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The €230 billion (£195 billion) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, also known as the Norwegian Oil Fund, has opened a new tender for external managers to run a range …
Norway seeks managers to run £200 billion Oil fund Read MoreThe Philippines will be sending 336 Filipino peacekeepers to join the United Nation (UN) Peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights in Syria this September, the largest group to be sent …
Philippine observers join Danish, Finnish, Swedish UN forces in Golan Height Read MoreSida and The Program on Humanitaran Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University (HPCR) has presented new platform for the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA).According to Sida’s homepage, …
SIDA releases new platform for conflict and humanitarian work Read MoreThe Government of Singapore, with the agreement of Norway, has appointed Otto Gregard Tidemand as Singapore’s Honorary Consul-General in Oslo.56-year-old Otto Gregaard Tidemand is the owner and Managing Director of …
Otto Gregaard Tideman is the new Singaporean consul in Oslo Read MoreIllicit financial flows hamper development in poor countries. A government-appointed commission proposes a number of measures to reduce the adverse effects of tax havens. The Commission on Capital Flight from …
Solheim will fight tax havens to help developing countries Read MoreThe EU Heads of Mission has expresed grave concern about the arrest of lawyer Le Cong Dinh and the sanctioning of his right to peaceful exercise of freedom of expression. According to …
Denmark, Sweden and Finland criticize the arrest of Vietnamese Le Cong Dinh Read MoreBill and Melinda Gates visited Norway in the beginning of June. They held an open meeting at the Opera House along with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to discuss cooperation between …
Bill Gates: Norway has become our development-fund’s best partner Read MoreA Vaastergotland-class submarine acquired by Singapore in 2005 from Sweden is now comprehensively upgraded, to include air-independent propulsion. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean officiated at …
Swedish-Singaporean submarine ready to dive Read MoreThe Philippines had the biggest number of internally displaced people in 2008, the Oslo-based Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in its 2009 report that war evacuees in the Philippines were …
Norwegian report: The Philippines had the most war evacuees in 2008 Read MoreA month after announcing a 10-billion-baht megamall project in the Bang Na-Trat area, Siam Future Development Plc is already seeking a site for another major mall, which will feature the …
Yet another IKEA planned in the Bangkok area… and more to come Read More