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33 uniquely crafted paintings by Julia and Eugene Porotovs are represented at the National Art Museum (NAM) of Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Although, visitors have already been acquainted with the creativity of artists at the opening of the “Days of Dolgan Culture” in the State Assembly (Il Tumen) a few months ago, the outstanding beauty and craft of artists are getting popular and popular.
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On August 1, 2018, the National Art Museum of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is opening the exhibition “Djonum esterun kosoonnoro” (from Dolgan language to English “My family’s proverbs”) by young artists Julia and Eugene Porotovs.
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Melting the Ice Curtain, written by American journalist and author David Ramseur, is published in Russian for the first time. Author is giving book presentation tour in cities, where the events, that unfold throughout the book, took place.
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JULY 11, Natalia Slugina, Head of Chukotka International Relations Department, NF Regional Coordinator, visited Yakutsk to discuss opportunities for strengthening cooperation between Chukotka and Sakha Republic (Yakutia), including Chukotka's engagement in the Northern Forum activities.
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During opening ceremony of International Oblas Rowing Competitions for the Ugra Governor`s Cup held in Nefteyugansky district, Governor of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Natalya Komarova received a medal named after Walter Hickel - a founder of the Northern Forum.
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Ethnosport World Society (EWS), Northern Forum, UgraMegaSport and Save Ugra public organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding and agreed to jointly promote the preservation, development, and popularization of traditional games and ethnosport as an integral part of the intangible cultural heritage, to support each other, and to render assistance in creating a platform for information and knowledge exchange in these fields.
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17-18 MAY 2018, NF Chair - Acting Governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug Alexander Tsybulsky held a meeting with NF Executive Director Mikhail Pogodaev to discuss following issues:
- Regional Coordinators Committee meeting in Naryan-Mar in November 2018;
- Meeting of the Northern Forum Working Group on Health in the North and Social Issues;
- Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC);
- Membership;
- Meeting of the Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials (SAO);
- Status of Lapland in the Northern Forum.
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More than 180 guests from Norway, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Taimyr, Salekhard, Chukotka, seven districts of Yakutia and Yakutsk participated the first ArcticSkills professional competence championship in Russia, held in the framework of International Seminar “Reindeer Husbandry – a Cornerstone of Indigenous Life in the Arctic”.
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At the meeting concluded on March 23 in Levi, Finland, the Arctic Council addressed the major themes of meteorological cooperation and improvement of telecommunications in the region.
Friday, 23 Mar 2018
Levi, Finland
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Levi, Finland is hosting March 19-20 and 22-23, 2018, the Arctic Council’s second Sustainable Development Working Group and Senior Arctic Officials’ meetings held during the Chairmanship of Finland (2017-2019). These meetings bring together representatives from the eight Arctic States, the six indigenous Permanent Participant organizations, six Working Groups, and over 30 Observer states and organizations.
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The Northern Forum attended the fifth session of the Norwegian-Russian Working Group for Interregional and Cross-Border Cooperation of the Norwegian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic, Industrial, Scientific and Technical Cooperation which was held on March 15 in Murmansk.