Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norway is in talks with China on teaming up to explore for oil in Iceland, suggesting a diplomatic thaw between the two countries, who have had poor relations since the …
Norway, China mull joint exploration Read MoreIn a continuation of the aggressive inroads he has made into Europe’s infrastructure and telecom sectors in the past three years, Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing has extended his reach …
HK tycoons to bid for Finnish power plant Read More
Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA opens its 14th store in China on Thursday, accelerating the retail expansion in the world’s fastest growing economy, said China Daily. The new store, also …
Beijing opens 2nd IKEA Read MoreNorway must promise not to cross the red lines in the policy for relations with China should be able to be repaired, said China’s ambassador to Norway, Zhao June. Norway …
Envoy: Norway must toe China’s line Read More
Denmark and China signed an agreement on future co-operation. The two countries will help each other in areas like human trafficking and drugs. The Chinese and Danish police forces reached …
China, Denmark sign agreement on police co-operation Read MoreReady…set… run! The doors have just opened at an Ikea furniture store in east Beijing. Even on a weekday morning, this store is packed. In just a few minutes, customers …
IKEA gets its Chinese customers to hang out and spend Read More
Edited by Martin O’Rourke Finnish elevator-equipment company Kone Corporation has established a strong first-mover advantage and is a solid market leader in China which has the fastest growing real-estate market …
Finland’s Kone under the microscope after solid China growth Read More
Fed up with being mistaken for Switzerland by the Chinese, Swedish authorities have launched a competition in China to tease out humorous ways to keep the two European countries apart, …
Swedes implore Chinese: ‘We are not Swiss’ Read More
The Finnish Foreign Ministry has been the target of large-scale spying, according to the Finnish commercial broadcasting company MTV3. The espionage has been kept under wraps, with just a few …
Did China hack Finland’s Foreign Ministry? Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in China hosted the launch of “Gather in Denmark – Organic life” the 28th of October. The Danish dairy company Arla’s organic milk was launched on …
Arla launches organic milk in China Read More