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Travel firm bankrupt: Nordic subsidiaries survive

September 24, 2019April 29, 2021 - by Sigrid Friis Neergaard - Leave a Comment

The world’s oldest travel firm, Thomas Cook Group, has entered compulsory liquidation according to a press release. The liquidation follows failure to reach a sufficient financial agreement between the company’s …

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Scania took a break for the climate

September 22, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

Scania in Malaysia and Singapore closed its operations for one hour on 20 September in support of a call for a Climate Day. Starting from 11am until 12pm on 20 …

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Finnish-Singaporean study show Mindfulness works against stress

September 16, 2019 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

Researchers from Singapore Management University (SMU), the Hanken School of Economics, Finland; and two American universities have carried out a study titled ‘Overworked and Under-Resourced: A Mindfulness Intervention for Middle …

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Antti Vänskä – the new Finnish Ambassador at the helm in Singapore

September 6, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

When he was in his early 20s Mr Antti Vänskä, on route to a summer job in Australia, sent a postcard to his parents back in Finland from Singapore, describing …

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Danes receiving pension in Thailand rose to 572 in 2018

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

A total of 572 Danes were receiving their pension in Thailand in 2018. Fifteen years earlier, in 2003, there were only 46 Danish pensioners in Thailand. The 572 Danish pensioners …

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Dane saved thousands of Chinese at Nanjing massacre

September 1, 2019September 6, 2019 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

Bernhard Arp Sindberg, a Dane who happened to be in Nanjing during the Japanese imperial army’s massacre on soldiers and civilians in Nanjing in 1937, rescued thousands of Chinese from …

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Mapping murder patterns in Denmark

September 1, 2019September 1, 2019 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

A Danish researcher has analyzed 1,417 murders committed in Denmark from 1992 to 2016. The conclusion is, that Denmark has a rate of ‘intentional homicide’ of just 1.20 per 100,000 …

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Norwegian man charged with manslaughter in Phuket

August 26, 2019April 29, 2021 - by Sigrid Friis Neergaard - 1 Comment

On Wednesday morning 21 August 2019 a Norwegian martial arts expert allegedly killed a British tourist at Centara Grand Hotel in Karon, Phuket. The death of the British national followed …

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Singapore invests in sustainable Finnish fiber firm

August 23, 2019April 29, 2021 - by Sigrid Friis Neergaard - Leave a Comment

Instead of just chucking textile, cardboard and agricultural waste in the bin, Finnish start-up Infinited Fiber Company (IFC) turns this otherwise unusable material into new fibres. And now Singapore-based Royal …

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World Famous Danish band to play in Asia

August 21, 2019April 29, 2021 - by Sigrid Friis Neergaard - Leave a Comment

“Mama Said”, “Take the World by Storm” and “Love Someone”. Regardless of age or country, most people across the world can sing along to these songs by the world famous …