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The Russian largest oil company, Rosneft, conducted seismic surveys at the Fedynsky and Central Barents license areas where Italian Eni energy corporation is having their operations.
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"Illegal fishing has to be eradicated from the high seas, and this is why the EU uses its diplomatic weight to push for rules like the UNCLOS or the United Nations Fish Stock Agreement to be enforced worldwide," EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Maria Damanaki said during "Re-energising the Oceans" conference in Brussels, on June 30th.
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Joyful celebration of Nordic folk music and dance will take place in Akureyri, northern Iceland 20 – 23 of August 2014.
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Yesterday, 1st of July 2014, the state´s Duma approved the new – old law "On computation of time" to switch the clock on October 26th 2014 to permanent winter time. This regulation will grant northerners with two hours earlier daylight during the dark season mid - winter compared with last winter.
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The conference Gender Equality in the Arctic: Current Realities, Future Challenges, will be held in Akureyri, 30 – 31 October 2014.
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The hunting season in Iceland has officially begun with a fin whale to be the first catch. Once again Icelandic whalers have resumed the activity despite of the condemnation of whaling practices that was introduced in moratorium from 1982.
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International students are welcome to apply for Northern (Arctic) Federal University quota scholarship program funded by the Government of the Russian Federation.
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The Transatlantic Science Week will take place in Toronto, 27 – 28 October 2014.
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National Snow and Ice Data Center has issued an update to Arctic Sea Ice News Analysis describing a winter sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean.
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International conference and exhibition on performance of ships and structures in ice starts on Sunday 28th of June 2014. The event will take place in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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The Russian Foundation for Humanities (Russia) and the Research Council of Norway (Norway) open a new call in the field of humanities. Deadline for the application is 10/09/2014.
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The European Union has decided to drop the sanctions that it had imposed on the northeast Atlantic nation of Faroe Islands.