ICR employee Philip Burgess was interviewed by the BBC Radio 5 host Jamillah Knowles on the Pods and Blogs show just before Christmas, 2008.  Pods and blogs is an hour of radio dedicated to covering the news as it's seen by bloggers, podcasters and the...

Now in the Arctic region, as elsewhere, the time of Christmas has started, except for in the Russian Arctic. In various regions in the Arctic, Christmas is a quite new idea which was introduced by western missionaries. The North has been a periphery for western civilization for numerous years and western Christmas traditions do not root so deep within Arctic communities. Everywhere along the Arctic, Christianity was brought upon, pronounced or forced to the residents in the Arctic...

In the small village of Ísafjörður in the rural area of the Westfjords in Iceland, is a small but ambitiuos University centre. The University Centre of the Westfjords is a non-profit organisation established in March 2005. It has 40 founding members, including all of the...

Source: NRK Sami Radio, English summary below) Utenriksminister Jonas Gahr Støre er veldig fornøyd med gjennomføringen av...

"This years second SAO Meeting was a success," says SAO Chair Karsten Klepsvik. "Actually I think it is the best SAO Meeting we ever had." "The meeting was held in a relaxed and constructive atmosphere. I am very thankful to...