When Denmark finds its participant for the Eurovision Contest 2012, one of the possible winners is half Asian. The ten participants in the national final were announced January 5, and one of them, Suriya, is a Malaysian. Suriya’s full name is Suriyatim Hoffmann. She has a Malaysian-Indian mother and a Danish father but was born…
Europe and Asia got united at the grand final in Eurovision Song Contest Saturday night. After an exciting voting in front of 32,000 people in Düsseldorf’s arena and millions of TV viewers from around the world, Ell & Nikki from Azerbaijan won this year’s edition of Europe’s favourite TV-show. As a result Eurovision Song Contest…
Saturday night, Denmark and Sweden will fight for the winner’s trophy together with Finland and 22 other countries. That is the result after the second semi-final in Eurovision Song Contest Thursday. Both Denmark and Sweden were favourites to get the ticket to the grand final, but nothing is predictable in Eurovision Song Contest – and…
The world’s biggest music show took off Tuesday night in the German city Düsseldorf. 19 countries competed in the first semi-final in Eurovision Song Contest for a place in the grand final this Saturday. Norway was represented by Stella Mwangi who sang “Haba Haba” in English as well as Swahili. She was a favourite among…
Asia and Europe is represented in one person at the Eurovision Song Contest. Danish contestant Christina Chanée has a Danish mother and a Thai father. She is born and raised in Denmark with an exception of a few months when she was five. See and listen to the rehearsal before the semifinals on Thursday night…
Stomach ache, fatigue and dog bites. That is part of the everyday life at the Euro-Center Thailand office, which is the representative office of six independent insurance companies in the Nordic countries, Germany and The Netherlands. The companies have different products but are all a part of European Travel Insurance Group – known as “Europæiske”…
“Ko Chang has everything! Snorkelling and scuba diving, beautiful beaches, 50 islands nearby, waterfalls and national parks. My hope is just that the island will not develop into the dimensions Phuket has.” The words are Brian Christensen’s, and he quickly adds: “But I don’t think so. This island seems so small because of the mountains.…
“The most exciting has for sure been to meet the local people on the way. We have received a lot of attention and have been met by big smiles and incredible good will everywhere,” says Michael B. Pedersen and Tina Helen Pedersen. The Danish couple is currently driving a Thai “tuk-tuk” – a motored rickshaw…
Jørgen Thyge Falster is known in Denmark for his provocative statement that he doesn’t dare to take a ride with the Copenhagen Metro, because the safety systems are antiquated and look like something made in the 1970’s. Since December last year he has worked in the German-owned consultant company DE-Consult ensuring the safety in Bangkok’s…
“In January we had approximately 45 travellers arriving per day. Half of them are Swedish, and the rest are Norwegian and Danish with a few Finnish and Dutch as well,” tells Henrik Aho, Kilroy Travels, who has just completed his term as the travel agency’s first “Ambassador” to Thailand. “Our typical traveller is between 19…
