Norway and the Sami people end a dispute over ... - Associated Press News
WEBMar 6, 2024 · COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Sami people, ending a nearly three-year dispute over Europe’s largest onshore wind farm and the Indigenous right to raise reindeer. Under the agreement, the partially state-owned farm’s 151 turbines stay in operation.
Norway truth commission details country's dark history of …
WEBJun 2, 2023 · The Sami are Europe's only recognized Indigenous group, occupying a broad swathe of Arctic territory spanning from Norway to Russia. Norway is home to their largest community, comprising around...
Norway activists press on with their protest ... - Associated Press News
WEBOct 12, 2023 · Dozen of activists, including Indigenous Sami, protested Wednesday saying they are fed up with Norway’s government about a wind farm they want removed in the Fosen district, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) north of Oslo, because they say it endangers the reindeer herders’ way of life.
Sami rights activists in Norway charged over ... - Associated Press News
WEBJan 19, 2024 · COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Some 20 activists have been charged after they blocked several entrances to Norwegian government offices over a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to …
Long suppressed and forcibly assimilated, Sámi people in Sweden …
WEBNov 27, 2021 · An apology service this week marked a major step forward for reconciliation in Sweden, where the Indigenous Sámi people continue to fight for self-determination and recognition of past wrongs...
The Sámi people’s struggles to preserve their tradition
WEBSep 11, 2023 · The Sami people live in Lapland, in the far north. They are fishermen, reindeer herders – about 80,000 of them. Many of the decisions taken in the European Union (EU) affect them directly, so...
All news about Sámi people - Euronews
WEBDec 10, 2023 · EU's only indigenous people vote in Sámi Parliament elections. With no dedicated government minister or national representation, the Sámi Parliament in Inari is an important body for Sámi...
Norway ends dispute with Sámi people over construction of
WEBMar 7, 2024 · Norway announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement with the indigenous Sámi people after a three-year dispute over the construction of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.
Scandinavian nations creating commissions to review crimes …
WEBNov 3, 2021 · The governments of Sweden and Finland are setting up truth commissions to examine the countries' past treatment of and abuses against the region's Sami minority.
Europe's indigenous Sámi people take fight for rights to
WEBApr 21, 2023 · Europe's indigenous Sámi people have taken their fight for improved rights to the United Nations. A delegation from Finland, home to the EU's only recognised indigenous population, appealed for...