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The former Finnish president and current United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari was named today as the winner of the annual peace prize of the Organization’s cultural agency. ”Mr. Ahtisaari, who …
Veteran Finnish diplomat Named Winner Of Prestigious UNESCO Peace Prize Read MoreOver a month has passed since a 23-year-old man from Sundsvall went missing in Bali. On Tuesday, they had relatives know that he had been found drowned on the island. …
Young Swede Found Dead In Bali Read MoreEricsson has been chosen by leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel for its Mobile Softswitch Solution (MSS). The solution will provide a common core network platform for both GSM and WCDMA technology …
Ericsson To Supply Next-generation Mobile Softswitch To Telkomsel In Indonesia Read MoreThai authorities announced arrested 12 people, and some 20,000 fake passports were seized. It was the second such arrest in the past month. The 12-person gang, included Thais, Burmese, and …
Fake Swedish Passports Seized In Thailand Read MoreNorway will increase funding by USD 3 million to enhance freedom of expression and independent media in countries of conflict and where journalists are under threat. Norwegian Deputy Minister for …
Norway Will Increase Funding By USD 3 Million To Independent Media Read More“Immigration to Finland could be made more efficient if all immigration services were centralised and housed under one roof”, says Ole Norrback, an ambassador and politician who has studied how …
Call To Create A Supra-Immigration Service In Finland Read MoreUS authorities on Thursday arrested a 58-year-old man accused of sexually abusing young Asian boys, ending a two-day global manhunt sparked by a rare public appeal from Interpol. Wayne Nelson …
US Nabs Pedophile Suspect, Ending Global Manhunt Read MoreLindman will take over from Alan Wren who has served as interim CEO since Ajay Srinivasan left Prudential in June 2007 to join the Aditya Birla Group in Mumbai. Prudential …
Prudential Hires Swedish Arne Lindman As Asia fund CEO Read MoreHukum Hak Asasi Manusia is the title of the new text book on Human rights in bahasa Indonesia, financed by the Norwegian Center for Human Rights (NCHR) in Oslo.“This book …
Indonesia: New Text Book On Human Rights Read MoreA database of more than 520,000 images, some of unspeakable crimes: Interpol’s vast collection of photos of child sex abuse and its victims has played an important role in an …
Swedish Police Officer: Small Details Can End The Abuse Of A Child Read MoreINTERPOL is requesting the public’s assistance to identify this man, assumed to be a Scandinavian, pictured in a series of child sexual abuse images posted on the Internet. The man …
Help find this man in child sex abuse images Read MoreAn Indonesian woman in her late twenties has been found dead in her home in Jeloy, Moss in Norway. Her husband, 27, is charged for leaving her in a helpless …
Young Indonesian Mother’s Death In Norway Considered A Murder Case Read MoreAlgot Backlund, a 23 year old Swede, is missing in Bali. Four weeks ago he should have met some friends at the international airport Ngurah Rai Airport, but he never …
Young Swedish Man Disappeared In Bali Read MoreA show for their money, that’s what 32 participants got Wednesday night April, 30th 2008, when the Indonesian Norwegian Business Council (INBC) and the Danish Business Association (DBA) held their …
First Joint DBA INBC Event A Great Success Despite Heavy Rain And Traffic Jam Read MoreNorway and Indonesia have co-organized the Global Intermedia dialogue (GIMD) since the cartoon crisis in 2006. GIMD has become a venue for journalists from all parts of the world to …
Norway And Indonesia Hold The 3rd Global Intermedia Dialogue In Bali Read MoreGovernment officials, businesspeople and experts from Indonesia, Sweden, Singapore and Thailand gathered in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the challenges of building sustainable cities. “Sustainable cities are a vision that …
Sweden And Indonesia Discus Solutions To Urban Problem´s Read MoreIndonesia and Norway jointly organized the 7th annual Human Rights Dialogue meeting in Jakarta 15-16 April 2008. State Secretary Elisabeth Walaas of Norway headed a delegation of 25 Norwegians from …
