Norwegian Embassy in Bangkok one early morning. Consul Birgit Brantenberg has hardly reached her desk, before the phone starts ringing. It is a fellow Norwegian desperately begging to borrow money for a huge hospital bill. After lunch, she conducts a marriage and just when she wants to go home, she receives information about a family…
Denmark, History & Heritage, Singapore
Mary Narayanan: 40 Years of Serving Denmark
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In the newly renovated spaces of the Danish Embassy in Singapore, Personal Assistant Mary Narayanan enjoys her new private office. Even though she is truly a people’s person, she also likes the fact that she is now able to close the door behind her and focus on the tasks ahead. But when the door is…
Denmark, Singapore
New Danish Ambassador to Singapore
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Ever since finishing his university degree in Copenhagen back in 1973, Ole Lisborg has had only one employer. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A long and interesting career has taken him around Europe, most recently serving as Ambassador to Luxembourg. Now, in Singapore, Ole Lisborg wants to continue the great work of his predecessors…
Denmark, Indonesia
Indonesian Faces Death Penalty on Danish Embassy Plot
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An Indonesian militant went on trial on Thursday to face charges of plotting to attack the Danish embassy in Jakarta in revenge for the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed published in a Danish newspaper in 2005. Heri Sigo Samboja, alias Sogir, 28, was arrested in an anti-terror police raid in June together with Indonesia’s most…
Denmark, Thailand
Dane Wins Best Game in Thailand Award
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The 43-year-old Torben Rudgaard from Denmark received the prices at a big award show at the Government Centre of Thailand. “We have been working 30 people for eight months to create a new game for Facebook”, says Torben Rudgaard, CEO and founder of FlipInvert. The game is called “Island Escape” where you get an empty…
China, Sweden
SwedCham China is Moving
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On 23 December the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China moved from their office in WanChai to the new address in Central Hong Kong. The Chamber is closed for New Years and will open again on Monday 3 January 2011. The phone numbers and e-mail addresses will remain the same, but note the new office…
Denmark, Thailand
Wozniacki Arrived in Thailand
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Denmark’s Wozniacki will play Clijsters of Belgium in an exhibition match in honour of His Majesty the King at Hua Hin’s Centennial Park on Saturday. Wozniacki played at the Pattaya Open three years ago but this is her first visit to Hua Hin, and the Dane was happy to arrive. “It is very cold in…
Denmark, Thailand
Caroline Wozniacki to Play in Hua Hin
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Caroline Wozniacki and Kim Clijsters are two of the most popular players in tennis right now and will kick off the action at 5pm on Saturday 1 January 2011. Caroline Wozniacki finished 2010 as the world’s top-ranked player and has won 12 WTA Singles titles including six in 2010. “This last year has been an…
Norway, Thailand
Young Norwegians Scammed When Buying Thai Tickets
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Preben Tveit (22) and Sven Christiansen (24) from Bergen thought everything was fine when they checked into the aircraft that were to take them to Thailand last night.But the Lufthansa tickets they bought from a private person via www.finn.no, who claimed he had to sell his tickets due to illness, proved not to be in…
Denmark, Philippines
Three Danish Million to Philippine Children
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The joy was great when Stairway Denmark received a yes from Danida’s Project Fund to the three million DKK for which they had applied to continue and improve their work with sexual abused children in the Philippines. “This is the largest amount we’ve ever received and it will put Stairway able to move up to…
