News & Press Releases
11 December 2012
The Norwegian government is looking into the possibility of using Svalbard for oil and gas infrastructure. The unique nature of Svalbard has until now been thought to fragile for any kind of petroleum work.
10 December 2012
At the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar (COP18/CMP8), governments have taken the next essential step in the global response to climate change.
6 December 2012
Today, 6th of December 2012, the AMATII workshop (Arctic Transportation Infrastructure Response and Capacity and Sustainable Development in the Arctic) that for the past week has been taking place in the capital city of Iceland, comes to an end.
5 December 2012
The third day of AMATII workshop takes place today in capital city of Iceland, Reykjavik. After small – group meetings that have been going on since Monday afternoon, specialists were able to define the lacking infrastructure among the Arctic states.
4 December 2012
The first International Conference on Public Policy will be held in France in the summer of 2013. It is calling for abstracts for this interesting conference entitled Perspectives on public policies in the Arctic region.
4 December 2012
Today, the 4th of December, Arctic Transportation Infrastructure Response and Capacity and Sustainable Development in the Arctic workshop brings together aviation and maritime specialists from eight Arctic states in order to discuss gaps in infrastructure around the remote Arctic.
3 December 2012
The National Energy Authority of Iceland (NEA) has today finished processing two applications for licences for exploration and production of hydrocarbons in the Dreki Area. The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Norway has today, 3 December 2012, notified NEA of their decision to participate in both licences to a 25 % share in accordance with the agreement between Iceland and Norway.
3 December 2012
Monday, 3rd of December 2012 the workshop on Arctic Transportation Infrastructure Response and Capacity and Sustainable Development in the Arctic starts today in Hotel Natura in the capital city of Iceland – Reykjavik.
30 November 2012
Leading researches and experts, politicians, representatives from business and authorities are attending the conference "Cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region in the field of education and research as a resource for regional development".
29 November 2012
A seminar entitled Civilisation of Reindeer and future of the Arctic is shown live over the internet today.
28 November 2012
Leading researches and experts, politicians, representatives from business and authorities are attending the conference "Cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region in the field of education and research as a resource for regional development" which began yesterday.
28 November 2012
Iceland will have two new windmills set up this winter. They were transported to its location this week, but Iceland has a short history of windmill use.
27 November 2012
A new report of current rates of changes of land ice in the Arctic and North-Atlantic region has been released. It shows that the Greenlandic glacier shrinks by 200 square kilometers every year.
27 November 2012
At the beginning of November 2012, The Russian government sparked major reactions internationally, when the country's Ministry of Justice ordered the closure of Russian's indigenous peoples' umbrella organization RAIPON, because of an "alleged lack of correspondence between the association's statutes and federal law".
23 November 2012
Arctic Transportation Infrastructure: Response Capacity and Sustainable Development one important component of the Arctic Marine and Aviation Transportation Infrastructure Initiative (AMATII) - opens Monday, December 3 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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