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“It’s not every day we get that kind of money,” said Birgit Dam of the Red Cross i Denmark. An anonymous donor in Denmark has left nearly $200,000 (£120,000) in …
Danish Donor Leaves Fortune in Red Cross Bin Read MoreThe Danish man’s body was discovered in the gardens beside a walkway at the hotel. The 62-year-old man was found dead in Print Kamala Resort garden near his Phuket hotel room this …
Phuket Holiday: Dane Found Dead in Kamala Read MoreNorway has committed billions in funding to help preserve the world’s rainforests but much of the money remains sitting in bank accounts, reports Oslo-based Development Today. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s …
Funds to Save Rainforests Pile Up Read MoreA maritime industry group posted videos Tuesday on YouTube showing two Danes and four Filipinos held hostage by Somalia pirates pleading for the Danish government and the ship’s owner to …
Pirate video: Danes, Filipinos Plead for Release Read MoreSwedish household appliance-maker Electrolux on Tuesday reported a profit slump because of high materials prices and weak demand, and warned of difficult trading conditions for the rest of the year. …
Electrolux Reports Steep Earnings Drop Read MoreA Singapore man, Wilson Raj Perumal, has been sentenced to two years in jail for bribing football (soccer) players in the Finnish football league, as international match-fixing scandals continue to spread …
Singapore Football Match Fixer Jailed in Finland Read MoreThirty-eight young overseas Vietnamese from Sweden, Thailand and Cambodia, among others, have gathered at the 2011 Summer Camp for Overseas Vietnamese, which opened in HCM City on July 19. During the …
2011 Summer Camp for Overseas Vietnamese Opens Read MoreLast week, yet another phase in a series of Sino-Norwegian collaborative projects on water supply and sanitation in North-Eastern China crossed the finish line. True to tradition, Norway’s ambassador to …
Water on the Margin Read MoreOn 6 July, a workshop was organized at the Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM) to launch a report on a 2010 rural household survey on 12 provinces of Vietnam. …
Survey Report on 12 Provinces of Vietnam Read MoreRagunda municipality in Jämtland in northern Sweden is celebrating the 114th anniversary Thailand’s King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) visiting this Scandanavian kingdom in 1897. The news appeared on the front page …
Swedish Town Celebrates 114th Anniversary of Thai King’s Visit Read More