News & Press Releases
12 February 2016
In September 2016, the next world wildlife conference of signatories to CITES will take place in South Africa.
11 February 2016
Science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
11 February 2016
The 4th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium (CNARC) will take place in the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland from the 6th to 9th of June 2016 under the theme "The Sustainable Arctic - Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization".
10 February 2016
Today, February 10th 2016, the Russian news websites have reported that Russia has submitted a a revised application for the extension of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean to the United Nations.
10 February 2016
Yesterday, February 9th, the Russian Agency TASS reported that in 2016 China will continue its Antarctic research expeditions while seeking to organize a joint Arctic research expedition with Russia for the first time.
9 February 2016
The second EU-PolarNet newsletter is now available online! You can download the entire newsletter as a pdf file here.
8 February 2016
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will hold an Expert Meeting on 9-10 February 2016 in Oslo, Norway, to help it strengthen its communications as it starts work on its next cycle of reports.
5 February 2016
The Arctic Yearbook is calling for abstracts for the 2016 edition.
3 February 2016
Parties bring together technical capabilities on trans-Arctic shipping
3 February 2016
North Korea has joined the Svalbard Treaty, signed in 1920, TASS reports, citing local media. By doing so, North Korea received an international legal guarantee for carrying out economic and research activity near the Spitsbergen (Svalbard) archipelago.
3 February 2016
Tromso, Northern Norway, January 24-29, 2016. International organization of governors of northern regions «Northern Forum» has conducted roundtable discussion on theme «Role of Regional Governments and Local Communities in Sustainable Development of the Arctic» during international conference «Arctic Frontiers – 2016» held in Tromso, Norway from 24th to 29th of January 2016.
2 February 2016
Norway, Europe’s biggest gas supplier after Russia, said developing its northernmost reserves in the Arctic hinges on a commitment by the European Union to make the fuel part of its strategy to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
1 February 2016
During the conference "How are you Nordic Region?", topics as current refugee situation and border controls between Denmark and Sweden were also discussed.
29 January 2016
The 2017 ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council will take place in Fairbanks, Adm. Robert Papp, the U.S. State Department's special representative for the Arctic, announced Monday at Arctic Frontiers in Tromsø.
28 January 2016
Representatives from Russia´s Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Norwegian Joint Headquarters are meeting in the border town of Kirkenes today (26.01). The meeting is one of two annual working meetings, press officer at the Joint Headquarters Lieutanant Colonel Ivar Moen says to the Independent Barents Observer.
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