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Norwegian Eitzen orders giant electric container ships from Chinese shipyard
13+ hour, 26+ min ago (306+ words) Norwegian shipping group Eitzen has signed a contract with China's Zhejiang Dongpeng Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. to build two of what are expected to become the world's largest fully battery-powered container ships. The two vessels, each with a capacity of 900 TEU…...
Sweden welcomes China's foreign minister Saturday: Trade and security talks on the table
14+ hour, 5+ min ago (131+ words) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Sweden on Saturday, July 4, where he is set to meet both Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. According to the Swedish government, Wang Yi and Malmer Stenergard will hold…...
Malaysian university wins first ever medal at world cheerleading championship in Sweden
13+ hour, 16+ min ago (208+ words) Malaysia's Sunway University has made history by becoming the first Malaysian team to compete at the FISU World University Championship Cheerleading, returning home with a silver medal from this year's competition in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Sunway University Cheerleading Team claimed…...
3 euros more; EU's new import duty goes into effect hitting Chinese products
13+ hour, 44+ min ago (320+ words) Consumers across the EU, including Denmark, Sweden and Finland, will now pay more when ordering goods from non-EU online retailers such as Chinese retailers Temu and Shein. The new customs rules came into force on 1 July. The reform introduces a…...
Finland and Singapore deepen cooperation on sustainable construction
13+ hour, 52+ min ago (107+ words) The event, hosted by the Embassy of Finland in Singapore on 25 June, brought together representatives from Finland's construction industry and Singapore's built environment sector. It followed a recent study visit to Finland by participants from Singapore's BCA Academy Executive Development…...
Finnish court jails cleaning company CEO for scamming Filipino job seekers
14+ hour, 17+ min ago (228+ words) A Helsinki District Court has sentenced the CEO of a cleaning company to one year and 10 months in prison for aggravated fraud and other offences after the company collected illegal "entrance fees" from foreign job seekers without any intention of…...
China's foreign minister heads to Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (97+ words) China's top diplomat, Wang Yi, is set to tour Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway next week for high-level talks with Nordic foreign ministers. Wang Yi will travel to all four Nordic countries between July 2 and 8 in a rare regional tour....
After 20 years in Norway, Chinese energy expert takes university role in China
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (148+ words) After more than 20 years in Norway's energy sector, Chinese energy expert Yang Tao has begun a new chapter as a distinguished professor at China University of Petroleum-Beijing. Yang previously worked for the Norwegian energy company Equinor, where he focused on…...
Finnish authorities suspect Indonesian man of leaking security secrets
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (190+ words) A Helsinki court has ordered the detention in absentia of an Indonesian man in his 50s, suspected of leaking classified security information connected to Finland's nuclear infrastructure, Finnish media Yle reports. The case is tied to the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant…...
Norwegian TGS secures exclusive seismic survey contract offshore Brunei
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (253+ words) Norwegian energy data company TGS has been awarded exclusive rights to carry out a new multi-client 3 D seismic survey offshore Brunei, marking a further expansion of its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The contract was awarded by the Petroleum Authority…...