On 20-21 May 2013 the 2nd conference on Media Development in Myanmar was held in Yangon. The theme of this year’s conference was “The Role of Media in Democratic Transition: Successes, Challenges and the Way Forward”. The conference was an opportunity for Myanmar government, media companies, journalists, civil society organizations, and international organizations to report on concrete progress achieved in [...]

Telenor, the major shareholder in Thailand’s Total Access Communication (DTAC), plans to ramp up its presence in Asia with heavy investment in Myanmar, which it terms “the last opportunity in the world” for the Norwegian firm, Bangkok Post reports. Sigve Brekke, the head of Telenor Asia, said his company plans to flood Myanmar with strategic telecommunications infrastructure if it wins [...]

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 Deputy Foreign Minister Torgeir Larsen concluded a successful visit to Myanmar on May 13-15. In Myanmar, he visited a range of actors involved in the peace processes in the ethnic minority states Mon and Kayin. Beginning his visit to Myanmar in Yangon, Torgeir Larsen led a meeting in the Myanmar Peace Donor Support group – a group led [...]

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 [...]

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 Myanmar government is prepared to relax limits on foreign ownership of breweries on a case-by-case basis, as it seeks to improve the appeal of the country to foreign investors, says a senior beer industry executive. The Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC) offered four licenses in January for international breweries to operate domestically. Under the Foreign Investment Law, which the MIC [...]

Danish brewer Carlsberg’s first-quarter operating profit and revenue beat forecasts on Tuesday, as strong beer sales in Asia cushioned sluggish mature European markets and a decline in its former growth driver Russia. Beer sales in Asia accounted for nearly 20 percent of group revenue in the first quarter, approaching Eastern Europe sales which accounted for 22 percent. The two-digit percentage [...]

Organised by Myanmar-Nordic Liaison Ltd., Viking Life-Saving Equipment on Thursday 25 April held two seminars for the government and private sectors at the Chatrium Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), to present their top-quality product line to the local market. The days’ sessions were divided into two, of which the morning session addressed the government sector and state owned enterprises, while [...]

Myanmar targeted the number of tourist arrival to 3 million by 2015, a near triple of the 2012 figure, official media reported Wednesday. In meeting with Norwegian Ambassador to Myanmar Katja Nordgaard in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday, Htay Aung elaborated on progress in drafting Tourism Master Plan with the help from the Norwegian government and Asia Development Bank, Minister [...]