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An inspection team from the Danish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food found that approximately every fifth piece of imported fruit or vegetables from countries outside the European Union exceeded …
Too high levels of pesticide in imported fruits and vegetables from Asia Read More
A Denmark Cambodia Business Club has recently been established in Cambodia with the aim to promote business between Denmark and Cambodia. Go4 Bunker has made an initiative to set up …
Denmark Cambodia Business Club launched in Cambodia Read More
Annually The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorry Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships. The Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars (not to university students) in …
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The parties of a Danish-Cambodian oil industry pioneer project have signed agreement worth 60 million USD. The agreement will result in a major project on supply of maritime bunker fuels …
Danish pilot project in the fuel industry soon to start in Cambodia: Million USD investor agreement closed Read More
The Danish Government has requested Danes Worldwide – the association of Danes living abroad – to comment on a planned new law on citizenship. In the draft of the new …
Danes Worldwide comments on new citizen law Read MoreCambodian opposition group, Denmark-based Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF), has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Prime Minister Hun Sen of “crimes against humanity.” The opposition …
Denmark based opposition group accuses Cambodian PM of crimes against humanity Read MoreCambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday warned garment workers that protests demanding higher wages could push manufacturers to quit the country. His appeal came after unions last week said …
Cambodian protests at H&M factory sparks warning from PM Read MoreA shelter collapsed injuring 23 workers on Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for H&M, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial safety. The concrete …
Accident at H&M garment factory in Cambodia injures 23 Read MoreThe Danish Representative office in Cambodia will close permanently from May 31. Questions or requests on business can be directed at the Danish Embassy in Bangkok. Contact information at www.um.dk. …
Danish Representative office in Cambodia will close permanently Read More
Danes abroad rejoice as a political majority now seems to be in place to permit them to hold dual citizenship. A change in the law will make it possible for …
Danish parliament ready to support double citizenship Read MoreThe Swedish Embassy in Phnom Penh announces the award of $ 1.5 million to support the Community Based Adaptation Program. An extension agreement between Sweden and UNDP was signed on …
Sweden awards grant to Civil Society Organizations in Cambodia Read MoreNorwegian pianist and composer Ingolv Haaland will perform at Meta House Sunday 26th May 6.30 p.m., featuring Khmer singer Ouch Savy and Tro player Yun Theara. The music is …
Norwegian pianist to perform with Khmer singer in Cambodia Read More
A young male Norwegian tourist has reportedly been found dead in his room on the 3rd floor of the Thunborey Hotel, Siem Reap in Cambodia. A police official identified the …
Norwegian found dead in Siem Reap hotel Read MoreTwo Khmer employees from Soria Moria Boutique Hotel will relocate to Norway for a year in September, as part of an innovative new job swap scheme orchestrated by hotel founder …
Cambodian hotel employees set for exchange programme in Norway Read MoreAlongside growing Cambodian exports, Danish logistics company Damco opened a second CFS warehouse facility in Phnom Penh on April 5. According to the Phnompenh Post, the 10,500-square-metre facility, on National …
Damco expands operations in Cambodia Read MoreThe Embassy of Finland is supporting selected small-scale development projects in the lower Mekong Region through Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC), budgeted at around 120.000 euro annually. The fund is …
Embassy of Finland in Thailand supports development projects Read MoreFinland will have a new ambassador to Thailand by September 1, 2013. Sirpa Mäenpää is currently Finland’s Ambassador to Bangkok, with responsibility for Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos but will be transferring to …
Kirsti Westphalen new Finnish ambassador to Bangkok Read MoreDiscovery Channel is now launching the Discovery Scholarship. The purpose of the scholarship is to work with ActionAid involving engineering students by offering them the opportunity to be involved in …
Discovery and ActionAid gives students in Sweden the opportunity to make a difference in Cambodia Read MoreRecently the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) started training teams of deminers in eastern Cambodia, and the new group is all female. For over 20 years NPA has been working in …
Norwegian People’s Aid in Cambodia trains all female deminers Read MoreYesterday, March 7, the Swedish Embassy to Cambodia signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to provide funding of SEK 7 million to support the multimedia …
Sweden supports multimedia youth project in Cambodia Read MoreOn Tuesday, March 5, 2013, The Government of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) committed SEK 48 million for continued cooperation with the Southeast Asian Fisheries …
Swedish support for fisheries and habitat management in Asia Read MoreA Singaporean has been chosen to chair the Global Dignity movement in Cambodia, established by the Crown Prince of Norway. Young Global Leader (YGL) and Singapore’s first Rotary Peace Fellow …
Singaporean to lead Norwegian Prince’s NGO in Cambodia Read More
Star Alliance has launched an enhanced Asia Airpass for travel across the Asian continent. “The new Asia Airpass, with its extended routing possibilities, reflects the growing desire for travellers to …
Star Alliance Introduces enhanced Asia Airpass Read More
200 factory workers has demonstrated on Feb 7 outside Phnom Penh Tower in Cambodia’s capital where both H&M and the Swedish embassy is located. The protest was staged because …
H&M refuses Cambodian workers’ cries for help Read More
For third year in a row Finland has been measured as the country that most respects media freedom. Norway, which last year shared the title with Finland falls back to …
