Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Monday was the seven year anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings which killed 202 people – including nine Swedes and three Danish girls. The three Danish girls were 19-year-old Lise Tangus …
Danish and Swedish Terror Victims Commemorated in Bali Read MoreHanoi New Music Meeting 2009 is a forum, as well as a stage, for nearly 20 contemporary, traditional, classical and electronic composers and musicians from Vietnam, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the …
Swedish and Danish Musicians at Hanoi New Music Meeting Read MoreThe iconic Swedish home furnishing conglomerate Ikea has stepped up its green policy from making its products 100% recyclable to ordering raw material from well-managed forest plantations.“We are working with …
Furnishing Giant IKEA Set to Boost Green Push Read MoreIt was just after twelve and the Indonesian woman was about to take the bus home when the Sharia police stopped her. When they found makeup in her bag, they …
Helping Battered Indonesian Women Read MoreVietnam and Sweden have signed a development cooperation agreement, in which Sweden is committed to providing Vietnam with a non-refundable aid package of at least US$36 million for the 2009-2011 …
Sweden Offers Vietnam US$36 Million in Non-refundable Aid Read MoreAccording to a press release from the Danish Foreign Ministry, Denmark will provide additional relief to victims of the earthquakes that hit Sumatra in Indonesia. Danida has granted an additional 10 million DKK …
Denmark Donates Millions to Earthquake Victims Read MoreA 7.6-magnitude quake rocked West Sumatra province last Wednesday, killing more than 1,000 people and devastating scores of villages and towns. Since then aid and condolences for quake victims in …
The King of Sweden Sends Letter of Condolence to Indonesia Read MoreSingapore’s Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen, will be visiting Finland and France from Oct 5 to 9. During his visit, Dr Ng will …
Singapore’s Minister of Education to Visit Finland Read MoreFor the second day in a row the Indonesian island of Sumatra has been hit by a violent earthquake. According to Reuters the latest earthquake, which hit yesterday, measured 6.6 on the Richter scale. …
Scandinavians Unharmed after Earthquakes Read MoreFirst a typhoon hit the Philippines and Vietnam, then a tsunami hit Samoa and Tonga, and now an earthquake has hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra.While the number of deaths and injuries rise, …
Danish Red Cross Overloaded by Natural Disasters in Asia Read More