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It's forbidden in Sweden to throw back poor quality shrimp in order to get a more valuable catch. (Joel Saget / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Picky Swedes dump a thousand tonnes of shrimp

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 09:40
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Swedish fishers dump an estimated 1,000 of shrimp in the sea in order to maximise profits, reports Swedish Radio News.

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A fireman sets an elk free after saving it from a river bed where it was trapped. (Johan Presson / Scanpix / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Moose calf deaths puzzle Swedish researchers

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 11:11
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One of the most famous animals in Sweden is the moose, or elk. It lives all across the country, even

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Queues at the eastern border sometimes hold up tourists from Russia. (Yle)
Business Finland 

May tourist numbers up in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 09:13
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Tourist numbers in May were up by six percent, with those from across the eastern border representing the largest group,

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(Lotta Löfgren / Sveriges Radio)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish municipality indicted for dirty water

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at 09:10
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The municipality of Östersund in central Sweden was indicted for environment crimes on Tuesday, after half the inhabitants became sick

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Reindeers graze close to a snowy road in Finnish Lapland. (Olivier Morin / AFP)
Finland Society Society (Finland) 

Finnish roads the most dangerous in Nordics says newspaper

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 09:49
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The  daily newspaper Aamulehti out of the Finnish city of Tampere, reports on Wednesday that Finnish roads are the most dangerous in

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Russian military exercise prompts complaint.(Photo: Scanpix. Montage: Sveriges Radio)
Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

Swedish military reports newspaper to intelligence service

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 10:23
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The Swedish Armed Forces has filed a complaint to Sweden’s Intelligence Service against the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet for an article

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Beer residues will become biogas to run this Eskilstuna bus, (Petra Levinson / Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Buses in Swedish town to run on beer residues

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at 10:15
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Buses in Eskilstuna, west of Stockholm, Sweden, are to be powered in the future by beer. Swedish Radio News reports

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (Yves Logghe, AP)
Blog 

The Contested Space of NATO in the Arctic

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 at 08:30
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DefenseNews has a thought-provoking analysis of NATO’s announcement earlier this month that it had no plans to establish a direct

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MiG-35d military planes perform in Moscow, on August 16, 2011. A new Swedish report highlights concerns about Russia's political direction. (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP PHOTO)
Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Major Swedish security report focuses on Russia

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, May 31, 2013 at 08:43
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A major security analysis presented to the government Friday says that Russia is moving in the wrong direction, resulting in

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The city of Kiruna in Sweden’s Arctic. Sweden will hand over chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Canada here on May 15th. (Olivier Morin, AFP)
Arctic-Council-2015 Blog 

The Arctic Council Ministerial: Nothing/Everything Has Changed

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Friday, May 31, 2013 at 07:47
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On the face of it, the Arctic Council Ministerial that took place on May 15 was largely business as usual. 

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Chairmanship of the Arctic Council will rotate to Canada on May 15th. (Arctic Council)
Arctic-Council-2015 Blog Special Features 

Arctic Council Meeting May 15th: Who and What to Follow

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 10:43
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Every two years, the Arctic Council (AC) Ministerial Meeting convenes in a city in the host country. The last meeting

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Progressive Party chief Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson speaks to supporters following general elections on Saturday, April 27, 2013, in Reykjavik, Iceland. Five years after Iceland's economic collapse, early returns signaled that voters are favoring the return of a center-right, Eurosceptic government, widely blamed for the nation's financial woes. (Brynjar Gauti / AP Photo)
Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Iceland’s Pirate Party gains 3 seats

The Associated Press
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 11:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:55
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland, a nation of seafarers, has been stormed by pirates. They won’t be forming the government, but online

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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