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A number of Swedish citizens and dozens of tourists from other countries have the past week been rejected to leave Thailand when immigration staff has discovered fake Thai entry and …
Swedish embassy warns against fake Thai visa stamps Read MoreA dispute between Thai berry pickers and the Swedish companies that buy the berries from them has begun in Fredrika, northern Sweden, reports the regional daily VK. The Thais have …
Thai berry pickers paid less than Swedish colleagues for same work Read More“This is completely unacceptable,” says Mr Arne Andersson, head of the National Food Administration’s, NFA, control unit to Swedish daily UNT in a comment to the findings on imported Thai …
Thai vegetables hit in Swedish pesticide analysis Read MoreThe Swedish Trade Council has initiated a Swedish pavilion at the mobile communications trade fair 3GSM Asia held in Singapore 24 to 26 September. Teligent, Enea and Netcom consultants have …
Swedish pavilion at 3GSM Asia in Singapore Read MoreSwedish bank SEB is one of several foreign banks, the other are German and Japanese, that extended loans to a Singaporean man who pretended to take the credits on behalf …
SEB targeted by Singaporean swindler Read MoreThanks to a Swedish innovation we may soon skip the traditional use of poison to get rid of termites, ants and other unwelcome guests in South East Asian homes, offices …
Nasty small creatures freeze to death by new Swedish innovation Read MoreThe Swedish international development cooperation agency, Sida, has approved a PHP 11 Million contribution to a project in the Philippines which will provide an environmental management system for possible ISO …
Sida supports environment management system project Read MoreFor those who wish express their sympathy to Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Mrs Anna Lindh, who died Thursday 11 September, following a brutal stabbing attack in Stockholm the day before, books …
Book of Condolences opened at Swedish Embassies Read MoreMedical tourism is one of the hottest terms in Thailand’s leisure and wellbeing industry. While many only talk about it a group of Swedish investors just do it. Land filling work …
Scandinavian Care launches medical tourism tours to Thailand late 2003 Read MoreSweden’s royal couple, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, will make an official visit to Vietnam early next year, according to Vietnam’s state owned news agency VNA. The surprise …
HM King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia make state visit to Vietnam early 2004 Read MoreDenmark and Sweden leads the gang as Vietnam forecast export earnings of USD 320 million to northern Europe this year, a year-on-year increase by 15 percent, announced Vietnamese Ambassador to …
Denmark and Sweden main importers from Vietnam in northern Europe Read MoreTwo Swedish tourists first felt sympathy when approached by a robbed fellow Swede in a Manila hotel last week. But after handing out some funds they became suspicious and called …
Swedish imposter in Manila finally caught Read MoreFive sawmills in Jämtland province, central Sweden, have reached an SEK 100 Million agreement to supply hardwood and semi finished wood products to a Thai company. “The customer is a …
Thailand places SEK 100 Million order with Swedish sawmills Read MoreThe Swedish dehumidification solution supplier Munters saw its Asian operations for the first six months of 2003 negatively affected by SARS and the Iraqi war. Customers postponed investment decisions and …
Munters’ Asia sales first half 2003 hit by SARS Read MoreA 45-year old Swedish man has been granted a transfer from Bangkwang Central Prison in northern Bangkok to Sweden where he will serve an 18 year sentence. The man was …
First Swedish prisoner gets transfer home under new rules Read MoreFive Vietnamese writers take part in the Gothenburg International Book Fair at Gothenburg, Sweden between 24 September and 3 October. The visit is arranged under a cooperation programme of the …
Writers take part in Gothenburg book fair Read MoreTwelve North Koreans, six of whom are economy professors and the rest ‘coming’ forces in Pyongyang’s administration are currently in Hanoi learning how a market economy works. The course, which …
Sweden trains senior North Koreans in market economy Read MoreAn almost hour-long talk with Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a telecom tycoon turned politician, was one of the highlights when Ericsson’s new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Carl-Henric Svanberg, visited …
Ericsson’s new CEO says financial crisis over Read MoreTwo Swedish players, Chris Stafford and Bjorn Richardson, will take part in the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2003, which is held from 16th to 21st September 2003 in Hua …
Chris and Bjorn Swedish players in Elephant Polo 2003 Read MoreOn 29 July Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson opened its state of the art regional hub in Cyberjaya, along Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), in presence of the Prime Minister of …
Ericsson opens regional hub in MSC Read MoreThe planned opening 14 August of IKEA’s new, 35,881 square metres, store in Kuala Lumpur’s Mutiara Damansara went smooth. “The very first visitor arrived at 4 am and the crowd …
New IKEA store in KL opened Read MoreThe Swedish government 14 August appointed Deputy Director Annika Markovic the new Ambassador in Manila, Philippines. She has worked at the Global Security Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. …
Annika Markovic new ambassador in Manila Read MoreSingaporean telecom operator SingTel has chosen Ericsson as its as sole supplier for SingTel’s WCDMA, or third generation – 3G – mobile phone technology, system in Singapore. The contract is …
SingTel picks Ericsson as sole 3G system supplier Read MoreThe Royal Customs Department in Malaysia began to introduce a new drug detection device from Sweden, Alpha Six, in stages on August 1. It can scan through building walls, vehicles, …
Customs introduces Swedish drug detection device Read MoreSweden will not introduce any dramatic changes in its aid policy for Laos, says Ms. Lott Jansson at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm to ScandAsia. “Aid to Laos is currently …