Norway and Indonesia Holds 7th Annual Human Rights Dialogue Meeting Read MoreAmbassador Niels Erik Andersen, currently based in Jakarta as Ambassador of Denmark to Indonesia will per 1 September 2008 move back to the Head Quarters of the Ministry of Foreign …
New Danish Ambassadors to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Read MoreIndonesia and Sweden are committed to translating their existing good political ties into mutually beneficial economic cooperation, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said. Although the political ties between the …
Indonesia And Sweden to Pursue Closer Economic Cooperation’s Read More60 Acehnese power women, supported by a delegation of their “sisters” from Finland, took part in a seminar on political participation of women in Banda Aceh recently. The project funded …
UNIFEM Finland Supporting The Political Participation Of Women In Aceh Read MoreThe Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Carl Bildt, visits Indonesia 21-22 April at the invitation of the Indonesian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. N. Hassan Wirajuda. The visit is …
The Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Visit Indonesia Read MoreCSM, a domestic and international broadband data/multimedia satellite and terrestrial network service provider in Indonesia, has selected the Swedish company Aptilo’s Mobile Wimax AAA Connectivity Service Network (CSN) platform, to …
Swedish Aptilo Shall Blanket Indonesia With Broadband Internet Acces Read More“This is my first posting in Asia and I’m thrilled to come to this region, which we all realize is growing in importance. I have seen a bit around Jakarta …
Swedish Ambassador Finds Fun in Jakarta Sun Read MoreTunisian oud player and vocalist Dhafer Youssef and his Norwegian backing band received massive praise for their performance at the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival on Sunday 10 March. An …
Praise to Dhafer Youssef and his Norwegian band Read MoreThe Honorary Consulate of Finland and Sweden in Medan will be closed temporarily as of 15 April 2008 as the Honorary Consul Mr. Steven Leonardi will move away from Indonesia.Details …
Finnish and Swedish Honorary Consulate in Medan Temporarily Closed Read MoreNeonode, the Swedish mobile communication company that develops touch screen technologies and designs mobile handsets, today announced that Excel Field International LTD, a major privately held Asian distributor, has placed …
Swedish Mobilephone Handset Entering Asia Read MoreThe Indonesia Norway Business Council (INBC) and the Danish Business Association (DBA) have decided to join forces and cooperate. The first joint event will be to invite all Nordic business …
Norwegian And Danish Business Communities In Indonesia Join Forces Read MoreAbdulrahman Saleh, Indonesia’s former attorney general, was on Tuesday 8 April sworn in by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the Indonesian ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania. Abdulrahman, who was replaced …
New Indonesian Ambassador to Denmark Sworn In Read MoreTwo of the finalist in the Finnish “Ourvision Immigrant Contest” to go on stage on Saturday 26 April in the Finlandia Hall are from Indonesia. Adi Subari is working at …
Two Indonesians in Finnish Song Contest Read MoreDanish newspaper cartoonist Kurt Westergaard Wednesday managed to have his cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed removed from a controversial anti-Islam film made by a Dutch opposition legislator.“I am very happy …
Danish cartoonist wins battle against Dutch anti-Islam film Read MoreTwo leading employers associations in Indonesia and Norway will conduct brand leadership training for small and medium scale entrepreneurs and facilitate exports of their products to Scandinavian countries.The Indonesian Employers …
Indonesian, Norwegian employers to train local entrepreneurs Read MoreAn annual bilateral dialogue on human rights will be held in Jakarta 15-16 April 2008. At this 7th Dialogue, the Indonesian and Norwegian delegation will respectively be represented by officials …
Indonesia – Norway to hold its 7th Dialogue on Human Rights Read MoreFor years now the Danish Business Association in Indonesia has been almost non existent. But this is about to change. The 24 year old association gets a revival when the Danish …
DBA revival in Indonesia Read MoreFinnish telecomms infrastructure company, Nokia Siemens Networks, said on Monday (24 March) that it has signed a contract with PT Hutchison CP Telecommunications to strengthen HCPT’s GSM/WCDMA network coverage in …
