Column: Journalists want to report on Barents region – Here’s why it’s not working
In basically every newsroom in the Barents region you can find journalists who are willing to report about what is
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Sweden
Record-low amount of sea ice in Baltic Sea
This year marks a historically poor ice-winter, reports Swedish Radio News. Ice covered at most, approximately 45,000 square kilometres of
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Alaska policy, oil exports and moose threats – Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this
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Hbl: No Finnish Navy orders for Russian-owned shipyard
The Finnish Navy’s Chief of Staff says it will not seek any bids from Helsinki’s Russian-owned Arctech Shipyard. Since Helsinki’s
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Finnish Air force to take part in joint Finnish-Swedish-US military exercises
Finland will participate in air force exercises with the U.S. and Sweden in March, President Sauli Niinistö has announced. The
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Finnish-Swedish police launch cross-border cooperation
Burglars on the run get harder times in the Swedish – Finnish borderland as police forces will be allowed to
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Scandinavian Arctic should cooperate more: report
TROMSØ: The Scandinavian Arctic can rise to become the most innovative, industrious and environmentally friendly growth region in Europe, a
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Sweden: food prices will fall, according to analyst
A Swedish supermarket is making the highest profits in Europe, but low-price chains are expected to force down prices next
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Sweden: social workers say they cannot cope
A rising number of people survive on the most basic state benefit, with the number currently at 400,000. Despite social
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Russian air activity stable near northern Norway
The Norwegian Air Force on Thursday sent out two F-16 fighter jets from NATO’s Quick Reaction Alert in Bodø to identify
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Finland flies alongside NATO missions to intercept Russian jets
Finnish air force jets were scrambled along with NATO aircraft to investigate Russian bombers and fighter jets detected over European
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Sami people want to be present in European Union
The Sami Council, which is an umbrella organization for Sami organizations in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, has agreed that
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Finland wouldn’t organise a submarine hunt “farce,” says defence minister
Finland’s Defence Minister Carl Haglund has hit the headlines in Sweden after saying the Swedish military’s recent search for “foreign
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Finland’s president sees rising non-civilian traffic in Baltic
Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö said he planned to ask the visiting Swedish premier about possible sightings of foreign craft in
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Sport cooperation continues in Barents Region
Sport plays and will continue to play an important role in the people-to-people cooperation in the Barents Region, top sports
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