His Majesty the King of Thailand yesterday sent a message to King Harald V of Norway to congratulate him on his 84th birthday. In the letter, His Majesty the King extended his sincere congratulations and best wishes for the Norwegian monarch. “I am convinced that our ties of friendship … will make great strides forward…
As Sweden and China’s fight continues, the EU is not showing signs of unity in regards to China and Sweden has once again emerged as the EU member state adopting the hardest stance against Beijing even though links between the EU and China are warming up this year. In January the EU and China concluded…
China was not joking when the country in 2018 pledged its athletes will participate in all 109 events at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games and has been sending them on intense training programs in rural Norway to see it happen. Beijing is the first city to host both summer and winter Olympic games and has…
On 17 February 2021 the Norwegian Business Association Singapore welcomed their new member in a note that read: We are happy to welcome Kristine Schi Nordvold as our new Digital Engagement Manager. She will continue developing NBAS’ digital platforms as the preferred competence and networking source for Norwegian industry in Singapore and the SEA-region, and…
The Edge Malaysia Weekly recently published an opinion piece from Denmark’s Ambassador in Malaysia, Kirsten Rosenvold Geelan where she states the importance of protecting freshwater resources and how we find ways to ensure reliable water supply. In the Ambassador’s article titled ‘My say: It is all about water’, the Ambassador states that Danish companies have…
On 16 February 2021 the Norwegian Chargé d’Affaires Jan Wilhelm Grythe gave an interview to the Labor Newspaper for its Special Tet Issue about Norway-Vietnam trade, investment and business cooperation over the past 50 years and in the years to come. Please read the interview here.
“Finland focuses on working together with Vietnam on sustainability issues, not any one single issue, but overall there is a lot of activity going on,” said Finnish Ambassador to Vietnam H.E. Kari Kahiluoto during an interview granted to reporters from the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper on the occasion of the Lunar New Year…
As of 27 February, residents of Thailand can travel to Finland without travel restrictions only when there is a direct flight and while taking into account the provisions on the entry of foreign nationals into Finland. When traveling to Finland which involves transit through another country, only following traffic is permitted: +residents returning to Finland…
The Government of Sweden recently supported the United Nations Development Programme’s event “Preparing for Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals” in Indonesia. The event was a high-level dialogue with Indonesian companies which was called to honor human rights values in business operations as outlined in UN Guiding Principles on Business and…
Bilateral relations between Indonesia and Norway have been developing dynamically for the past 71 years and were recently discussed during a virtual meeting between Puan Maharani, Indonesian House of Representatives speaker, and Tone Wilhemsen Troen, Norwegian Parliament Speaker on 18 February. According to Puan Maharani, Indonesia hopes there will be support for improving relations between…
