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After more than two months of choking haze, life has pretty much returned to normal for the people in Singapore. But it will all just repeat itself next year if …
Danes mobilizing against the haze in Singapore Read More
What seems to be the major reason for the haze story repeating itself each year, is agriculture fires on peatlands in the Indonesian archipelago. Much of the land is being …
A Swedish solution for Southeast Asia’s smog crisis Read More
Swedish telecommunications and services provider Ericsson has signed deals with major two Indonesian telecommunications firms to help them with their network infrastructure and roll out their 4G/LTE connections in different parts …
Ericsson signs two deals with Indonesian telecom firms Read More
Finland’s President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö and Mrs Jenni Haukio has been on a state visit to Indonesia on 2 – 4 November 2015. President Niinistö held bilateral talks …
Finland’s President on State Visit to Indonesia Read More
Suppliers, manufacturers and retailers in Sweden have joined together in an initiative enabling a long-term switch to more sustainably produced, certified and traceable palm oil in both cosmetics and hygiene …
Swedish initiative for sustainable palm oil in chemical products Read More
The Danish government has revealed it will set aside 3 million Danish kroner to support mistreated and abused women in Indonesia. This statement was revealed by the Danish foreign minister, …
Denmark sets aside 3M to support mistreated women in Indonesia Read More
The Danish State Visit to Indonesia is now over. In terms of media coverage as quietly as it began. It took place from 21 to 24 October 2015. If you …
Danish State Visit to Indonesia Read More
3 billion dollars. Maersk has shown his interest to enter domestic shipping in Indonesia, but Indonesian foreign-ownership laws has put the huge amount of money from the Danish shipping giant …
Indonesian foreign-ownership law may avert $3 billions from Maersk Read More
Bahasa Indonesia is to be offered as one of the optional foreign language courses in the University of Turku in Finland starting in August 2016. Bahasa Indonesia is the official …
University in Finland to teach Bahasa Indonesia Read More
At the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Uppsala University researchers have in an international collaboration with Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in …
Swedish research may save Indonesian buffaloes Read MoreDenmark is one of the biggest forerunners in developing commercial wind power, which means that a great amount of todays wind turbines is produced by Danish manufacturers such as Vestas …
Denmark to build wind-powered electricity generator in Sulawesi Read More
IFU – the Danish Investment Fund for Developing countries – has developed a new strategy that makes it easier than ever to qualify to be an IFU supported company or …
New strategy makes Danish IFU an attractive investment partner Read More
The Norwegian Seamen’s Church employees have set out to help daily Norwegians in small and large crises abroad. The organization has developed an app, “Nødnummer”, to make your stay abroad …
The Norwegian Seamen’s Church emergency app Read More
Are you ready to travel? With the new app from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs you will be. The travel app ”UM Rejseklar” (=ready to go) will make you …
Denmark releases new worldwide travel app Read More
Last year Denmark passed a dual citizenship bill. On 1st September 2015 the law became effective and it is now possible for foreign nationals living in Denmark to become naturalized citizens …
A guide to dual citizenship Read More
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ScandAsia now on Instagram! Read More
A working visit to Norway took place in August by Susi Pudjiastuti, the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia, in order to improve the quality …
Indonesian Norway visit aiming to improve fisheries cooperation Read More
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of the Kingdom of Denmark and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort will travel on a State Visit to Indonesia in October. Amid the comprehensive …
65 years of Indo-Danish diplomatic ties, State Visit brings opportunity for increased cooperation Read More
On 30 July 2015 the Embassy of Sweden in Jakarta hosted a pre-departure gathering with new students going to Sweden, Alumni Swedia and PPI Swedia. Alumni and students of Swedish …
Jakarta gathering: 60 students getting ready to study in Sweden Read More
In 2015 a new auspicious occasion has arrived for Queen Margrethe II of the Kingdom of Denmark to head east. Following on 2014’s state visit to China Her Majesty the …
Denmark’s State Visit to Indonesia Oct 2015, with business delegation announced Read MoreDefence and security company Saab and the Indonesian defence university Unhan have recently signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) regarding academic collaboration in Innovation, R&D and knowledge exchange. During a …
Saab and Indonesian Defence University Unhan in Academic Collaboration Read MoreDanes Worldwide, a global association working to assist and improve rights for Danes living abroad, celebrates the dual citizenship law coming into force September 1st. On the same occasion this years ‘Dane …
Danes Worldwide celebrates dual citizenship Read More
Bjarne Wildau Nielsen, a veteran Danish journalist in Asia, celebrated on Saturday 13 June 2015 his 25 year anniversary as an Asia reporter. Bjarne Wildau highlights some of the many changes …
Danish veteran journalist celebrates 25 years in Asia Read More
Gauthiers’ has announced the acquisition of an equity share of Modex, a leading international manufacturer of DNV-certified offshore equipment from Norway. Modex operates in Norway, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and China, …
Gauthiers’ merges with Modex (Norway) to form world’s third-largest offshore container fleet Read More
On 4 June 2015 the Nordic Embassies in Jakarta came together for a first joint Nordic Midsummer Party. 4 Nordic Embassies; Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden celebrated their annual national …
First joint Nordic Midsummer Party held in Jakarta Read More Connecting to the Nordic midsummer celebrations in Jakarta Denmark’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Casper Klynge, has told reporters that a state visit from Denmark to Indonesia is due for the end …
