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Health and Wellbeing among Arctic Indigenous Peoples: Leveraging Legal Determinants of Health
Back to Publications View of the U.S.-Canada fourth joint mission to map the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean in August and September 2011. Photo: U.S Department of State The Arctic Institute Health and Wellbeing Series 2025 News Update The...

Arctic Exceptionalism as Myth, Method, and Mirror
Back to Publications Meteor shower and Northern Lights over Snæfellsnes glacier, Iceland. Photo: Diana Robinson There is a story we tell ourselves about the Arctic. Every Arctic expert knows it by heart. It began in Murmansk, 1987, when Soviet...

Valneva Announces New IXIARO® Supply Contract with the U.S. Government Worth a Minimum of $32.8 Million
Saint Herblain (France), January 30, 2025 – Valneva SE (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company, today announced the signing of a new $32.8 million contract with the United States (U.S.) Department of Defense (DoD) for the...

Iceland deploys its first fully funded UN Volunteer in India
Chinenye Anekwe is a UN Volunteer Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialist with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) India Office since August 2024. She is a 2018 fellow of GRÓ Gender Equality...

Government to take part in Nordic Council Session in Reykjavik
SWEDEN, October 23 - Published 23 October 2024 When the Nordic Council holds its 76th Session in Reykjavik on 28–31 October, the focus will be on peace and security in the Arctic and Nordic regions. “In light of Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to...

Minister for Foreign Affairs to take part in anniversary celebration of Nordic embassies in Berlin
SWEDEN, October 21 - Published 21 October 2024 On 21 October, Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard and her Nordic colleagues will be joined by Germany’s foreign minister in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Nordic...

Green Energy Growth Fuels Geothermal Turbines Market to $99.5 Billion by 2031
The market is set for strong growth due to its reliability, dual-use potential, and rising electricity demand from industrial and infrastructure expansion. WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, July 2, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- According to a new...

FIND MINING swept the Bitcoin mining farms, and 42 BTC shocked the industry - Green computing power set off a new wave of global wealth
New York City, NY, July 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As global investors re-examine their crypto asset allocation and the price of Bitcoin breaks through $107,000 per coin, British crypto technology company FIND MINING has once again sparked...

Swedish Prime Minister attends Joint Expeditionary Force Summit
SWEDEN, December 16 - The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) is a regional defence partnership between ten northern European countries: Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom,...

Blue Lagoon Iceland by Zu Hao Zhang - K Laser Design Lab Wins Iron A' Design Award in Packaging Design Category
Innovative Packaging Design Inspired by Iceland's Timeless Landscape Earns International Recognition COMO, CO, ITALY, December 7, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The A' Design Award, a highly respected and well-recognized award in the field of...

Crypto Mining Market CAGR Surpasses 7% as MiningToken Launches Next-Gen Cloud Mining Infrastructure
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Many individual miners believe that cryptocurrency mining is no longer a profitable investment. However, according to a recent study by Databridge Market Research, the global crypto mining...

Proposed equity fundraising and acquisition of additional licences to create a new West Greenland Hub
Reykjavík, June 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (INCLUDING THE APPENDICES) AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR...

Focus on crisis preparedness and reading promotion during Swedish Presidency of Nordic Council of Ministers
SWEDEN, November 25 - In 2024, Sweden has highlighted two particular Presidency initiatives that are especially important for the Nordic region in the future and Nordic citizens of generations to come: crisis preparedness in the cultural sector...

Green Group Ministerial Article on the Conferences of the Parties on Biological Diversity, Climate Change, and Desertification
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan has joined other Ministers of the Green Group in expressing the Group’s vision on the outcomes from the three environmental Conferences of the Parties (COPs) taking place at the fourth quarter of...

XPENG Announces Strategic UK Distributor Partnership with International Motors Ltd (IML)
XPENG will launch in the UK in early 2025 with the introduction of the advanced G6 mid-size SUV, offering British consumers high-performance, sustainable mobility International Motors Ltd (IML) official XPENG distributor for the UK IML will...

DDG Ellard outlines progress on WTO negotiating and reform priorities at APEC ministerial
Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I first would like to thank Minister León, Minister Schialer, and Peru for their extraordinary hospitality and for steering our valuable discussions. I send greetings from Director-General Okonjo-Iweala, who is...

Results of Fundraising
Reykjavík, June 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES,...

Lucinity and PwC Collaborate to Simplify AI Integration for Compliance Teams
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lucinity, a leader in AI-powered financial crime prevention, is working with PwC Denmark to streamline AI adoption for compliance teams. This collaboration embeds AI-driven solutions into...

Result of AGM
Reykjavík, June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (“Amaroq” or the “Corporation” or the “Company”) Annual General and Special Meeting ('AGM') Results TORONTO, ONTARIO –13 June, 2025 – Amaroq Minerals Ltd. (AIM, TSXV, NASDAQ Iceland: AMRQ), an...

The Report of the International Court of Justice: Statement by Sweden on behalf of the Nordic countries
SWEDEN, November 4 - Mr./Madam. President, I have the privilege of speaking on behalf of the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and my own country, Sweden. At the outset, allow me to thank President Nawaf Salam for his...