Ambassador: Snowden can only be granted asylum if in Iceland
The Icelandic ambassador to China has said that US whistleblower Edward Snowden can only be granted asylum by Iceland if he is in the country.
China and Iceland sign free trade agreement
The world’s most populous country has signed a free trade agreement with Europe’s most sparsely populated nation. Iceland can now export m...
Gay Chinese welcome Icelandic PM’s visit
Iceland’s openly gay prime minister, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, has received an usual invitation ahead of her visit to China on April 15th. A group paren...
Denmark’s PM snubbed for meeting with China’s Xi Jinping
China’s VP has cancelled a meeting with Danish premier Helle Thorning-Schmidt. The news came amid the PM’s three-day trip to the Asian country.
Finnish blueberries see high demand in China
Blueberries from Finland are seeing growing popularity in the Far East. According to a report by YLE this week, the popularity of the small fruit is o...
Danish Minister: Put Chinese on the curriculum
Denmark’s education minister has called for Chinese to be included on the nation’s secondary school curriculum. Liberal Tina Nedergaard believes that ...
Norway-China meeting cancelled after Nobel row
Norwegian authorities say China has called off a meeting with the country’s fisheries minister just days after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a ...
China’s Geely buys Volvo
The Chinese car manufacturer Zhejiang Geely Holding has signed a deal to purchase the iconic Swedish Volvo brand from US car-maker Ford.