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United States Secretary of State John Kerry, Canadian Minister for the Arctic Council Leona Aglukkaq, and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson pose with Inuit wearing traditional dress at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting Friday, April 24, 2015 in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Ministers from the eight Arctic nations and the leaders of northern indigenous groups form the Council. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

All Arctic Council, all the time – Arctic week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 1, 2015 at 21:04
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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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Blog: Arctic Council – Where to watch & who to follow

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2015 at 18:21 — Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015 at 20:29
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Canada turns over the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council to the United States today. Dignitaries from the world’s

Dmitry Rogozin heads Russia's commission for Arctic affairs. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

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“Norway has no right to stop anyone from visiting Svalbard:” Russia

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 13:07 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 20:00
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By threatening to restrict entry to Svalbard for certain individuals, Norway is acting in defiance of the Svalbard treaty, the

Norway has sought an explanation from Moscow after Rogozin's Svalbard visit. This photo is from October 2014, when Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Norway's Foreign Minister Børge Brende in Kirkenes, northern Norway. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Norway summons Russian Ambassador

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 19:09 — Last Updated: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 21:25
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The Foreign Ministry wants an explanation from Russia’s ambassador to Oslo after minister visited Svalbard despite being on the list

Iqaluit, the capital city of Canada's eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut. (The Canadian Press)

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Blog: The Canadian Arctic Council Ministerial – What to expect

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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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Expert: Nordic ministers’ article unwisely provoked Russia

Yle News
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 18:55 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 14:40
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Markku Kivinen, Director of the Aleksanteri Institute, the expert academic body in Finland on all things Russian, says the five

Sergei Lavrov is Russia's Foreign Minister. (Thomas Nilsen/Barents Observer)

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Russia concerned by Finland, Sweden moves towards closer ties with NATO

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 14:14 — Last Updated: Monday, April 13, 2015 at 20:20
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Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that moves by Finland and Sweden towards closer ties with NATO are of “special concern”. A Nordic

A look at Eye on the Arctic's most read stories this week. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)

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Shipping, Russia and reality TV : Arctic week in review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, February 16, 2015 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 12:56
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories on Eye on the Arctic this

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö at a press conference in Russia in August 2014. (Ivan Sekretarev /AFP/Getty Images)

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Finland’s Niinistö to attend Munich security conference

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 18:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 22:45
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Finland’s president Sauli Niinistö is to attend this year’s Munich Security Conference this weekend. He will join a panel discussion

Norway has its full rights to engage in its part of the Barents Sea, Foreign Minister Børge Brende says. (Atle Staalesen/Barents Observer)

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Deteriorating relations with Russia shouldn’t affect Barents drilling: Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 14:44 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 22:45
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Speaking to journalists in Kirkenes, the Norwegian border town, Brende stresses that plans for hydrocarbon exploration in the area should proceed

The Swedish corvette HMS Visby under way on the Mysingen Bay on October 21, 2014 on their fifth day of searching for a suspected foreign vessel in the Stockholm archipelago. (Fredrik Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)

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Sweden’s opposition Liberal Party calls for new Defence Committee discussions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 19:14 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 21:29
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Sweden’s opposition Liberal Party has called on the government to call in a new session of the Defence Committee, a

Finland's Prime Minister Alexander Stubb echoed concerns expressed by President Sauli Niinistö about the onset of another Cold War. (Yle)

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“Cold war looming, sanctions our best bet,” says Finland’s PM

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 16:25 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 21:49
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Prime Minister Alexander Stubb says Finland needs to stay close to the European Union but also maintain good ties with

Norway’s Minister of foreign affairs Børge Brende speaks at the Brookings Institution June 16, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / FP/Getty Images)

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No Norwegian services to Russian Arctic offshore oil

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 14:09 — Last Updated: Friday, September 26, 2014 at 21:10
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Norway’s foreign minister Børge Brende says Norway joins the restrictive measures against Russia introduced by EU earlier in September. The

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and CEO of state-controlled Russian oil company Rosneft Igor Sechin, at a signing ceremony in 2013. (Maxim Shemetov/ AP)

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Russia: $600 million Kara Sea drilling could be shut down

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 20:43
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The United States new round of sanctions on Russia could force Exxon to alter its ongoing drilling in the Kara

Thousands of tons of Swedish cheese may go bad due to Russian sanctions. (iStock)

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Russian sanctions put tons of Swedish cheese in peril

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 13:41 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 20:43
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Thousands of tons of Swedish cheese are sitting in warehouses after being banned from Russia. Swedish cheesemakers have applied to