Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Danish Astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 has now been given a name: iriss. The name of the mission is a combination of …
Space Mission with Danish Astronaut is Named iriss Read More
Image: Four years after being treated for breast cancer, many patients who were working prior to diagnosis reported being unemployed. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock
Why Do Breast Cancer Survivors End Up Unemployed? Read More
Danes Worldwide, the organization for Danes abroad, has initiated 6 live chat sessions with their panel of experts (in Danish). First counselling session will take place Wednesday 7th May at …
Free counseling for Danes abroad Read More
Citizens of Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom holds the best passports for global travel last year, with visa-free access to 173 countries, according to the latest Visa Restrictions Index. …
Finnish, Swedish passport holders most welcome worldwide Read More
A Danish website is turning private homes into take-away restaurants by letting users advertise what they are cooking, when and for what price. “Sometimes I only put one serving up …
Danish website turns private homes into take-away restaurants Read More
European Commission launches business support programme for EU companies looking to export to South East Asia via Singapore. The new EU Business Avenues programme will assist 40 selected EU companies, …
EU supports entering Asia via Singapore Read More
Finland’s national sport, hockey, has become too expensive for many children to play, a report by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture said. Parents may need to spend as …
Hockey too expensive for many Finnish kids, report says Read More
Norwegian energy company Statoil said Friday it made an oil and natural gas discovery in the Valemon North prospect in the North Sea. “Production start-up is expected fourth quarter 2014,” …
Statoil makes North Sea oil, gas discovery Read More
A city council in Sweden’s Gothenburg is set to cut the number of hours its staff members work down to just six – while keeping them on full pay. The …
Sweden to test 30-hour work week Read More
An “insanely lucky” Norwegian skydiver managed to cheat death and make history when he captured the first-ever video of a flameless meteorite – as they both hurtled to Earth.
How skydiver Anders Hekstrup recorded first-ever video of meteorite in ‘dark flight’ and narrowly escaped death Read More