An academic who spent a year living with an Inuit tribe in Greenland says their traditional way of life could be completely eroded in just 25 years. Read the full story

The Chinese company, Blue Star has purchased the Norwegian heavy industry business Elkem for USD 2.1 billion, it was revealed in Norway this morning. Blue Star is one of the biggest ferrosilicon companies in the world. Read the full story

The news that Lapin Kulta, the iconic beer of Finland’s Lapland, is set to halt production has shocked residents and city officials in the brewery town of Tornio. Read the full story

A meeting of the board of the International Monetary fund (IMF) on the subject of Iceland’s loan request is scheduled today.

The meeting in Washington DC will go ahead at 15.00, which is 20.00 GMT in Reykjavik and London. The board’s decision on the loan application is expected before midnight GMT, if the meeting goes as planned. Read the full story

In an attempt to raise awareness about globalisation, a group of more than 10,000 protestors from around Europe converged on the Swedish town of Malmo to publicise their message. This peaceful protest was held alongside the annual European Social Forum, which is in its fifth year, Yahoo! reports.

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The leaders of the Arctic’s aboriginal groups will meet in Tromso, Norway this autumn to discuss the preservation of their respective languages. Most Arctic indigenous languages are quickly disappearing, and this symposium will explore ways to encourage their revitalisation.

It’s a typical syndrome of globalisation when smaller ethnic groups adopt more popular languages with each passing generation. The indigenous groups that have called the Arctic region home for millennia are perfect examples of this dilemma, but have resolved to gather in Norway to address the problem.

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