Nokia Siemens Networks wins contract in Sumatra Read MoreToday (March 14th) Nokia Siemens Networks announced that Indonesia’s biggest mobile service provider, Telkomsel, will be using the company’s market-leading location based services (LBS) solution in its mobile network.The new solution …
Indonesian Telkomsel To Use Nokia Siemens Network Services Read MoreScandinavian tourists get more for their money in Malaysia than anywhere else in the world. If Denmark is set to index 100, living costs for tourists in Malaysia is only …
Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand Among Cheapest Vacation Destinations for Scandinavian World Wide Read MoreThe first International Puppetry Festival drew to a close on Saturday in Hanoi. The performance of ‘Hon Que’ (Country’s Spirit) by the Central Puppet Theatre of Vietnam won the only …
First Ever International Puppetry Festival Held In Hanoi Read MoreAround 200 Muslims rallied outside the Danish embassy in Indonesia on Wednesday 20 February to protest the reprinting of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers. The group …
Muslims protest Muhammad cartoons in Indonesia Read MoreThe Finnish President, Tarja Halonen, is currently attending a series of state visits in Southeast Asia. Starting her tour in Indonesia on the 19th of February, President Halonen visited Banda …
Finnish President Touring South East Asia Read MoreThe Makassar Strait Explorers Consortium, including StatoilHydro, has leased Transocean’s ultra deep-water drill ship GSF Explorer to conduct a drilling campaign on the Karama block off west Sulawesi in Indonesia.The …
Transocean to drill Indonesia wells Read MorePresident Tarja Halonen began a state visit to Southeast Asia on Saturday. During the week-long trip, Halonen and her husband, Pentti Arajärvi, will travel to Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam. Minister …
Halonen Begins State Visit to Southeast Asia Read MoreReactions to the reprinting of the Muhammad drawings in Danish papers are being followed closely by the Danish embassies in the Asia pacific.Employees at the Danish embassy in Jakarta have …
Danish Embassies In Asia Not Worried Read MoreNorway has agreed to contribute NOK60 million for 2007-2009 to two special funds set up under the Asan Development Bank, headquartered in Manila, Philippines. One trust fund finances water projects …
Norway Gives 60 Million NOK to Asian Development Bank Projects Read MoreTwo years after one of the biggest international crisis in Denmark, also known as the Muhammad crisis, several European papers have reprinted one of the infamous drawings.This happens the day …
Reprint Of Muhammad Cartoon No Cause for Riots Yet Read MorePromoting Indonesia as a special and unique destination for foreign tourists was one of the main tasks of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Helsinki. In order to …
Inodonesia Promotion Campaign in the “MATKA NORDIC TRAVEL FAIR 2008” Held in Helsinki, Finland Read MoreMalaysia came out as South East Asis’s fastest rising star in a report from the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF), comparing 124 countries in various ways. In education, Malaysia is now …
Malaysia Compares Favourably to Nordic Countries Read MoreFirst Secretary Birgitte Hygen from the Norwegian Embassy together with Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia, H.E. John Holmes, and Mr. M. Fakhruddin, Head of Legal Bureau of the Indonesian Department of …
Norway co-sponsors Human Rights Workshops in Banda Aceh Read MoreFinnish Nokia Siemens Networks, together with Global Mediacom, announced on January 27, 2008 a joint collaboration to launch a commercial broadcast mobile TV service, based on Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) …
Nokia Siemens Networks Will Deliver its Biggest DVB-H Agreement Worldwide Starting in Indonesia Read MoreTarja Halonen, the Finnish president, is to start the official visit of a three-country tour of southeast Asia on 18 February, her office said in a statement on January 24, 2007.The …
Finnish President Has Confirmed the Visit to Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam Read MoreIndonesia participated in the recent Reiseliv tourism fair, Norway‘s biggest annual international travel and tourism trade fair, which was held in the town of Lillestorm from January 10-13, 2008 to …
Indonesia Participated in Norway’s Biggest Annual Tourism Fair Read More