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Come for Greenland’s beauty. Leave with its spirit.

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Come for Greenland’s beauty. Leave with its spirit.

Is Greenland on your travel bucket list? Here's what to know before you go.

Can art change the climate conversation in Oulu?

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Can art change the climate conversation in Oulu?

Awareness of the climate crisis is usually communicated through alarming data, rising temperature graphs…

What? A Parisian living in Lapland? It’s all about nature, winter and a pack of dogs

What? A Parisian living in Lapland? It’s all about nature, winter and a pack of dogs

They all called me crazy. I am a Parisian living 350 kilometers above the…

Business

Finland’s Kelluu bets on autonomous airships for new Arctic defense era

Finland’s Kelluu bets on autonomous airships for new Arctic defense era

Kelluu doesn’t sell its airships, but the data that they gather as a service.

China opens new Arctic trade route – but obstacles will prevent its wider use

China opens new Arctic trade route – but obstacles will prevent its wider use

For Beijing, the route offers a crucial alternative to the Strait of Malacca.

Canadian miner NexGen Energy holds talks with BHP as it seeks $1 billion for uranium project

Canadian miner NexGen Energy holds talks with BHP as it seeks $1 billion for uranium project

NexGen broke ground on Rook I this week and is in open dialogue with…

Travel

Come for Greenland’s beauty. Leave with its spirit.

Partner content: Visit Greenland

Come for Greenland’s beauty. Leave with its spirit.

Is Greenland on your travel bucket list? Here's what to know before you go.

United returns to Nuuk for a second summer season

United returns to Nuuk for a second summer season

According to a press release, United Airlines resumed its twice-weekly nonstop service between Newark/New…

🇬🇱 Greenland opens new airport in Qaqortoq, expanding access to South Greenland

🇬🇱 Greenland opens new airport in Qaqortoq, expanding access to South Greenland

Qaqortoq, Greenland – 16 April 2026 A new airport has opened in Qaqortoq,…

Geopolitics

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

Once every two years, the Arctic travels to Brussels for the EU Arctic Forum,…

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

The European Union should take on a more strategic and proactive role in the…

How a young artist is mapping the competing demands of mines, wind farms and reindeer in Sweden’s North

How a young artist is mapping the competing demands of mines, wind farms and reindeer in Sweden’s North

When people in London hear that artist Petter Schölander is from Sweden, they tend…

Norway

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

Once every two years, the Arctic travels to Brussels for the EU Arctic Forum,…

🇳🇴 Hydro joins Siemens Mobility led project to recycle aluminium from end-of-life trains

🇳🇴 Hydro joins Siemens Mobility led project to recycle aluminium from end-of-life trains

Hydro is joining Siemens Mobility, TSR Group and Voestalpine on the Train2Train project to…

The great Arctic security convergence

The great Arctic security convergence

The historic asymmetry has now gone, but can that produce stability?

USA

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Nine days after Icelanders voted against resuming EU accession talks, Donald Trump posted a…

🇺🇸 Abbie Tingstad named director of Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

🇺🇸 Abbie Tingstad named director of Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

September 8, 2026 The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy…

Trump suggested Iceland become 51st US state in 2024 call with then-prime minister

Trump suggested Iceland become 51st US state in 2024 call with then-prime minister

Donald Trump raised the idea of Iceland becoming the 51st U.S. state in a…

Sweden

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

The European Union should take on a more strategic and proactive role in the…

How a young artist is mapping the competing demands of mines, wind farms and reindeer in Sweden’s North

How a young artist is mapping the competing demands of mines, wind farms and reindeer in Sweden’s North

When people in London hear that artist Petter Schölander is from Sweden, they tend…

🇸🇪 Saab receives order from FMV for further work on future concept

🇸🇪 Saab receives order from FMV for further work on future concept

Saab has received a SEK 2.9 billion order from Sweden's Defence Material Administration for…

Russia

Oil refinery in Northern Russia attacked by drones

Farida Kurbangaleeva

Oil refinery in Northern Russia attacked by drones

The town of Ukhta, 1,700 km from the front line, has been targeted by…

Sanctioned Chinese heavy lift carrier on standby outside Norwegian Arctic coast

Sanctioned Chinese heavy lift carrier on standby outside Norwegian Arctic coast

The Ya Qing Hai Yang, which is heavily involved in shipments to Russia’s banned…

“My grandmother gave me this name so that I would do something with it”

Olesia Krivtsova

“My grandmother gave me this name so that I would do something with it”

Twenty years ago—on 7 October 2006—journalist and writer Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in…

Greenland

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

Once every two years, the Arctic travels to Brussels for the EU Arctic Forum,…

Greenland’s oil dispute is testing Arctic sovereignty

Greenland’s oil dispute is testing Arctic sovereignty

What began as a permitting dispute is evolving into something much bigger.

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Nine days after Icelanders voted against resuming EU accession talks, Donald Trump posted a…

Iceland

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

Once every two years, the Arctic travels to Brussels for the EU Arctic Forum,…

🇮🇸 Andritz Hydro to supply stators for Búrfell Station

🇮🇸 Andritz Hydro to supply stators for Búrfell Station

Landsvirkjun has contracted Austrian equipment maker Andritz Hydro to supply and install four replacement…

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Nine days after Icelanders voted against resuming EU accession talks, Donald Trump posted a…

Denmark

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

The European Union should take on a more strategic and proactive role in the…

🇩🇰 Seed Capital closes Fund V with €130 million to back founders across the Nordics

🇩🇰 Seed Capital closes Fund V with €130 million to back founders across the Nordics

Seed Capital has closed Fund V with €130 million and is expanding across the…

The Arctic is where NATO’s AI stack is being built

The Arctic is where NATO’s AI stack is being built

Regional security is increasingly tied to allied software integration.

Finland

🇫🇮 Can satellites spot illicit crops from space? Kuva Space shows hyperspectral imaging and in-house AI models boost detection at scale

🇫🇮 Can satellites spot illicit crops from space? Kuva Space shows hyperspectral imaging and in-house AI models boost detection at scale

September 15, 2026 From orbit, an opium poppy field does not necessarily look very…

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

EU should take more strategic and proactive role in Arctic, 12 member states say

The European Union should take on a more strategic and proactive role in the…

🇫🇮 Nordic Foodtech VC announces €30 million investment from European Investment Fund

🇫🇮 Nordic Foodtech VC announces €30 million investment from European Investment Fund

The European Investment Fund is backing Nordic Foodtech VC's second fund with up to…

Canada

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

In Brussels, the Arctic challenge is what to prioritize

Once every two years, the Arctic travels to Brussels for the EU Arctic Forum,…

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Iceland’s no to the EU cannot vote away Trump’s map

Nine days after Icelanders voted against resuming EU accession talks, Donald Trump posted a…

Trump posts map showing Iceland under U.S. flag

Trump posts map showing Iceland under U.S. flag

The European country's inclusion seems to be new.