Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Four Chinese tourists, who had lost their way during a trip to a famous tourist site in southwest Norway, were found and rescued on late in the night of 7 …
Chinese tourists rescued from mountains in southwest Norway Read More
Jakarta Provincial Government learns the lesson after buying rusty buses made in China. Now, as an effort to expand public transportation in the capital city, city government will opt for …
Disappointed by made-in-China buses, city opts for Scania Read More
Yuan Longping, father of China’s hybrid rice, has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, according to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. Yuan, an 84-year-old academic from the Chinese Academy …
China’s hybrid rice researcher nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Read More
Chinese automaker Geely saved Volvo in 2010, buying the on-the-rocks Swedish automaker from Ford for $1.8 billion, but speculation persists whether the acquisition will amount to a corporate raid. Not …
Geely’s Volvo Investment Long-Term Play, Says Top Exec Read More
With support from Sweden, SEI will be funding events focused on sustainable development, gender equality and poverty reduction; organizations across Asia are invited to submit concept notes. The Regional Asia …
Sida-SEI call for sustainable development proposals Read More
Container shipping company Maersk Line, a unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk, plans to increase freight rates on main routes from ports in Asia to ports in northern Europe with effect from April 1. …
Maersk Line to increase rates from Asia to Europe Read More
The Norwegian author Endre Lund Eriksen and illustrator Endre Skandfer will attend the annual Shanghai International Literary Festival on March 16th and the Capital M Literary Festival in Beijing on …
Norwegian author of children’s book visits China Read More
The first FinnCham Young Professionals Networking Event of the year, in Hong Kong, took place on February 27, at Blck Brd. The famous Finnish Shoe-designer, Minna Parikka, gave a business-presentation, …
FinnCham event with famous Shoe-designer Read More
Three Danish Universities – Copenhagen Business School, Technical University of Denmark and Aarhus University – have opened up for application to their summer university programs. Summer University at Copenhagen Business …
Time to apply for a Danish Summer University Read More
According to a new energy index, Denmark is currently the best country in the world for renewable energy investment and is taking the lead over countries such as China and …
Denmark tops world’s renewable energy investment Read More