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Diplomats and fisheries officials from five Arctic states will meet in Washington later this month to discuss regulations on commercial fishing near the North Pole.

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Today, 18th of April at the University of Akureyri in northern Iceland, Anthony Speca gave speech on Nunavut, Greenland and politics of resource revenues. Another lecture from The Arctic Lecture series, organised by the University of Akureyri, touched upon economic situation in Canadian North and Greenland. Mr Speca highlighted that the idea that Nunavut could one day put more into Confederation than it takes out is not a flight of fancy.

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Construction of Sabetta port, a key component in the huge Yamal LNG project, is now planned to start this summer.

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The deadline to submit an abstract for the 2013 Arctic Energy Summit has been extended to April 30th.

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Yesterday, Iceland's President - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announced establishment of a new assembly for international cooperation on Arctic issues that can give non-Arctic countries like China, India and Singapore a forum for influence in the region.
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University of Tromsø in northern Norway has now announced the establishment of new Law of the Sea center.

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Today, Wednesday 11th of April in the capital city of Reykjavik Nordic Film Festival begins.

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Yesterday, 9th of April 2013, Russian president Vladimir Putin and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, supervised the signing of memorandum on cooperation on Arctic shelf between representatives of Gazprom and Dutch Royal Shell.

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Arctic Energy Summit calls for papers. The opportunity for submission expires on April 15th. Don't miss this opportunity to share your research and insights with your peers at the premier Arctic energy event. We welcome submissions that directly address the conference theme.



