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“It’s about time” U.S. ambassador to Norway says of Sweden, Finland’s NATO bids

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, March 13, 2023 at 11:40
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The U.S. ambassador to Norway, Marc Nathanson, says the whole northern flank of NATO has to be conscious of the

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* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Trudeau says flying objects brought down over the past week may be linked

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 09:03
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‘Obviously, there is some sort of pattern in there,’ the prime minister says after Yukon visit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Local company’s $3.95-billion U.S. arctic base contract “good news” says Greenland

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 15:45
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The Government of Greenland says it welcomes news that local company Inuksuk A/S was awarded the new maintenance contract for

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

U.S aircraft flew Norwegian airspace on mission outside Russia’s nuclear sub bases

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 15:57
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Norway’s reassurance policy towards Russia has for the most followed a practice that allied intelligence missions to airspace outside the

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US Senate votes overwhelmingly in favour of Sweden and Finland joining NATO

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, August 4, 2022 at 10:31
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Just after midnight Swedish time, the US Senate voted in favour of ratifying Finland and Sweden’s application to join the

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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 RCI USA 

Could melting Arctic sea ice be responsible for U.S. wildfires?

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, December 29, 2021 at 14:54
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Melting sea ice in the Arctic plays a significant role in the increase of wildfires in the United States, thousands

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Deb Haaland becomes first-ever Native American U.S. Cabinet secretary

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 15:52
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WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Deb Haaland was confirmed on Monday as Secretary of the Interior, becoming the first Native American

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Politics Politics (USA) USA 

NATO’s new Atlantic command to keep watch over the European Arctic

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 15:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:59
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NATO’s new U.S.-based Atlantic Command was declared operational in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday, underlying the alliance’s

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Environment Environment (USA) General USA 

Slowing Arctic warming called the only hope for polar bears in the long term

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, January 9, 2017 at 20:56 — Last Updated: Monday, January 9, 2017 at 22:21
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Just days before the inauguration of a new president who has dismissed climate change as a hoax, the Obama administration

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General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Papp hopes next president will carry on U.S. Arctic policies

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 00:44
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A year ago, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to travel above the Arctic Circle. The president’s

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Arctic journalism – between ultimate freedom and ‘climate of oppression’

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 20:02 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 20:13
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The World Press Freedom Index 2016 ranks Finland on top and Russia as No 148. For the fifth year in

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Finland Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finnish-U.S. joint exercises are for military and technical practice: President Niinistö

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 21:41
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According to President Sauli Niinistö, new joint U.S. exercises have no security policy significance and are in line with Finland’s

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Canada Environment (Canada) Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics Special Features 

Arctic nations to sign ‘historic’ coast guard agreement

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 18:43 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:18
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Experts from all eight Arctic nations are gathering in the United States on Wednesday to sign a historic deal for

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Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (The Canadian Press)
Arctic-Council-2015 Blog Canada Geopolitics Geopolitics (Canada) Politics Special Features 

Blog: The Canadian Arctic Council Ministerial – What to expect

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Friday, May 20, 2016 at 12:46
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As current Chair of the Arctic Council, Canada will host the biannual Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit, April 24-25, before handing

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The Greenlandic flag in territory's capital city of Nuuk. The incumbent Siumut party narrowly won a snap election in November 2014. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Blog Business Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) Special Features 

Russia, shipping and political crisis in Greenland: 2014 Year in Review (Part 3)

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 17:45 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 13:52
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Today is the last  instalment of the Eye on the Arctic  Year in Review  where we checked in with our

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