Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
In Scandinavian countries, people celebrate another festival of lights that brightens up the long, cold winter months — St. Lucia Day. “In Sweden it’s a big festival. We have …
Sweden’s Light Festival Hits Jakarta Read MoreMaersk Line announced plans to transfer its intra-Asia services to its Singapore-based subsidiary, MCC Transport, beginning in 2009. The Danish carrier in a statement said it has identified the intra-Asia …
Maersk Transfers Intra-Asia Services Read MoreA workshop entitled “the potential of renewable energy in Indonesia” that was held in Bogor Indonesia enhanced cooperation on renewable energy between Indonesia and Finland. The aim of the …
Launching A Public – private Partnership Read MoreFinland’s former President Martti Ahtisaari urged the U.S. president-elect Barack Obama to strive to bring peace to the Middle East as he received the Nobel Peace Prize Wednesday at Oslo, …
Former Finnish President Receives Nobel Peace Prize Read MoreFormer Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace efforts and …
Martti Ahtisaari Arrives For Nobel peace Ceremony Read MoreBy Mr. Stein Kristiansen, Professor of Development Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, and also visiting Professor at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. …
Welcome To The Norwegian House In Yogyakarta Read MoreThe Indonesian government will participate in the signing of Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) during a conference from December 1-4, 2008 in Oslo, Norway, in a bid to support world …
Indonesia To Sign Cluster Bomb Ban In Oslo Read MoreA series of trainings for women legislative candidates was held in four cities in November and December, 2008. These trainings, organized by The Asia Foundation in partnership with its regional …
Norwegian Support To Women Candidates Read MoreRecently Norwegian Ambassador Eivind Homme and ILO Country Director Alan Boulton signed into effect an agreement on “Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers, Phase II” Norway will …
Norway Supporting ILO Initiative On Human Trafficking Read More“Beat Fest” will this weekend play host The Whitest Boy Alive, whose debut album Dreams contains 10 of the smoothest, up-tempo, minimal indie tunes around. The band kicked off in …
Norwegian Take Part In Jakarta Festival Read More