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  • 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

  • Court rules in Denmark – boy escapes deportation to Thailand

    It would not be in the child’s best interest to deport the Thai boy Fimm Na Thiban from Denmark. The case can set precedence for other deportation cases. Six year old Fimm Na Thiban is not going to be deported to Thailand but can stay in Denmark with his stepfather. That was the ruling of the High Court yesterday. Even [...]

    Court rules in Denmark – boy escapes deportation to Thailand

  • Chinese hack new Danish super fighter project

    As a replacement for the current F16 fighter jet long found in the Danish air force, talks have been to buy the new Joint Strike Fighter Jets, but according to NATO and the American Congress, confidential information about the jets have been systematically hacked by China from the spring of 2009 to the fall of 2012, reports the Danish post [...]

    Chinese hack new Danish super fighter project

  • Scandinavian Viking fest plunders Bangkok

    Some thousands years ago the Vikings would make their way from Scandinavia to England on quests to rape and plunder. This Saturday the quest was on Chao Phraya River as 80 “Vikings” from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland boarded a ship to enjoy a day on the river followed by a party at Admiral’s Pub and Restaurant in Sukhumwit Soi [...]

    Scandinavian Viking fest plunders Bangkok

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Embassy of Sweden warns against travel fraud

Embassy of Sweden warns against travel fraud

May 21, 2013 at 13:02

WARNING: Fraud by travel agent The Swedish Embassy in Norway has sent out the following warning on their website and through Facebook. WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! PLEASE READ A...

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Nokia fighting with Samsung for Vietnam market

Nokia fighting with Samsung for Vietnam market

May 20, 2013 at 13:39

Nokia plans to put the factory in Vietnam – Singapore Industrial Zone in Bac Ninh province into operation in June 2013, when it would churn out 30 million products. The...

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

Danish climate race in China

May 21, 2013 at 12:54

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

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Finland pledges to maintain supports for Vietnam

Finland pledges to maintain supports for Vietnam

May 20, 2013 at 13:45

The Finnish government will continue its supports for Vietnam’s economic growth and poverty reduction, said Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam, in a recent...

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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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