On 15 May 2013 the Arctic Council will hold its biennial Ministerial Meeting in Kiruna in the north of Sweden. Approximately 300 people – ministers, delegates from the eight Arctic states (Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States), representatives of indigenous peoples, scientists and observers – will gather in to mark the [...]
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Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting to take place in Kiruna
Posted on 02 May 2013.
Posted in Canada, Denmark, Economy, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, International, Norway, Sweden, United States1 Comment
Canada Patrols Icelandic Airspace
Posted on 05 April 2013.
Hornet jets seen in the skies over Keflavik this March and April are the result of Operation Ignition. The six aircraft belonging to the Royal Canadian Air Force will patrol Iceland’s airspace as part of a NATO exercise this spring.
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Police apologise for immigration checks at Copenhagen African church
Posted on 17 January 2013.
Danish police have issued a formal apology for carrying out immigration checks at a church frequented by African migrants living in the country’s capital.
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Greenland and Denmark submit continental shelf claim
Posted on 23 June 2012.
Denmark and Greenland have handed the United Nations documents to support their claim to the disputed continental shelf.
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Norway secures return of polar explorer’s boat
Posted on 23 March 2012.
A Norwegian group has been given the green light to salvage explorer Roald Amundsen’s sunken ship from Canadian waters.
Posted in Canada, Culture, Featured, MBL, Norway, Travel1 Comment
Canada ready to discuss letting Iceland use its dollar
Posted on 02 March 2012.
The Canadian ambassador to Iceland says that the authorities in Ottawa are willing to start talks that could see the Canadian dollar become the national currency of Iceland – if that is the will of the Icelandic people.
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Icelandic president en route to Antarctica
Posted on 30 January 2012.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the President of Iceland, and First Lady Dorrit Moussaieff, are currently sailing to Antarctica, according to the President’s office near Reykjavík. Al Gore, Nobel laureate and former US Vice President invited them to visit the southernmost continent on the planet.
Posted in Business, Canada, Culture, Education, Energy, Environment, Featured, General, Iceland, International, Lifestyle, MBL, Politics, Technology, Travel, United States1 Comment
Vikings Explore Hudson Bay
Posted on 28 January 2012.
Viking exploration of Hudson Bay will continue in 2013 when descendants of the first Viking voyagers to reach North America 1,000 years ago sail into the Arctic from Churchill, Manitoba.
Posted in Canada, Culture, Education, Environment, Featured, Greenland, Iceland, MBL, Travel, United States2 Comments
