements, but lacks capacity to
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Non-fiction book about inuk residential school survivor from Atlantic Canada attracts readers in Poland
Poland is half a world away from the legacy of residential schools, but to the author of a new book
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New UN climate agreement “not strong enough”, says Swedish NGO
One of Sweden’s biggest NGOs working against climate change sees strengths and weaknesses with the document agreed on at the
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December sea ice levels in Arctic Europe at record low
It is December and European Arctic waters are free of ice way north of Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya. Norwegian Ice Service,
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‘It would be great to have clean air’: A Polish wish as crucial climate talks open
The official video promoting the host of this year’s crucial international climate talks paints a glowing green picture. Poland, it
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Swedish delegation cautiously optimistic ahead of climate conference in Poland
The goals were set in Paris three years ago. Now representatives from all over the world with gather to decide
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Ice-Blog – While Arctic melts, sweltering Germany hosts UN climate talks
It’s been a scorcher of a week here in Bonn, Germany. Delegates to the UNFCCC climate talks (one of the interim meetings
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Polish oilmen go Arctic
The Polish energy company PGNiG aims for Norwegian Arctic licenses in areas near the maritime border to Russia. The Polskie Gornictwo
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Push back on Baltic dumping ban criticized in Sweden
Some countries are pushing back on a ban that would forbid cruise ships from dumping sewage waste in the Baltic
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Secret nuclear cargo transported along coast of Norway
Despite a cold political climate, the U.S. and Russia cooperated on a secret September voyage with highly-enriched uranium from Poland
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