NOK 2.6 million Project Aims to Get More Young People to Stay in The North The High North Center at Nord University receives support for a project highlighting opportunities for young people in the Arctic.
A Perfect Storm: When Healthcare and Defense Competes for the Same Youths Comment (Porsangmoen og Sodankyle): A perfect storm is brewing in the North. Soon, two of our most important public agencies will fight for the same workforce. Without drastic measures, one of them, perhaps both, will be left as losers.
The Border Municipality Is Fighting for Its Existence: “Anything Is Better Than Nothing” Kirkenes, Northern Norway (High North News): While the Norwegian government is rearming in the North and announcing increased military activity, local businesses are disappearing, and the population is declining, while top politicians are being flown in and out of the region with vague and sweet promises. "We do not need symbolic diplomacy," says the Mayor of Sør-Varanger municipality, that borders to Russia.
"The Barents Region Has a PR Problem" Bodø (High North News): The number of young people in the Arctic has plummeted over the past years. Martin Gamst Johnsen, Chair of the Barents Regional Youth Council, wants to address this.
Increased Willingness to Move to Northern Sweden According to a new survey, nearly two-thirds of young adults are willing to consider moving to Sweden's two northernmost counties. Proximity to nature, work opportunities, and less stress were the main reasons among all the respondents.
Energy CEO in Finnmark: We Will Not Be Able to Establish Businesses and Industry The energy situation in Eastern Finnmark: "This is serious. As long as we do not have the grid capacity to develop anything here, people will relocate. Then there will be no jobs and development," says CEO Terje Skansen of Varanger Kraft.
New Report Shows Negative Population Development in the North And it is the young, educated women who leave, the latest Business Index North report shows. “An alarming development”, says the researchers behind the report.
The Population of Svalbard is Increasing: Record Number of Inhabitants Never before have there been more inhabitants in Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund. Norwegian citizens account for almost all of the growth.
