US Senate votes overwhelmingly in favour of Sweden and Finland joining NATO
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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Could melting Arctic sea ice be responsible for U.S. wildfires?
Melting sea ice in the Arctic plays a significant role in the increase of wildfires in the United States, thousands
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Deb Haaland becomes first-ever Native American U.S. Cabinet secretary
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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NATO’s new Atlantic command to keep watch over the European Arctic
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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Slowing Arctic warming called the only hope for polar bears in the long term
Just days before the inauguration of a new president who has dismissed climate change as a hoax, the Obama administration
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Papp hopes next president will carry on U.S. Arctic policies
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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Arctic journalism – between ultimate freedom and ‘climate of oppression’
The World Press Freedom Index 2016 ranks Finland on top and Russia as No 148. For the fifth year in
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Finnish-U.S. joint exercises are for military and technical practice: President Niinistö
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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Arctic nations to sign ‘historic’ coast guard agreement
Experts from all eight Arctic nations are gathering in the United States on Wednesday to sign a historic deal for
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Blog: The Canadian Arctic Council Ministerial – What to expect
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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Russia, shipping and political crisis in Greenland: 2014 Year in Review (Part 3)
Today is the last instalment of the Eye on the Arctic Year in Review where we checked in with our
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Blog: The Arctic Council at a crossroads – Still, and again
The narrative of “the Arctic Council at a crossroads” has been prominent since at least 2008, and probably before. It
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