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Finnish President Sauli Niinistö has described as “worrying” US plans to locate mid-range missiles in Europe and called for dialogue on the matter. Speaking during a joint press conference with his opposite number from Moscow Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, Niinistö said that the situation was not governed by any agreements, something that was especially troubling from the European perspective.
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Mourners have gathered in Iceland to commemorate the loss of Okjokull, which has died at the age of about 700.
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On August, 19th 2019, Mikhail Efimovich Nikolaev - 1st President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) from 1991 to 2002 and one of the founding fathers of Northern Forum (NF) visited the NF Secretariat to discuss the strategy of the development of international organization and the held of “The Northern Sustainable Development Forum” which will be launched in Yakutsk, September 24 -28, 2019.
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Wanderlust, a UK travel magazine, has made a list of the top 20 adventure cruises in the world, and included the Northern Sea Route.
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Airlander 10 is a clear indication that the airships, which were to become the main form of air transport after the Second World War, are returning to favorites and will soon become a popular form of luxury travel.
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From July 29 to August 15, North-Eastern Federal University held the Arctic Summer School in Yakutsk, co-organized by the Northern Forum and Korea Maritime Institute, Seoul.
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A warmer Arctic, in general, provided the fuel for lightning-producing thunderheads to move north.
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Even in the Arctic, microscopic particles of plastic are falling out of the sky with snow, a study has found.
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The NAO Department of Natural Resources, Ecology and Agro-Industrial Complex summed up the results of calving based on data received from reindeer herders.
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The head of the Far East Investment and Export Agency of the Russian Federation (IPA) Leonid Petukhov said that geothermal energy might be used in Kamchatka Krai.
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Alaska’s waters are now completely free from ice, with the nearest ice shelf more than 240km away, scientists have warned.
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“The United Nations stands ready to support all initiatives aimed at realizing the rights and aspirations of indigenous peoples.”
— UN Secretary-General António Guterres