Nordic countries tops press freedom index while South-east countries falls to the bottom Read MoreCambodia and Thailand on Thursday commenced implementing a single visa scheme in a move to encourage more foreign tourists and business people to these Southeast Asian nations, according to a …
Cambodia, Thailand launch single visa for Nordic visitors Read MoreChristmas shoppers stand to be taken by surprise this month as campaigners take action in shopping centers around Europe to raise awareness of poverty wages of Cambodian garment workers. With …
‘Fashion Mobs’ in Denmark and Norway to press for living wage in Cambodia Read MoreOn Friday, November 7 2012, the Swedish Ambassador to Thailand, Klas Molin, signed on behalf of the Government of Sweden a co-financing agreement of 8.3 million US Dollars for a second phase …
Sweden Commits 8.3 Million US Dollars to Mekong Environment Program Read MoreA group of more than 40 Cambodian former ITP and scholarship students to Sweden gathered in early December for a much appreciated cocktail-evening at the Swedish residence in Phnom Penh. …
Khmer students reception at the Swedish residence Read MoreFinnair is once again carrying out the Change for Good collection on international flights over the Christmas period in cooperation with UNICEF Finland. This year’s campaign collection target is the …
Finnair and UNICEF help Asian children along the road to school Read MoreEmbassy of Finland has granted funds to six local organisations total of 188 000 euros to help develop the projects concerning human rights advocacy and peace and reconciliation processes.Fund for local cooperation …
Finnish Embassy in Thailand granted funds for local cooperation Read MoreA Norwegian company has won a court injunction against Mfone, the Cambodian mobile subsidiary of the SET-listed satellite operator Thaicom Plc, for failure to pay US$3.73 million in service charges, …
Norwegian Eltek Valere won over Thaicom unit’s debt case Read MoreThe Finnish government will investigate multinational consulting and engineering firm Pöyry over its involvement in Laos’s Xayaburi dam project, writes the Phnom Penh Post. The newspaper revealed a letter …
Scrutiny over Finnish firm’s ties to Xayaburi Read MoreSwedish fashion giant H&M denied accusations that it encouraged “slave-like” wages at a subcontractor’s factory in Cambodia on Wednesday, 24 October. “It’s completely incorrect,” H&M chief executive Karl-Johan Persson told …
H&M denies slave wages allegations Read MoreThe South East Asian business elite and 16 Heads of States and Governments will meet in Pnom Penh when the 9. ASEAN Business & Investment Summit will be held as …
Record number of participants for the 9. ASEAN Business & Investment Summit Read MorePrincess Marie of Denmark is on a charity visit to Cambodia this week. On Tuesday, the Princess met with important Danish and Cambodian business people to support Danish business activities …
Princess Marie met Danish businessmen in Cambodia Read MoreThe Danish company Go4 Bunker, which has developed their “Smart bunker system” in partnership with Shenfei Group Co., Ltd Shenfei Group Co., Ltd and Maersk Broker K/S Maersk Broker K/S, …
Danish company to create new industry in Cambodia Read MoreAfter being convicted in Cambodia with charges of being an accessory to copyright violations for his role in bankrolling the filesharing site, Pirate Bay financier Carl Lundström was initially sentenced …
Pirate Bay financier bankruptcy file Read MoreGunilla Carlsson, Minister for Development Cooperation, met Wednesday with Cambodian Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng. Sar Kheng is visiting Sweden to study the Swedish experience with decentralization …
Decentralization export from Sweden to Cambodia Read MoreWhen Pirate Bay founder Gottfried Svartholm was arrested 30. August in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh it was expected that the arrest was made because of Gottfried Svartholm’s had failed …
Pirate Bay founder suspect in hack against Swedish tax authorities Read More“A favor for a favor” rumours have been circulating since the arrest of Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm in Cambodia. And now they appear to have been confirmed, according to TorrentFreak. The website wrote on Wednesday, …
Cambodia Gets $59M Aid from Sweden after Pirate Bay Founder’s Arrest Read MoreThe signing on 5 September of an Agreement on Development Cooperation between Sweden and Cambodia has been considered proof by some of a “favor for favor” deal between Sweden and …
Sweden’s $59M aid to Cambodia is a continuation of 33 years Aid. Read MoreCo-founder of top Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, was arrested Thursday, 30 August, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. According to local sources, he was arrested in an apartment above …
Pirate Bay Founder Arrested in Cambodia Read MoreWhen Danish Princess Marie visits Cambodia from 9 to 12 October, it will be her first trip as patroness of DanChurchAid. She will be accompanied be Secretary General Henrik Stubkjaer. …
Danish Princess to Visit Aid Projects in Cambodia Read MoreWomen sales promoters working in bars in Cambodia are occasionally exposed to harassment by customers varying from being coerced into drinking and in some cases, being subjected to sexual abuse. …
Carlsberg for Better Beer Promoter Working Conditions in Cambodia Read MoreTogether with the latest addition to the ScandAsia family, ScandAsia IndoChina, all five of the August issues are available online on issuu. Some of the interesting stories featured in these issues include, pole dancing …
ScandAsia August available online Read MoreThe first ever software conference in Cambodia was centred on a Danish open source content management system (CMS) named Typo 3. The conference was held this past weekend at the …
Kasper Skårhøj keynote speaker at Cambodia’s first software conference Read MoreThe Khmer Rouge tribunal runs out of money at the end of this month. Several governments who have pledged funds have yet to make deposits, but even if they do …
Norway pledged to give one million USD to Khmer Rouge tribunal Read MoreRunning by American Daniel Mitchell and his team, Grandis Timber is a joint venture between SRP International Group and Danish and Swedish pension fund investors. The operation is the largest …
Biggest Teak Nursery in Cambodia Funded by Denmark and Sweden Read MorePrefer a paper-less environment? Well, here’s good news! All four ScandAsia June issues are available online on a publishing platform. If you wish to check them out here are the …
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