The Finnish writer Pirjo Hassinen has received the annual Finnish literary prize Savonia for her novel "Popula". The $ 10,000 prize is given annually to an outstanding novel from the Finnish Savo region, being this year’s edition the 24th. Fruit of the writer's indignation against the recent growth of the extreme right ...

When China announced earlier this month that it would use about 43 billion euros to reduce air pollution in 2015, the Danish authorities saw an opportunity to enter in action in order to do business with China. The Danish Trade Minister Pia Olsen Dyhr (Socialistisk Folkeparti), said that if China wants ...

The Swedish Court Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her fiance, American Chris O'Neill will get married in the Church of the Swedish King's castle on June 8, said the Swedish court in a press release yesterday, December 23. The first to announce this news was the Swedish newspaper Expressen, to whom ...

Two Finns and one Austrian were kidnapped yesterday Friday in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Apparently the kidnapped are a Finnish man who was studying Arabic at the University of Cales, Yemen, and his girlfriend who was only visiting the country. The Austrian Man is also a language student. According to the information ...

Joulupukki, (Father Christmas or Santa Claus in Finnish) is the most emblematic Christmas figure of the Nordic countries an the whole world. Joulupukki proceeds from Finland, more exactly from Korvatunturi, a village whose location is unknown to all adventurous, as it is Santas’s secret place, where he spends the rest of ...

The retired Danish historian Esben Brage says he has discovered, he believes, a fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen that had been unknown until the moment. The historian said on Thursday he found the text of six pages in early October while conducting a search in the Danish National Archives ...

The past week, from November 30 to December 5 was held in London the inaugural edition of Nordic Film Festival, an independent festival focused on Nordic films organized by Londoner production company Day For Night. This new festival is a unique initiative within UK as to create a film festival dedicated ...

Yesterday December 6th Finland celebrated its Independence Day. The festivities and institutional events took place throughout the day culminating in the traditional Independence Day Party held at the presidential palace in Helsinki. It is the first time that this celebration is chaired by the newly elected President Sauli Niinistö. The tradition ...

Transparency International has just released the results of its annual comparison study on corruption, held in 176 countries worldwide. Finland and Denmark have gone back to the first position in the list of the least corrupt countries, sharing first place with New Zealand. Sweden is ranked number 4,  Norway is ranked ...

Eight European countries, including Norway, Sweden, Finland along with the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and the UK, are looking for workers from other countries in the fields of metal engineering, shipbuilding and medicine. The employment representatives of two Nordic companies and three firms of the Netherlands  were present in the European ...