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II due to visit Indonesia in October Read More
Norway is finally caving in to its critics, as the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) is facing a likely ban on its coal investments by the country’s parliament. On …
Norwegian Parliament due to ban government’s coal investments Read More
On 26 May, a high-profile international conference was held at the Norwegian Nobel Institute and Voksenaasen, designed to bring the Norwegian and EU publics closer to the reality of the …
High-profile conference held in Norway on Myanmar’s Persecution of Rohingyas Read More
For a second time Indonesia has extended the forest moratorium for another two years through The moratorium aims to combat rapid deforestation in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, preventing new clearing …
Indonesia’s forestry moratorium extended again despite loopholes Read More In April, 2015 Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg visited Indonesia and Vietnam. During the trip the Prime Minister, accompanied by fellow members of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s MDG Advocacy Group, …
Norway PM Erna Solberg’s open letter on sustainable development Read More
Monday the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand will screen the Danish film ‘The Look of Silence’, a riveting, award winning documentary about an Indonesian optometrist, still tortured by the loss …
Danish documentary film in Bangkok Read MoreMay 9 it is the official Europe Day. EU institutions open their doors to the public and EU Delegations around the world organize activities on the theme of Europe in the World. “Europe …
Asian countries celebrate Europe Day 2015 Read More
‘It is deeply regrettable that Indonesia is once again carrying out executions. I urge the Indonesian Government to stop the planned executions and reintroduce the moratorium on the death penalty,’ …
Norway: Indonesia’s executions ”deeply regrettable” Read More
While Southeast Asia is eagerly awaiting the XC90’s arrival, Volvo Cars has unveiled “the most luxurious vehicle ever built by the Swedish company in its 88 year history” at the …
Asia launch: XC90 ‘Excellence’ – Volvo’s most luxurious car model ever Read MoreThe dream of living an easy life away from the cold North can become a nightmare, if you get sick and do not have a health insurance. ‘There is no financial …
Trading Danish health care for a carefree life in Thailand Read More
Norway and Indonesia agree to work as quickly as possible towards a platform for extending their climate and forest partnership. Norway expresses concerns over Indonesia’s resumption of the use of …
Norway’s Prime Minister Solberg and Indonesia’s President meet in Jakarta Read More
All four editions of the ScandAsia magazine was distributed to all subscribers of the e-magazines today. The four editions cover the China Edition, the Thailand Edition, the Singapore Edition and the South …
ScandAsia April magazine distributed Read MoreNorwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has asked Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo to halt the executions of drug offenders, who include two Australians. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has reportedly asked …
Norway asks Indonesia to halt executions Read More
When the World Water Forum takes place in South Korea from April 12-17 the Danish Minister of the Environment Ms Kirsten Brosbøl is in attendance and a Danish Pavilion showcases …
Denmark’s water solutions and expertise targeting Asia Read More
Konecranes (headquartered in Finland) has in March 2015 received an order from PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III (Persero) in Surabaya for three Ship-to-Shore (STS) cranes. The cranes will be delivered to …
Finnish Konecranes lands Indonesian order Read More
The Danish Embassy in Bangkok experiences that many parents are very eager to register their child in the Civil Registration System in Denmark to get a personal identification number. The …
Confusion about Danish citizenship Read More
As a result of the visit to Indonesia on 18-19 March, 2015 by Krista Kiuru, the Minister of Education, Science and Communications of Finland, and her delegation, the two countries could …
Finland and Indonesia sign education cooperation agreement Read More
Invited by Saab AB Indonesian media visited a number of cities in Sweden to see what the Swedish defense giant could offer, especially in terms of modernizing the Indonesian Air …
Indonesian media visits Saab Sweden Read MoreNorwegian Statoil has been awarded new exploration acreage offshore Indonesia. The licence, through the Aru Trough I licence, covers an area of approximately 8,300 square kilometres, adjacent to Statoil’s existing …
Statoil awarded new licence offshore Indonesia Read MoreHe fought against cheap coffee machines and read up on old Einstein theories. Danish founder of Skandinavian Solar in the Philippines strongly believes that in a few years, alternative energy …
Danish solar ambitions in the Philippines Read More
Chalmers Challenges you! Are you ready to pull up your socks and show us what you are made of? Bachelor’s engineering students from Thailand and Indonesia can compete in the …
The Chalmers Challenge competition: Indonesia, Thailand Read More
During the first week of March 2015 Sweden’s Ambassadors to Southeast Asia went on a road show together with Business Sweden to make their cause for increased Swedish trade and …
Ambassadors on road show to Sweden Read More
The Swedish bank Handelsbanken’s new Representative Office in Jakarta was inaugurated on Mach 12 by Sweden’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Johanna Brismar Skoog. Handelsbanken is the first Scandinavian Bank to open …
Handelsbanken opens Representative Office in Jakarta Read MoreThe countries in Southeast Asia run world economy. But despite this, Sweden’s export to the region decreases. This trend has to stop, the Swedish ambassadors in Southeast Asia writes. These days we visit …
Weak Swedish interest for hot Southeast Asia Read More
When Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) announced its financial results for the previous year 2014, it was clear that China is playing a key role. As the company’s largest market, …
Records sales for Volvo Cars, largest market China exceeds 80,000. Read More