Greenland community on high alert as massive iceberg looms
Residents in Innaarsuit are on standby for evacuation because a giant iceberg is looming over the island community in northwestern
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Finland steps up border checks for Trump-Putin summit
Finland will require travellers from Schengen countries to pass through border control for the next four days, to coincide with
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Inmates in Northern Canadian jail say conditions deteriorating since June riot
WARNING: This story contains some explicit language Some inmates at the Baffin Correctional Centre say conditions have gotten worse for
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Northwestern Russia’s oldest reactor to run for another 15 years
Russia’s nuclear watchdog authorises operation until 2033, twice the originally planned lifetime. Environmental NGO Bellona is deeply worried about safety.
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Trump hasn’t made the world safer, say overwhelming number of Finns in poll
If there is one thing that unites most Finns regardless of gender, income or place of residence it is a
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Finnish president to talk crisis management at NATO summit
Finnish president Sauli Niinistö will attend a summit of NATO member states in Brussels from 11-12 July. United States President
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Director of decrepit jail in eastern Canadian Arctic expects more riots
When the supervisor at the Baffin Correctional Centre (BCC) started their shift on last Wednesday night, their staff told them
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Russia halts nuclear waste transport during World Cup
A load of containers with spent nuclear fuel from Andreeva Bay on the Kola Peninsula (Northwestern Russia) will have to
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Russia’s Northern Fleet launches surprise, large-scale exercise in Barents Sea
Russian navy kicks off largest naval maneuver in 10 years in a surprise exercise aimed to counter a massive enemy
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Russian Supreme Court upholds FSB ban on Barents Observer Editor Thomas Nilsen
Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news partnership.
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No plans to emulate Sweden’s crisis survival guide, says Finnish PM
Finland does not have plans to publish war and crisis preparation guidelines to all of its residents as Sweden is
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Sweden issues first brochure on war and crisis preparedness since Cold War
A brochure titled If Crisis or War Comes will soon be sent out to all Swedish households. The Civil Contingencies
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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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Finland, Sweden and US building three-way defence ties
Defence Ministers from Finland, Sweden and the United States are scheduled to meet in Washington to discuss military cooperation between
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Finland to host major war games in 2021
Finland will host major international military exercises in 2021. The decision was made on Friday as President Sauli Niinistö met
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