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President of FranceFrançois Hollande has visited Iceland and attended the Arctic Circle Conference 2015 in preparation for theParis Climate Conference (COP21).
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After the welcoming speech given by President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the stage was handed toH.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, for the first time present in person at the assembly.
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President of Iceland,Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, has welcomed today more than 1900 attendees from about 50 different nationalities to the third edition of the "Arctic Circle", the annual Arctic-event held in October at theHarpa Conference Center and Conference Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland.
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The Arctic Circle 2015, the Arctic assembly held annually in Reykjavik (since 2013), will open today with a Welcome Reception at the Reykjavík Art Museum, in the Harbor House, while the Opening Plenary Session will be tomorrow at 8:30 in Harpa.
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In order to promote the polar research of China, with the consent of the State Oceanic Administration, the Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) is recruiting "Senior Oceanic Talented Personnel" globally.
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ACI's 8th Arctic Shipping Summit taking place on 23rd - 24th March 2016 in Montreal will focus on discussing the practical solutions necessary for the ship owners to decide whether they should invest in utilising the Northern Sea Route.
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The General Assembly 2015 of the EU-funded PAGE21, "Changing Permafrost in the Arctic and its Global Effects in the 21st Century", will be held at the KEA Hotel in Akureyri, Iceland 13 – 15 October 2015.
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Following the success of the fourth meeting of the International Polar Tourism Research Network (IPTRN) in Christchurch (NZ), the fifth meeting is set to take place in end August 2016 in the northeast of Iceland.
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Following the success of the 2011 inaugural Summit, Eye on Earth 2015 took centre stage on October 6-8 in Abu Dhabi, to promote dialogue and drive international action that revolutionises the way we collect, access, share and use data and information for real-world change. The 2015 summit soughtto foster a culture of collaboration through a network committed to achieving scalable impact for a sustainable future.
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The Nordic ruralities conference is an interdisciplinary forum for rural research with a particular emphasis on the Nordic countries.
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Green Growth was named a primary focus area by the Nordic Prime Ministers in November 2011. Since then, the Nordic Council of Ministers has granted a total of DKK 66 million to a wide range of initiatives focusing on green growth.
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Today, the BarentsObserver has reported that Russia will establish a new media resource aimed at promoting Russian national interest in the Arctic, as part of the state-owned TASS (the piece of news was reported firstly byTASS, available only in Russian).