Survey: Majority of Finns consider Russia a significant military threat
Eighty-four percent of Finns consider Russia to be a significant military threat, according to a recent values and attitudes survey
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Society
WHO says Sweden’s coronavirus strategy could be ‘a future model’ post lockdowns
The World Health Organisation WHO has highlighted Sweden’s strategy in fighting Covid-19 as representing a possible ‘future model’ for countries
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Canadian Arctic territory sees 29 name changes after waiving fees to reclaim Indigenous names
Ashley Lennie was a teenager when she found out the name on her birth certificate, Inglangasuk, was a different surname than
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Arctic Canada : airline merger creating ‘dire’ situation for northwest communities, says MLA
The MLA for the Northwest Territories’ northernmost communities is calling on airlines in the Beaufort Delta to provide more frequent
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‘This is a crisis’: Canadian Northwest Territories survey shows worsening housing conditions
Housing in every community throughout the Northwest Territories is getting worse. The 2019 NWT Housing Survey says 42 per cent
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How vulnerable is Norway to hybrid warfare?
How resilient are civilians to hybrid warfare and how to act in crises? A research project will include case studies
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Report: Stricter criteria for state support to religious communities in Sweden needed
The democracy criterion in Swedish law, used to determine if religious organizations are eligible to receive state support, needs to
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Sweden to spend millions to boost media in rural areas
The parliament has agreed to start spending 677 million kronor on a new kind of media subsidy. Radio Sweden spoke
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Economic development in the North: The taboo no one wants to talk about
In August 2016, Mary Simon, the veteran Inuit and Canadian political leader, was appointed the Minister’s Special Representative on Arctic
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Arctic Frontiers kicks off with majority of speakers from south of the Arctic Circle
More than 90 percent of the speakers listed on the front page of Arctic Frontiers’ program for 2018 are from
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`Enough of this postcolonial sh#%’ – An interview with Greenlandic author Niviaq Korneliussen
Greenland’s Niviaq Korneliussen is single-handedly redefining readers’ notions of northern literature with her first novel, Homo Sapienne. In her book,
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Blog – Tales of the unexpected: Inuit shepherds in Greenland
In Greenland, there’s a joke that if you go out to dinner with a Greenlandic people, there’s five people: mom,
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Too soon to say what Indigenous affairs overhaul means for Arctic, says Inuit leader
Canada’s National Inuit leader says his organization is watching the dissolution of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada into two separate departments
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More Swedes travel abroad for xmas holidays
Air travel abroad from Swedish airports over the Christmas and New Year holidays have increased by 50 percent over a
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Iceland’s Pirate Party leads polls few days before elections
Like the eruption from Eyjafjallajökull shocked air-traffic across Europe in 2010, Iceland today experiences a political earthquake where the Pirate
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