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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics (Russia) Russia Society 

Russia launches new hypersonic-weapon submarine

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 28, 2025 at 12:25
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The brand new submarine was floated out of the yard’s dock hall on Thursday. Russia is now half-way in launching

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Norway’s Arctic ambassador speaks at Murmansk congress via video conference

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 11:31
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“It is quite peculiar that Norway chooses to participate in this kind of state-sponsored propaganda event, in a time when

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia accuses Norway of militarizing Svalbard Arctic islands

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Friday, March 14, 2025 at 13:58
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Russia accused Norway of militarizing the Svalbard archipelago and said on Friday it had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Moscow

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Putin’s dealmaker with Trump calls for joint action in the Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 15:52
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“The Arctic is too important for Cold War-style politics,” says Kirill Dmitriev, the influential businessman and government official that plays

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* Featured * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Trump’s renewed interest in Greenland lacks respect, says prime minister

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 10:21 — Last Updated: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 10:23
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U.S. President Donald Trump has not treated Greenlanders with respect since expressing his renewed interest in acquiring the vast, mineral-rich

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Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) 

While Trump casts doubt on NATO policy, B-52s make first time ever bombs drop over Lapland

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 7, 2025 at 09:48
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This is the first time bombs have been dropped by United States strategic bombers, hitting targets in Rovajärvi firing range,

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

U.S., Russia hold Istanbul talks, Arctic development briefly raised: Kremlin spokesman

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 12:20
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Russian and U.S. teams held six hours of talks in Turkey on Thursday to try to restore normal functioning of

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* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Standing Firm – US takeover bid fuels Greenland’s independence movement

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 11:18 — Last Updated: Monday, March 10, 2025 at 15:02
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As Greenland draws international attention amidst a takeover push from US President Donald Trump, the independence movement is growing among

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Environment Environment (Russia) General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Russia 

Atlantification ushering in new era of sea ice loss in the Siberian Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2025 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2025 at 16:03
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Warm Atlantic waters are rapidly reshaping the Siberian Arctic, sparking an era of unprecedented sea ice loss—something that will have

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Military support to Ukraine vital for our security says Norwegian border town mayor

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 24, 2025 at 11:28
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“If dictator Putin is not stopped, he will look for the next areas in his sphere of interest. That could

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Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 

In Murmansk Port works a fleet of Norwegian reefer vessels

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 17, 2025 at 14:00
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“Fish can be traded with the Russians, it has been decided by Norwegian and European authorities,” says Tormod Fossmark, CEO

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General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia withdraws accreditation of Norwegian honorary consul Andrei Shalyov

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 15:27
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry in Moscow has withdrawn the exequatur and accreditation of Arkhangelsk citizen Andrei Shalyov. The move comes amid

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finland’s eastern border unlikely to reopen anytime soon

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 09:16
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Large-scale illegal immigration is still the biggest risk on Finland’s eastern border, says Colonel Marko Saareks, the new commander of

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway’s Finnmark brigade to boost Arctic border defense, reevaluate training limits

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 31, 2025 at 14:46
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Norway’s new Finnmark Brigade will closely cooperate with Finnish forces and self-imposed restrictions on allied training along the border to

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Passenger rail between Finland and Sweden could start in late 2025

Yle News
Posted: Monday, January 27, 2025 at 14:26
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Passenger train traffic from Finland via Tornio to Haparanda would open up the possibility of traveling to Sweden and the

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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

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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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