Bear hunt quota worries reindeer herders in Sweden’s Arctic
The middle of August starts bear hunting season and the number of bears to be shot in northern Sweden is
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Canada’s Arctic Council leadership gets mixed reviews
Canada is now just over one year into its two-year chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It assumed leadership of the
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Farming, forestry and climate change in Sweden
Climate change is happening, but how will it affect Sweden? It turns out farming and forestry may not do so
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Updated: Canadian Inuit blast ruling on continued EU seal ban as ‘morally reprehensible’
The leader of Canada’s national Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), denounced Thursday’s WTO ruling upholding an EU ban on
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WTO upholds EU ban on seal products
The World Trade Organization appellate body issued a ruling on Thursday that upholds the controversial European Union seal ban. A
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Hundreds demonstrate against mining in Arctic Sweden
Hundreds of people travelled from Sweden’s Arctic this weekend to demonstrate against what they call the unsustainable “mining boom” in
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Blog: Reindeer migration (by boat!) in Arctic Norway (VIDEO)
Norway’s public broadcaster NRK has a spectacular timelapse video up on their website showing reindeer migrating to an Arctic island….
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Finland’s Swedish speakers now outnumbered by foreign language speakers
New provisional figures from Statistics Finland show that residents whose first language is neither Finnish, Swedish nor Sámi now make
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Foreign language speakers overtake number of Sámi and Swedish-speakers in Finland
People whose first language is other than Finnish, Swedish or Sámi presently account for around 90% of the nation’s population
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Artists boycott market in Arctic Sweden over mining conflict
Thursday is Sami National Day, celebrated internationally by indigenous people of the European Arctic, including in Sweden. This is also
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Feature Interview: Live from Arctic Frontiers
Last week’s column focused on the Arctic Frontiers conference being held in Tromso, Norway. Deutsche Welle journalist and blogger Irene
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TV-loving domestic reindeer becomes celebrity in Arctic Finland
Aatu, a domesticated reindeer in Finland’s Arctic city of Rovaniemi, enjoys watching his favourite TV show, Heartbeat and has become
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BLOG: Conservative victory in Norway: What does it mean for the Arctic?
In Norway’s elections on Monday, the Conservative party (Høyre) won the most seats, sweeping Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg from
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Hunting season underway in Finland
The first two weeks of open season on bear have brought 21 kills – and one suspected hunting crime. At
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Police remove iron ore mine protesters in Sweden’s Arctic
Four activists stopped preparations for the exploration of iron ore from a prospective mine in Sweden’s Far North on Monday.
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