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joint efforts of the international experts. We cover the most recent
developments in science, business, and technologies, as well as key
political and economic trends across the Arctic in the form of news,
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South Korea to Build Ice-Class Vessels for Gas Project in Alaska?
Developing Alaskan gas fields requires icebreakers while U.S. is unable to build Ice class vessels and asks for help from Korea. The Republic of Korea needs to fulfill U.S. icebreaker order to increase tariff negotiation power.
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Green Energy Is Driving People Out of Their Homes in Norway
In Bremanger municipality in Western Norway, an ammonia factory is planned on the other side of the fjord. The goal is to produce green hydrogen and green ammonia.
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Brussels is More Important to the Icelandic Government than National Economy
Iceland's immature government prioritises participation in EU meetings over promoting its own seriously troubled economy.
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Denmark Seeks to Counter with Charm U.S. Threats to Greenland
As U.S. President Donald Trump ramps up his aggressive stance towards Greenland, Copenhagen has responded with a flurry of often disjointed political manoeuvres and the public in the Arctic semi-autonomous country worries about what comes next.
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Finnish Air Force F-18 Hornet Сrashed in Lapland, Second in 15 Years
The main fighter type of the Finnish Air Force is the American Boeing F-18 Hornet Multirole Fighter crashed in Rovaniemi.
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What's Happening with the Arctic Cooperation Between Russia and Kazakhstan?
On May 9, the Kazakhstani President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev is expected to visit Moscow in occasion of the 80th anniversary of the victory on the WWII.
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Migrant Youth Gangs Behind Mass Shooting in Uppsala
Late Tuesday afternoon, the police were alerted to a shooting at a hair salon near Vaksala Square in Uppsala. Judging by the names of the gangs, they were modeled on American youth criminal organisations that determine law and order in disadvantaged urban areas of the USA.
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Denmark Should Apply Russia's "Northern Delivery" Experience to Greenland
Every winter, shipping with goods to North and East Greenland is temporarily stopped due to ice conditions. But a citizen of Upernavik believes that the recurring shortage of goods should be handled better, perhaps like in Greenland's Arctic neighbour, Russia.
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