Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Swedish Ferry Linnbark, 44, has been sentenced to death in Malaysia for narcotic crimes. That ruling is against UN’s rules on death penalty, says Amnesty’s secretary of press, Elisabeth Löfgren …
Amnesty: Death sentence is against UN regulations Read MoreOn Thursday Swedish Ferry Linnbark was sentenced to death by hanging by a court of law in Malaysia. He was found guilty of smuggling 4.3 kilos of amphetamine in …
Swede on Malaysian death row: I’m prepared to die Read MoreA bilateral free trade agreement between Iceland and China was signed on April 15 in Beijing by Ossur Skarpheoinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Iceland, and …
Iceland signs Europe’s first free trade agreement with China Read Morehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxjLUFQuycg Finnish racer Kimi Räikkönen was second at the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. The Finnish Lotus driver was just over a minute behind Ferrari racer Fernando Alonso …
Finnish Kimi Räikkönen second at the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai Read MoreThe Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer is building a replica of the original Titanic cruise ship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 from Southampton to New York. Clive …
Finnish company to oversee Chinese Titanic II project Read MoreA couple Vietnamese couple from the western Finnish town of Nykarleby went on trial on Tuesday on charges of human trafficking that date back to 2009. The trial got underway …
Vietnamese couple charged with trafficking countrymen to Finland Read MoreMarimekko continues its expansion in Asia by opening three new stores in China. The design houses first shops in mainland China will open this summer in Beijing and Shanghai. Marimekko …
Marimekko expansion in China continues to Beijing and Shanghai Read More
Danish toy company Lego has donated 80 kilos of toy bricks to poor school children in Thailand. The many boxes of Lego bricks were received last week by the 140 …
Danish Lego donates bricks to Thai children Read More
A Norwegian man was killed when he was driving his girlfriend to work at the local hospital, said a friend of the husband to Norwegian television. The accident happened in …
Norwegian killed in traffic accident in Thailand Read More
Swedish telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson AB said on Tuesday it will acquire Microsoft Corp’s Internet protocol television unit Mediaroom. Analysts said the move will help Ericsson further explore the Chinese …
Swedish Ericsson expands in China Read More