Iceland's Export Sectors are in the Crosshairs
2025-04-24
Iceland's new government plans to impose additional taxes on the country's most successful economic sectors—fishing and tourism—which could backfire in the current global turbulence and unfinished trade war.
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More Offshore Oil Leasing in U.S.'s 'High Arctic' Soon
2025-04-23
The Trump administration plans to create a new designated region for offshore oil leasing in Arctic waters off Alaska, an area where past exploration attempts have failed amid extremely high costs, logistical challenges and safety problems.
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Greenland is Facing Growing Labour Shortage
2025-04-22
Low unemployment and large cohorts approaching retirement are creating pressure on the labor market in Greenland.
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Securing Canadian Arctic is Ferociously Expensive
2025-04-21
Arctic security is part of all three of Canada's major federal party leaders' platforms.
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Trump Administration is Cutting Funding for Arctic Research
2025-04-18
Arctic research has not been spared as President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk seek to slash what they see as unnecessary government spending.
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Finnmark Island Filled with Easter Tourists
2025-04-17
Every Easter, the population quadruples in the village of Hønsebybotn in Norway.
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Elections Turned Finland's Right-Wing Government into a Lame Duck
2025-04-16
The Social Democratic Party, which campaigned for a fairer society, won a landslide victory over the Coalition Party in both the municipal and regional elections, held last weekend.
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Canada-Greenland Inuit Exchange Program Turns 35
2025-04-15
The Nunavut Qaanaaq Association has announced that the annual exchange between Qaanaaq residents and Nunavut Inuit relatives will start in May.
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