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Please note that, due to increased demand, and to better accommodate the large number of expected attendees, the dates for the second annual Arctic Circle Assembly have changed.
The European Parliament, in the Plenary from the 12th of March took a note of the Kiruna Declaration of the Arctic Council from May 2013 and its decision on the permanent observer status for the EU as well as other state entities.
The European Parliament (EP) has accepted in the Plenary 12th March 2014 a resolution on the EU strategy for the Arctic.
Vladimir Vasiliev, NF Executive Director, and Halldor Johansson, Arctic Portal General Manager, have presented the Northern Forum and its new tool within the Arctic Portal for participants of the Arctic Business Summit in Rovaniemi.
Thermokarst Aquatic ecosystems Workshop (THAW) is taking place in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
The Arctic regions have become of bigger interest and matter in a global scale. Due to vast natural resources and melting of Arctic sea ice, the area is in many ways facing a new challenging era.
Successful meetings of Northern Forum representatives and their Icelandic partners took place during the weekend 7th – 9th of March 2014.
Norwegian fishing authorities demand compensation from Icelandic ones, claiming that they have not been able to catch their full quota for capelin in Icelandic waters.
Yesterday, 5th of March, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate announced the great success of their iPhones/iPads App entitled Oil Facts.
Proactive master and PhD students from different countries gathered in the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Arkhangelsk) with aim to increase their knowledge on the Arctic issues, meet like-minded participants from the other countries and develop their leadership skills.
On Wednesday, 5th of March in Hafnarfjörður, southern Iceland, the the Toronto-based theatre company Human Cargo will perform the play Night which explores issues facing Inuit in the Canadian Arctic.
On Tuesday 25th February, at the University of Akureyri, Erik Franckx gave a concise speech for the „Law Forum" on „the Arctic and Mass media" to underline the importance of studying legal regimes and of doing research in the region.
Arctic Services, a joint initiative between companies and institutions in Iceland, collectively, has over 40 years' experience servicing Arctic operations in the North Atlantic.
The Arctic Yearbook 2014 is calling for abstracts. Deadline for the submission is 1st of March 2014.
The Department Political Studies at University of Saskatchewan invites applications for four master's fellowships in comparative Northern governance research.
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