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  • Audience walks out on Thai/Danish film in Cannes

    Top actor Ryan Gosling plays the main character Julian in Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s new film, which was filmed in Bangkok. The film was booed after screening and reportedly a number of people walked out before the movie was even done playing. Refn and Gosling were succesful two years ago in Cannes with their collaboration ”Drive”, which won the [...]

    Audience walks out on Thai/Danish film in Cannes

  • Finnish artist performs at Shanghai at Daning theatre

    Frida Andersson is a 25-year-old singer/songwriter from Finland living in Stockholm. She grew up in the south of Finland in a small city called Ekenäs. When Frida was three years old she performed for the first time with her older sister Emma and her father Bosse Andersson (Finnish troubadour) . A few years later her little sister Elin also joined the family [...]

    Finnish artist performs at Shanghai at Daning theatre

  • Norwegian Constitution Day celebrated for the first time in Myanmar

    On May 17, the Norwegian mission in Yangon invited Norwegians to the celebration of the Constitution Day. It was the first time ever that the day was celebrated in Myanmar and some 20 people participated in the celebrations. T In his speech for the occasian, Chargé d’Affairs in Myanmar, Arne Jan Flølo, pointed it out that only two years ago [...]

    Norwegian Constitution Day celebrated for the first time in Myanmar

  • Danish climate race in China

    A few hundred cycling lovers participated in the third Climate Race organized by the Danish Embassy on May 19, 2013, in Beijing. The one-day-long cycling event in and around Beijing aims to promote the biking culture, green transportation and environmental protection. It is divided into two parts, among which the first part took place in downtown Beijing starting from the [...]

    [Photo by Wang Yanfang/China.org.cn]

  • Norwegian CEO in corruption controversy in Malaysia

    Last week several different media brought the story of how the Penan people of Sarawak, a Malaysian state on Borneo, had written a letter to King Harald V of Norway, asking him to pull home one of his subjects. The subject is Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, a Norwegian citizen who is the CEO of Sarawak Energy, the Malaysian firm that is [...]

    Torstein Sjotveit with Taib Mahmud (seated) – Photograph: Bernama

  • Danish company in Thailand accused of threatening employees

    Alpine Saleforce Ltd., a Danish telemarketing company in Hua Hin, Thailand, is being accused in Danish media of threatening employees, cheating them of their salary and fiddling with work permits. CEO Ramus Moller is baffled, saying that it is a personal vendetta. Alpine Saleforce, a telemarketing company in Hua Hin, made mid-May headlines back in Denmark as founder and CEO [...]

    Danish company in Thailand accused of threatening employees

  • Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit to be a guest speaker at Women Deliver in Malaysia

    The Women Deliver conference will take place in Kuala Lumpur from May 28-30. HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be attending as a guest speaker on challenges related to HIV/Aids. She participates at the Conference in Her capacity as Special Envoy for UN Aids. HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit was appointed Special Representative for UNAIDS in 2006. During her stay in Kuala [...]

    Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit to be a guest speaker at Women Deliver in Malaysia

  • Danish Centre for Culture and Development brings Myanmar photographers to Denmark

    Photographers from Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh and Mali will get their chance to display their photos when the seventh IMAGES festival opens in Denmark in late August. The photo project “Things You Can’t Buy with Money” is part of this festival, which will run from August 30 to September 7 and will feature work by photographers. The organizer is the Danish [...]

    A young monk concentrates on blowing a bubble at Ka-Nying Monastery in Boudha, Kathmandu, in Nepal. Photo: Stephen Freiheit

  • Danish company in charge of China’s biggest district heating project

    Danish Danfoss, which specializes in energy-efficient and climate-friendly solutions, has just signed a record deal with the Chinese city of Anshan, which aims to make Anshan world leaders in district heating. The contract is the largest deal so far made by Danfoss in China when it comes to district heating, which means that the company will be expanding its factory [...]

    Danish company in charge of China’s biggest district heating project

  • Borneo tribe writes Norwegian King to stop dam project

    In an unusual bid to stop a series of dams that will flood their rainforest home, a group of tribesmen in Borneo are urging King Harald V of Norway to call one of his subjects home. The subject is Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, a Norwegian citizen who is the CEO of Sarawak Energy, the Malaysian firm that is building several dams [...]

    Photograph: Andy Rain/Nick Rain/Survival

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Klubb Norge, Shanghai celebrates Norwegian Constitution Day in the sun

Klubb Norge, Shanghai celebrates Norwegian Constitution Day in the sun

May 22, 2013 at 16:27

The date of May 17, which marks the Norwegian Constitution Day was celebrated not only in Norway, but also by Norwegian expatriates allover Southeast Asia. The different...

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Singaporean ship manager expands to Copenhagen

May 23, 2013 at 15:16

Thome Group, Singapore’s first independent ship manager, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year & continues to expand its global footprint. As part of this expansion,...

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Singaporean artist exhibits art from stay in Svalbard

Singaporean artist exhibits art from stay in Svalbard

May 23, 2013 at 15:19

Following her residency on Svalbard, half way between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, artist Wyn-Lyn Tan conveys the visually astounding and serene beauty of the...

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Swedish Embassy holds regional workshop on anti-corruption

Swedish Embassy holds regional workshop on anti-corruption

May 23, 2013 at 15:24

Organised by the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok and Development of Cooperation Section, Regional Workshop on Anti-Corruption in Asia is held on 22-23 May 2013 at The Sukosol...

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Dodging the crowd in Ha Long Bay

Dodging the crowd in Ha Long Bay

May 15, 2013 at 13:50

You can see many things in Vietnam, but one attraction that is sure to feature in most people’s travel itinerary is the majestic Ha Long Bay. There’s a way to...

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