Xiao Ou tours Asia
The norwegian rapper Xiao Ou aka Eirik Okkenhaug is going on an Asian spring tour kicking off on the 12th of March in Shanghai. The tour will end on the …
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Delightful atmosphere at Scandinavian Sports Day in Singapore
The annual Scandinavian Sports Day in Singapore, held on Saturday, March 1, took place at Jurong West Stadium and turned out to be a great success with 263 participants. The …
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China to experience Young Dreams
The Norwegian rock band Young Dreams will be playing at the MAO Livehouse in Beijing on the 12th and at the JUE Music Festival in Shanghai on the 13th of …
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Swedish Naval Officers in Singapore
Naval relation between Sweden and Singapore goes back over twenty years and since 1995 an annual exchange is conducted within the memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement between the two nations. …
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Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation visits China
Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Mogens Jensen, visited China from the 24th of the 27th of February. The Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Mr. Mogens Jensen …
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ScandAsia Calendar crashed
The Calendar of events on ScandAsia crashed on Sunday 02 March 2014 after an advised update from the plugin developer Time.ly. The update reset all calendar entries to 1 January …
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Visit Denmark section at Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar
The 47th Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar will take place on March 1-2, on the fifth floor of Siam Paragon from 10 AM. The aim is to raise funds to support …
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Farewell to Danish Ambassador in Jakarta
Today, February 28, was the day of goodbye to Danish Ambassador of Indonesia, Martin Bille Hermann, who is going back to Denmark. Earlier today Martin was biking to work with …
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Lunch beat at Swedish Embassy in Hanoi
Yesterday The Swedish Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, arranged a lunch beat and it turned out to be a great success. If you want to participate the next event well then …
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Thomas Nyborg new Dancham President
[icopyright horizontal toolbar]Thomas Nyborg was elected new Dancham President at a quick board meeting after the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 27 February 2014. The Annual General Meeting of the …
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Embassy job fair in Vietnam
Danish Ambassador in Vietnam, John Nielsen, opened his home on February 27, to host a job fair for Vietnamese students finishing a four-year Bachelor of Science in Finance offered jointly …
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SEB and The Nordic Chambers, Thailand, held a Seminar & Networking event on February 25, at St. Regis Hotel, Bangkok. About 40 guest attended, mainly members of the Swedish Chamber. …
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Danish- and Swedish-Thais donate cash to anti-govt movement
Members of anti-Thai government protesters from Denmark and Sweden delivered THB140.000 in donation to the PDRC on the Pathumwan stage in Bangkok Wednesday night. ScandAsia has earlier reported the story …
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Viking Wheelers Pattaya trip
“It was the song about “De 10 smaa cyklister” all over again. Only 3 brave vikings, Claus Birk (organizer), Claus Gundersen and Hans Henrik Melchior turned up at the beginning …
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Danish-Thais hold anti-Yingluck government protest in Copenhagen
About 150 Danish-Thais participated in a demonstration, arranged by People´s Democratic Reform Committee, Denmark, in Copenhagen on February 22 to show solidarity with the ongoing anti-government protesters in Thailand. They …
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Swedish Embassy speech on education in Cambodia
Ms Kristina Kühnelm, Head of Development Cooperation, Swedish Embassy, made a speech at the opening of the National Conference on Education, “Promoting Integrity to Strengthen the Quality of Education in Cambodia”, …
Swedish Embassy speech on education in Cambodia Read MoreSwedish Olympic Games night at Swedish Church
The Swedish Church in Singapore, had the big screen up last night for a patriotic event, when the Swedish Winter Olympic Game contenders in Sochi, competed to add more gold …
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First Mix-Balut event of the year
The first Mix-balut arrangement of 2014, took place on Friday, February 21, at L’Opera Restaurant and Wine Bar. Balut is an ongoing traditional dice-game played with enthusiasm amongst the Danes …
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Board changes under way in Dancham
The upcoming Annual General Meeting at Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce on Thursday February 27 could bring about major changes on the board of directors of the Chamber. Five members must …
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Scandinavian embassies urge caution – not panic
Despite constantly-updated, stern travel advisories issued to visiting Scandinavian citizens by their respective governments, the Swedish, Norwegian and Danish embassies appear to be more or less accommodating to the ongoing …
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Swedish, Chinese scientists discuss climate issues in Beijing
A seminar titled Short Lived Climate Forcers, was held in Beijing on January 15 and 16, jointly organized by the Swedish Ministry of Environment, The Environmental Protection Agency and China´s …
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Nokia Care Center targeted by Thai anti-Shinawatra movement
M-Link is a company officially appointed by Nokia (Thailand) to oversee administration of the Nokia Care Center. The company provides comprehensive after-sales services in the areas of Nokia mobile phones …
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New coordinator at NBAS
Ms. Una Skram has recently been appointed the new coordinator at Norwegian Business Association Secretariat in Singapore. She is excited about her new job. “First of all, I would like …
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DANIDA and Danish Trade Council joint workshop in Jakarta
The Danish Trade Council and DANIDA business partnership, hosted a well-attended workshop on making CSR an integral part of the Danish companies identity on a strategic level, on January 22-23. …
DANIDA and Danish Trade Council joint workshop in Jakarta Read MoreMassive turnout for networking event at “Little Denmark”
