Afghanistan welcomes Norwegian UN envoy
The Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide has been named the new UN envoy to Afghanistan, a move welcomed by the Afghan government according to the Reuters news...
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Finland and Iceland support Kosovo
The President of Finland Tarja Halonen officially signed a document recognising the independence of Kosovo from Serbia on Friday last week. Iceland ha...
Bush and Rasmussen discuss climate change
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on the US president to join him in help persuading the developing economies of China and India ...
Low-cost flights to link Scandinavia with Dubai
Norwegian, a low-cost airline operating out of Scandinavia, will soon begin operating direct flights to Dubai. The airline announced the new route at ...
Finland signs five agreements with Vietnam
Finland has signed a number of cooperative agreements with Vietnam following a recent visit of the Finnish president to the South East Asian country. ...
New Ridley Scott film to be set in Reykjavik
Reykjavik will be the backdrop of the latest film by American Director Ridley Scott. The new film is about the 1986 summit held in the Icelandic capit...
Finland signs up for further development projects in Nepal
The government of Finland is getting ready to sign an agreement with Nepal over the development of sanitation, water supplies and micro-infrastructure...
Tourism workshop entices Thais to Scandinavia
The Scandinavian Tourist Board held a workshop last week designed to promote Scandinavia as a tourist destination for Asians, reports ScandAsia.com. T...