Norway's Arctic Council Chairship Praised by Iceland Bodø (High North News): “It was up to Norway to take on the huge challenge and responsibility of chairing the Arctic Council after Russia,” Iceland's Arctic ambassador, Pétur Ásgeirsson, said, praising Norway's navigation through the muddy waters of Russia's war in Ukraine while chairing the Arctic Council.
"The US Does Not Fear a Breakdown in Democracy" Bodø (High North News): With democracies on the decline, and Donald Trump on the rise, the Deputy Chief of Mission for the US Embassy in Norway, Jamal Al-Mussawi is "not that worried at all". "There is still a lot of trust and support for the kind of democracy we do have."
Arctic Circle Launches Global Climate Award A new global climate award of EUR 100,000 will be awarded to action-oriented scientific initiatives to improve and reverse the dramatic effects of climate change in a concrete way.