The restaurant, “Little Denmark”, was crammed to the very last seat on February 15, when 64 members of the Danish society, “Danskerklubben, held a network-gathering. Chef “Kurt” did the cooking …
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Heartaching disabled Dane sets up wheelchair charity
The future looked bright for Brian Jensen. He had just finish his educations as a blacksmith when an accident left him disabled and reliant on a wheelchair. Brian turned the …
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Passionate Danes cook up international gourmet in Bangkok
Quality is key for Henrik and Dorte Tvilling who left Denmark to pursue their dream of opening up a restaurant in Thailand. A dream of owning a restaurant in southern …
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New board members at SWEA
SWEA members in Thailand elected on Tuesday 21 January 2014 at the Annual General Meeting a handful of new board members to organize and manage the events of the association …
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Danish Ambassador at the official Mikkeller opening
Denmark’s Ambassador in Thailand, Mikael Hemniti Winther, officially opened the beer bar Mikkeller, in Bangkok, on February 11. Mikkeller has already been open to customers since January 29, but the …
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Norwegian man stabilized
The 37-year old norwegian man who was reported to be imminent danger due to lack of blood has now been stabilized. The man suffering from anemia received the three units …
Norwegian man stabilized Read MoreDanish Embassy to join Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar
The Diplomatic Red Cross Bazaar is a joint collaboration between diplomatic spouses in Thailand and the Thai Red Cross Society and will take place on March 1-2, at the Royal …
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Mandarin Oriental’s Christian A. Hassing
[sliderpro id=”7″] The art of offering old-style luxury hospitality to travellers on a 24/7 hi-speed connected schedule with little time at hand. The hand fan, which symbolises the orient and olden times, dominates the …
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Win tickets for Michael Learns To Rock concert
If you take a “Selfie” in front of something that reminds you of Denmark, and send it in a photo message to the Facebook page of The Danish Embassy in Indonesia, …
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Swedes turn up in force at 2014 inaugural networking
It was a well attended get-together last night, when The Swedish Chamber of Commerce held its first networking evening of the year, at The Huntsman Pub, Landmark Hotel in Bangkok. …
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Happy New Year of the Horse
The Swedish Embassy in Jakarta gathered for a wish of Happy New Year of the Horse on January 30, as the year of the snake draws to a close.
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Popular Norwegian singers wow fans with intimate concert in Singapore
The Norwegian duo of Maria Arredondo and Torstein Sødal, wellknown Christmas concert singers, held an exclusive concert on Thursday, January 30th, at the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Singapore. Torstein Sødal …
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Engaging debate on “Freedom” at Danish Seamen’s church in Singapore
Esben Lunde Larsen, Danish Parliament member (Venstre), held on Monday 27 January 2014, a presentation on perceptions of freedom and civil society set in a Danish-Singaporean historical context. Twenty people attended the …
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Norwegian consulate holds charity fun run in Shanghai
The Charity and Health Run Activity “Run for Love”, organized by BI Norwegian Business School and School of Management/Fudan University’s MBA Program, in partnership with the charity organization One Foundation, …
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Strong turnout of Norwegians at Udon meeting
The Norwegian embassy’s yearly information meeting for Norwegian citizens was held at an Udon Thani hotel on 27 January 2014. Representatives of the Norwegian Embassy and NAV/HELFO informed Norwegian citizens …
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Linköping FC beat Thai women national team 3-0
Linköping FC beat Thai Women National team 3-0 in a 25 January 2014 friendly at Duphatemi Stadium, Don Muang. The Swedish women led with 1-0 by the end of the …
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Embassy staff to meet Norwegians in Pattaya on Jan 31
The Norwegian embassy’s yearly information meeting for Norwegian citizens will be held in Pattaya on Friday January 31 at 11.00 am at Jomtien Garden Hotel & Resort. Representatives from the …
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In conjunction with Seed Forum, the Norwegian Embassy in Singapore invited investors, entrepreneurs, businesses and students to an interesting start-up night of presentations and networking at the Ambassador’s Residence. The …
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Flemming Winther Nielsen has passed away
Flemming Winther Nielsen passed away Tuesday 21 January 2014. He died close to 6 pm at home 65 years old. His wife, Khun Pornpan, called an ambulance that took him …
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Linköping Women to play Thai national squad
Linköping FC will play a football match against the Thai Women National Team on 25 January at Duphatemi Stadium, Don Muang. SAAB and the Royal Thai Air force are sponsoring …
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On Wednesday January 15 the Danish network in Hua Hin sent out an invite to a networking event on January 25. Already on Thursday the next morning a new message …
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Learn Norwegian language, culture in Norway
Norgesskolen is an opportunity for children ages 9 to 18 from around the world to live in Norway for three weeks, between July 13th and August 1st. Students will receive …
Learn Norwegian language, culture in Norway Read MoreDABS invited to law night
Danish Business Association Singapore, DABS, hosted its first event of the year on Monday January 13. The topic for the event was “Crime and Punishment in Singapore”. Though many people …
DABS invited to law night Read MoreDTCC cancels 16 Jan Nordic-Irish networking
Due to the political instability in Bangkok, DTCC regretfully inform its members and non-members that the Nordic and Irish chamber’s networking event scheduled for the 16th January has been cancelled. …
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Admirals Bangkachao Invasion by Viking Wheelers
On Sunday 12 January 2014 at 9 am sharp a group of 9 brave Vikings turned up at Admirals@24 to join the Viking Wheelers Bangkachao Invasion. They were: Bent Laasholt, …
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The new Norwegian priest in Pattaya, Ragnvald Seierstad, has been flown in directly from the airport in Oslo in more than one sense. For the last 15 years he worked as …
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