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. ...
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Swedish GDP increases in fourth quarter of 2007
Statistics Sweden recently announced that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.8 percentage points in the fourth quarter of last yea...
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...
Reykjavik redesigned
Scottish architectural firm Graeme Massie was recently announced the winner of a competition to redesign 150 hectares in the Icelandic capital Reykjav...
Fewer foreign tourists visit Denmark
Overnight stays in the hotels of Copenhagen declined considerably last year compared with figures from 2006, according to a report by the Copenhagen P...
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...
Evli bank takes on Russian market
In an announcement made last week, Evli Bank in Finland said that it would be buying a significant stake into Avanko, a corporate financing firm, and ...