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Young boss trains for Riddu Riddu

Karoline Tveitnes Trollvik first got involved with Northern Norway's Riddu Riddu festival as a volunteer at the tender age of 10. Now she's poised to literally run...

Controversial mine gets green light

Mining company Nussir received government approval on Thursday for its controversial copper mine at Kvalsund in Finnmark. Plans to harvest rich mineral veins then...

Debate over Sami ‘national’ day

Sami national day has been celebrated by indigenous people across Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia on February 6 since the Sami Conference adopted the...

Tourism hopes on a reindeer’s back

Norwegian tourism officials hope another new hit animated film will lead to an influx of international visitors. The Norwegian and Sami cultures have a...

Arctic interests clash over mining

The recent discovery of new and potentially lucrative mineral veins containing copper in the mountains above the Repparfjord in Finnmark looks set to stir...

Sami Parliament reopened, too

Amidst all the recent media coverage in Norway over the opening of Parliament, the change in government in Oslo and its roster of new...

Reindeer herd found shot

Police in Norway's most northern county of Finnmark were investigating the shootings of 24 reindeer whose carcasses were found in the mountains at Nordmannset...

Boine supports harassed Sami woman

Mari Boine, one of Norway's most respected musicians, went on national TV this week to speak out against an ugly incident of harassment against...

Minister orders reindeer slaughter

Norway's agriculture minister wants to slaughter nearly 40,000 more reindeer in the country's most northerly county of Finnmark as quickly as possible. He claims...

Sami Parliament hit by rotting wood

There's something rotten in the Sami Parliament building (Sametinget) and it's threatening the very existence of the architectural landmark in Northern Norway that was constructed...
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