No radical changes of Swedish aid to Laos Read MoreSome 120 participants joined the two-day Thai-Swedish conference on culture and sustainable development 17-18 July in Bispgården, Ragunda. Besides information exchange and strengthening of relations between Sweden and Thailand, the …
Pavilion conference produces cooperation agreement Read MoreThe governments of Norway and Sweden have set up a joint USD 3.6 million Poverty and Environment Fund to be administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the bank announced …
Norway and Sweden set up poverty and environment fund Read MoreHow to say and do ‘skål’ the proper way, and appreciate and understand Scandinavian food, was the theme of a recent dinner at the Admiral’s Restaurant, Bangkok, for a group …
Thai management students bound for Sweden Read MoreGeneral Johan Hederstedt, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, is making an official visit to Thailand between 31 July and 3 August 2003. He is invited by the Thai …
Supreme Commander visits Thailand Read MoreScandinavians are used to relax on short cruises and being spoiled on huge state-of-the-art ferries that cross the Baltic and North seas. And when Star Cruises introduced a similar concept …
Asia fastest growing cruising market in the world Read MoreStar Cruises was incorporated in September 1993 to tap Asia-Pacific’s potential as an international cruise destination. Nine years later it had grown to became the world’s third largest cruise company …
From zero to third largest cruise company in nine years Read MoreCabinet Minister and Chairman of the National Committee for Population, Family and Children, Le Thi Thu, has been elected as new President of the Vietnam – Sweden Friendship Association (VSFA). …
Le Thi Thu new head of Vietnam –Sweden Friendship Association Read MoreThe Vietnam Women’s Union presented Christine Elisabeth Johansson, First Secretary of the Swedish Embassy in Vietnam, with a medal “For the Emancipation of Women” at an award ceremony in Hanoi …
Medal to Swedish diplomat for emancipation work Read MoreThe Swedish government decided 10 July to contribute SEK 10 Million in budget support to Timor-Leste. Sweden has given support to Timor-Leste since 1997, primarily for the reconstruction of the …
Sweden gives budget support to Timor-Leste Read MoreMillicom International Cellular S.A, a global telecommunications investor in the Swedish finance Stenbeck family group of companies, reports a 45 percent annual increase in Asian subscribers from June 2002 to …
Millicom reports high cellular growth in Cambodia and Vietnam Read MoreMr Lars Andreasson, currently Minister at the Swedish Embassy in Manila, has been appointed new Consul General for Sweden in Shanghai, PRC. A successor in Manila has not been named …
Lars Andreasson leaves Manila for Shanghai Read MoreThe Swedish government has decided arrange referendum 14 September 2003 on the introduction of the euro. All Swedish citizens who, according to the Elections Act, fulfill the requirements to vote …
Sweden holds referendum on Euro introduction Read MoreThe total number of visitors to the Thai pavilion in Ragunda during the summer of 2002 was around 65.000, compared to 60.000 the year before and 70.000 the summer of …
Visitors to Thai Pavilion in Ragunda remain high Read More“Had anyone told me that three years ago I would just have brushed it aside as a crazy idea,” says Henning about his current occupation. But here he is. And …
Henning’s chicken farm in Thailand Read Moreinvestigation regarding a suspected case of abduction in connection with one adoption from Thailand to Sweden in 1976 has been closed. “We must be able to prove that the child …
Thai adoption fraud case closed Read MoreSwedish music export opportunities in Asia was the subject of a seminar held by the Swedish Trade Council in November. Swedish and foreign speakers with experience from Asia in general …
Asia in focus for Swedish music exporters Read MoreThailand’s northern metropolis Chiang Mai will host 550 Swedish scouts and leaders over Christmas. The city’s mayor has even promised to arrange a real Christmas tree for the guests to …
Swedish scouts to celebrate Christmas in Chiang Mai Read MoreThe terror bombing in Bali may have political repercussions for Sweden. Several leaders of separatist organisations from South East Asia, who fight against democratically elected governments in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines …
Asian separatist leaders in Sweden Read MoreThe license by the Swedish National Board for Inter-country Adoptions (NIA) to allow the Swedish Adoptions Centre (AC) to adopt children from Cambodia will for many an eerie reminder of how Swedish …
Baby trafficking to Sweden again? Read More“Cancel Adoption Centre’s (AC) license to adopt from Cambodia!” demands the Embassy of Sweden in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The Swedish National Board for Inter-country Adoptions (NIA) issued a license on …
Swedish Adoption License Scandal in Cambodia Read MoreHM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will participate in the 20th World Scout Jamboree in Thailand in 2003. The King is Honorary Chairman of the World Scouting Foundation. He …
Swedish King to Jamboree in Thailand Read MoreDon’t be surprised if the stamp on the next postcard from Thailand shows an image of the Royal Castle in Stockholm. Or a picture of the Grand Palace in Bangkok …
Joint Thai-Swedish stamp issued on 5 October Read MoreMr. Jarkko Harmala, Finnair’s new Sales Manager for Thailand and Australia, will be going more actively for among others the local business community flying frequently to Scandinavia. “One of my …
Finnair aiming for business travellers Read MorePhuket remaintains a top spot for Swedish travellers according to reports from Swedish tour organizers. In an interview with Star Tours, Thai daily Poochatgarn writes that this operator alone brought …
Phuket remains top Swedish destination Read MoreOver 300 students from Sasin and Chulalongkorn University on June 27th gathered at Sasin Hall to participate in the student business day, named Sweden Day. The event was arranged by …
Successful Sweden Day at Chulalongkorn University Read More