Newsletter: Happy Easter!

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Editor and Commentator Arne O. Holm writes that the result of Trump's attempted murder on the economic world order is an enormous paper loss.

"Yet, it is not big enough to prevent financial advisors from showing up every day to tell us that they have emptied their savings accounts to buy cheap stocks." 

Colonel Susannah Meyers was recently removed as commander of the US Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. 

“Actions to undermine the chain of command or to subvert President Trump's agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense,” said the chief Pentagon spokesperson. 

Research and education in the US is also under great pressure. Recently, the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., reported that they had to shut down after an executive order. 

But for now, Arctic research cooperation with the United States will continue as before, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Luleå University of Technology report. 

Danish chairship 

At the end of last week, Denmark launched its priorities for the upcoming chairship of the Arctic Council. 

"We want to keep the council alive and robust, first and foremost for the Indigenous peoples and inhabitants of the Arctic," states the commonwealth, with Greenland at the forefront.

Sara Olsvig of the Inuit Circumpolar Council writes in an op-ed that they support the strong and important aspirations of the incoming chairship. 

The Arctic Economic Council and the Arctic Mayors' Forum are also positive of the new program from the Kingdom of Denmark. 

Business in the North 

The Norwegian government wants to allow municipalities to introduce a tourist tax of up to three percent for overnight guests. (Norwegian only) 

The combination of high costs and low demand is hitting Swedish sawmills, pulp, and paper producers hard. 

Read about all this and more at High North News. And feel free to follow us on social media to participate in the debate. 

We are taking a few days off to get out in the Easter sun, but we will return next week with the most important news from the Arctic. 

Wishing you a wonderful Easter week, 

Translator and Science Journalist Birgitte Annie Hansen