Danes abroad rejoice as a political majority now seems to be in place to permit them to hold dual  citizenship. A change in the law will make it possible for Danes outside of Denmark to adopt the nationality of their new home country without having to cancel their Danish citizenship. The political party “Venstre” announced on Saturday, that they were [...]

The Norwegian Minister of Trade, Trond Giske, started his Asia-tour yesterday. Giske will visit Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, India, and Thailand. “The world is changing. Asian economy is becoming increasingly important. Norwegian companies have all the requirements to surf the Asia-wave and the economic growth in the region. We should be humble in this venture, but also work hard to improve [...]

Finland will have a new ambassador to Thailand by September 1. Sirpa Mäenpää is currently Finland’s Ambassador to Bangkok, with responsibility for Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos but will be transferring to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as from 1 September 2013. She has worked at the diplomatic missions of Finland previously, serving at the Embassy of Finland in Nairobi and as the Chargé d’Affaires ad [...]

On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, The Government of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) committed SEK 48 million for continued cooperation with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in support of fisheries and habitat management, climate change and social well-being in Southeast Asia. The Agreement covers five years from 2013 up until the end of 2017. [...]

For third year in a row Finland has been measured as the country that most respects media freedom. Norway, which last year shared the title with Finland falls back to be number three on this years index made by Reporters without borders. Both Denmark and Sweden advanced their positions in the index. Denmark moving from 10th last year to 6th [...]

An international environmental group Monday voiced concerns over the impact in which the expanded hydropower dam project in central Laos may generate to the livelihoods of people living in the area. International Rivers, an NGO working to halt destructive river infrastructure projects, warned that the new dam – known as The Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project – which is partly-owned by Norwegian [...]

Danish sales firm LevelK has picked up international sales duties on “The Rocket,” an Australian-made film set in Laos. It is set for its world premiere in the Generations section of the Berlin Film Festival in Feb 2013, reports Film Business Asia. The plot revolves around a boy who fears he is cursed because his tribe is convinced twins bring bad [...]

On Friday, November 7 2012, the Swedish Ambassador to Thailand, Klas Molin, signed on behalf of the Government of Sweden a co-financing agreement of 8.3 million US Dollars for a second phase of the Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative (CEP-BCI), an Asian Development Bank (ADB) administered program helping the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) achieve environmentally-friendly economic growth. Sweden’s latest [...]

Finnair is once again carrying out the Change for Good collection on international flights over the Christmas period in cooperation with UNICEF Finland. This year’s campaign collection target is the UNICEF Schools for Asia programme, supporting education for children in 11 Asian countries. Finnair’s 2011 Change for Good campaign collected a grand total of 58,566 euros, supporting work by UNICEF [...]

Multinational consulting and engineering firm Pöyry has signed a contract with the Lao government to supervise construction of the divisive Xayaburi hydropower dam in the country’s north on Nov 9, reports the Phnom Penh Post.This work, carried out by its Energy Business Group, will include reviewing the design and supervising construction.“The design includes multiple fish passages, fish-friendly turbines, low-level outlet [...]