Yellowknife can’t afford to host 2026 Arctic Winter Games unless N.W.T. takes the lead, says mayor
If Yellowknife agrees to host the 2026 Arctic Winter Games (AWG), Mayor Rebecca Alty says it would need a lot
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Russia’s revised foreign policy document aims at “neutralization” of unfriendly action in Arctic
Russia’s place in the world has changed fundamentally since the country adopted its last Foreign Policy Framework Policy in 2016. Back
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Finland to join NATO Tuesday, military alliance chief says
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday Finland will become the 31st member of the world’s biggest military alliance on Tuesday,
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Remote Arctic region gets first road connection to mainland
The more than 600 km long road across the Nenets tundra took more than 30 years to build. Last week,
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Ice-cold gloom for Russia’s new super-powerful icebreaker
Budgets are massively overrun and it is not clear when the 120 MW nuclear-powered vessel will be ready for sailing.
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“China is our strategic partner,” says Governor of Russian Arctic region
At the same time as Communist Party leader Xi Jinping visited Moscow, a Chinese business delegation came to the far
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As NATO flotilla exercises along North Norwegian coast, Russian vessels lure in nearby waters
Exercise Joint Warrior is one of this year’s biggest multinational military exercises in Europe. It is closely monitored by Russia’s
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Ships break through the Yenisey, unload 4,600 tons of oil pipes on the ice
Two ships at the same time docked in the thick sea-ice of the Yenisey River to deliver construction parts to
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Russia kicks off command and staff exercise, NATO scrambles F-35s from Evenes
Warships, submarines, aircraft and coastal air defense units are engaged as Russia’s Northern Fleet train on protecting Russia’s Arctic maritime
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Growing focus on Arctic puts Greenland at higher risk of cyber attacks: assessment
The growing international attention on the Arctic puts Greenland at an increased risk for cyber attacks, according to a recent
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“It’s about time” U.S. ambassador to Norway says of Sweden, Finland’s NATO bids
The U.S. ambassador to Norway, Marc Nathanson, says the whole northern flank of NATO has to be conscious of the
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“Barents and Arctic cooperation can continue without Russia”: ambassador
Finland’s Barents Ambassador Jari Vilén is confident that international cooperation in the far northern region must persist on a Nordic
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Sweden presents NATO membership bill to Riksdag
The Swedish government presented its NATO membership bill to the Riksdag on Wednesday, saying it was another important step on
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Norway’s foreign minister on snowmobile patrol along Russian border
Norway continues to keep border and ports open for Russia in the north. “We are cooperating with individual Russians,” foreign
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Old icebreakers eye upgrades for Murmansk-Vladivostok tourism
As international cruise liners pull out of the Russian Arctic amid Ukraine war, a domestic initiative launches month-long voyages along
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