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Finland chooses Kirkenes in Norway for new Arctic railway terminal

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 9, 2018 at 11:26
Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, economy, environment, europe, Kirkenes, Northern Sámi, Norway, Oulu, Rovaniemi, sami rights
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The Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has decided that a railway routing to the Arctic Ocean via Oulu, Rovaniemi

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Ombudsman hopes for Sami rights ratification after election

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, March 27, 2015 at 15:33 — Last Updated: Monday, March 30, 2015 at 18:54
international labour organization, legislation, ombudsman, sami rights
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25 years after the UN’s International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Convention No. 169 was approved, Finland’s Parliament was supposed to ratify it

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