Northern Future Forum 2014 held in Helsinki this week
Posted On Saturday, November 8, 2014 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Economy in Denmark, Economy in Finland, Economy in Iceland, Economy in Norway, Economy in Sweden, News from Finland Tags: Alexander Stubb, Business innovation, David Cameron, Education in Finland, Northern Future Forum 2014
The Northern Future Forum took place in Espoo, Finland, the past November 6th and 7th .
In between the Finnish parlamentry confidence votes, the Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb hosted the premiers of the five nordic and three baltic states and the UK PM David Cameron.
The reason the British premiere David ...
The short film I SHOULD HAVE KISSED YOU IN ANKARA selected at the XV Kerry Film Festival
Posted On Sunday, October 12, 2014 By thenordiccountries. Under Culture in Finland, Finland, Finnish Cinema, Finnish Culture, News from Finland
The Finnish and Spanish co-coproduced short film "I should have kissed you in Ankara" directed by Miguel Pons and starred by the Finnish actress Emilia Uutinen and the American Javier Buckenmeyer, has been selected at the XV Kerry Film Festival held this week in Ireland. The film was screened on ...
Nokia shares bounce after the sale of the company to the giant Microsoft
Posted On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Economy, Economy in Finland, News from Finland Tags: Juha Ihamuotila, Nokia Microsoft, Nokia sale, Risto Siilasmaa
Yesterday September the 3rd was communicated the acquisition of the Finnish company Nokia by the software giant Microsoft with the amount of 5,440 millions of euros.
The sale of the Finnish company caused large increases in the value of the NOKIA shares that reached up to 49 % within the journey ...
The past Friday June 14th the Norwegian parliament approved by a large majority of votes a new law to establish compulsory military service for women.
So far in this Nordic country women could enter the military service on a voluntary basis, being the aim of this new measure to double the ...
Denmark wins the Eurovision Song Contest
Posted On Sunday, May 19, 2013 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Music in Denmark, News from Denmark, News from Sweden Tags: de Forest, Emmelie, Only Teardrops, Winner Eurovision 2012
According to the previous forecasts, the Danish singer Emmelie de Forest got the victory in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place yesterday in the Swedish city of Malmö. The candidate of Denmark received a total of 281 points being the clear winner of the night with her song "Only ...
Humor in the Night of the Books of Madrid: “The Nordic Man Exists Too”
Posted On Saturday, April 27, 2013 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Nordic Art, NORDIC CULTURE, Nordic Theatre Tags: Finnish actress Emilia Uutinen, playwright Ignacio Garcia May
Playwright Ignacio García May and the Finnish actress Emilia Uutinen
On Tuesday April 23, was held at the Night of the Books of Madrid a staged reading "The Nordic Man Exists Too" organized by the Embassies of Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden, the Ibero-American Institute of Finland in collaboration with ...
“The Nordic Man Exists too”: a Dramatic Reading over Nordic texts in Madrid
Posted On Friday, April 19, 2013 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Nordic Art, NORDIC CULTURE
The Nordic Embassies in Spain organize on Tuesday March 23 (The Night of the books in Madrid) a dramatic reading of texts by contemporary Nordic writers performed by the Spanish playwright Ignacio Garcia May and the Finnish actress Emilia Uutinen.
The event run in collaboration with the library Tierra del Fuego ...
Aksel Lund Svindal Downhill World Champion in the Alpine Skiing World Cup
Posted On Saturday, February 9, 2013 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, News from Norway, Nordic Sports
The Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal was proclaimed world champion today in Downhill skiing at the alpine skiing World Cup held in Austria.
The downhill competition took place today, Saturday, in the Austrian ski resort of Schladming, being the Norwegian a clear winner. He marked a time that none of his competitors ...
Nokia shares soar after sales results of the Lumia smartphones
Posted On Friday, January 11, 2013 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Economy, Economy in Finland, News from Finland Tags: Lumia sellings, Nokia results 2012
The results of the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia in the last quarter of 2012 are best in years. The company evaluates its earnings for this quarter period, from October 2012 to December 2012, could rise up to 700 million of euros. The last time Nokia reached such results was ...
Swedish brand Saab will manufacture cars in the Chinese city of Qingdao
Posted On Thursday, January 10, 2013 By thenordiccountries. Under Current Topics, Economy, Economy in Sweden, News from Sweden Tags: Saab in CHina, Saab in Qingdao
The current owner of Saab has announced that the company will manufacture both petrol vehicles as new energy vehicles in their new project that began Monday in eastern China in the city of Qingdao, Shandong Province. The project has cost around 1.6 billion dollars, and aims to achieve a better ...