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The new initiatives launched by Nokia is to help young people in Indonesia with limited education who have been affected by the Tsunami, will be able to train and create …
Nokia Supports Tsunami Youth Victims Read MoreIndonesia plans to build peat land powered electric generators with the help of Finnish experts. The project is expected to be completed at the beginning of 2008 with hope to …
Finland’s Peat Fuel to Indonesia Read MoreSeadrill, a Norwegian major shareholder in Eastern Drilling ASA and supplier of services to the oil and gas industry, said 21 December 2006 that ConocoPhillips has signed a letter of …
Seadrill Secures New Contract in Indonesia Read MoreThe Indonesian government 13 December 2006 awarded Norway’s Statoil ASA exploration rights over new oil blocks along with others 17 foreign and local companies, which will invest a total of …
Norway’s Oil Exploration Rights Read MoreSwedish probiotic tablets and oral health products will soon be available in 2007 through out Indonesia imported by PT Kalbe Farma Tbk, a dynamic pharmaceuticals distribution company in Indonesia which …
Swedish Oral Products to Indonesia Read MoreA major study conducted by the Stockholm Environment Institute’s (SEI) centre at the University in York and the Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) shows that improvements in achieving …
Swedish Money to Clean Asian Air Read MoreFlying home this Christmas holiday will be different for Swedish domestic passengers on Scandinavian airline SAS. You will be asked to give your fingerprint for the check-in process. Don’t panic, …
SAS Fingerprinting All Domestic Passengers Read MoreGroups of Finnish artists, with the collaboration of the Embassy of Finland in Singapore and Indonesia, will fly half the world from the Lapland to entertain audiences in tropic countries …
Finnish Music Comes To SEA Read MoreIi is another busy day for Torben Venning. Driving a beaten up four-wheel-drive on roads which snake across vast oil palm plantations, Venning visits a school to see for himself …
Danish Teacher Runs 56 Schools on Borneo Read MoreIn a move meant to retaliate against the publication of cartoons of Mohammad in a Danish newspaper last year, the Indonesian radio station Radikal carried out its long-proclaimed drawing and …
Indonesians Draw Danish Royalty as Pigs Read MoreJens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard have been knocked out of China Open’s semi-final by Indonesia’s Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan. In spite of having shown excellent form throughout the entire …
Indonesian Double Outs Danish Badminton Duo Read More“Tsunami warning to mobile phone is a brand new service that will be useful of holiday tourist visiting Thailand resorts and other places in high-risk areas,” said a managing director …
Tsunami Warning Delivered Worldwide by SMS Read MoreAbout 20 Muslim hard-liners on October 13 rallied outside the Danish embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia to protest a video shot in Denmark showing right-wing youths mocking the Prophet Muhammad, according …
Indonesian Muslims Protest Outside Danish Embassy Read MoreThe Indonesian government has officially condemned the drawings made by the youth-wing of Danish right-wing party, Dansk Folkeparti. The condemnation was reportedly delivered to Denmark’s ambassador in Jakarta, Mr. Niels …
Indonesia Condemns Humiliation of Muhammed Read MoreWho can make the best drawing of Denmark’s King next to a pig? That is the challenge now issued by Imam Mubarok from the Indonesian radio station Radikal, reports the …
Indonesian Competition: Mock Denmark Read MoreA video showing young members of the populist political party Dansk Folkeparti mocking Mohammad, who the Muslims regard as a prophet, has now surfaced on websites, prompting the head of …
Danish Party Regrets Mocking by Youth Read MoreFriday evening, one of Denmark’s nationwide TV channels, TV2, revealed excerpts from a video filmed by members of DFU (Dansk Folkepartis Ungdom), a youth branch of the far-right Danish People’s …
Indonesian Muslims Angered by Danish Video Read MoreIndonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said September 03 that he would be honored to accept the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end a bloody war in Aceh province, …
Better to Share Nobel Honor, Says Susilo Read MoreExhibiting at the 38th Gems & Jewelery Fair in September 2006 in Bangkok, a Norwegian company is in full swing with the international promotion of its own jewellery brand, gaining …
Ornamenting Scandinavian Gems With Asian Craft Read MoreThe agreement came following a meeting between Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in Norway on September 13.The cooperation agreement in the energy sector was …
Norway, Indonesia Increase Energy Cooperation Read MoreYudhoyono, who was greeted by President Tarja Halonen in a ceremony on the waterfront of the presidential palace, also met Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and lawmakers.Yudhoyono and Halonen attended the …
Indonesian, Finnish Leaders Meet after ASEM Read MoreNorwegian Yara AB, the producer of ammonium nitrate, will cooperate with Indonesia to provide the technology for the ammonium nitrate factory which will be built in East Kalimantan on the …
Norway’s Yara AB to Provide Indonesia Ammonium Nitrate Technology Read MoreThe 6th ASEM summit would be a great opportunity to meet with major countries to discuss issues that important for Indonesia and the region, stated officials from the Foreign, Trade, …
Indonesia to Take Full Advantage of ASEM 6 Read MoreIndonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, will visit his counterpart in Oslo this week.The Indonesian head of state was slated to meet with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, speaker Thorbjorn Jagland as …
Indonesian President to Visit Norway Read MoreYou might get paid up to 45,000 Danish kroner from ATP Pension in Denmark if your Danish spouse or husband/wife should die. But wait! Don’t kill him or her yet! …
Get paid 45.000 DKK when your Danish spouse dies! Read MoreThe third edition of FinnBiz News, a quarterly newsletter on Finnish-Indonesian trade and business opportunities published by the Embassy of Finland in Jakarta, has been launched online.The quarterly FinnBiz News …
Latest FinnBiz News Launched Read MoreThe President of Indonesia, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg are now co-sponsoring to promote an Inter-Media Dialogue by facilitating the media conference on Bali …
Norway, Indonesia Co-Sponsor The Global Inter-Media Dialogue Read MorePresident Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia and his wife will make an official visit to Finland on September 12, according to a statement issued by the office of Tarja Halonen, …
Indonesian President To Make State Visit To Finland Read MoreThe Government of Sweden decided on August 08 to contribute support to the EU mission in Aceh Province of Indonesia.Sweden will be the only country providing logistical assistance to EU …
Sweden To Contribute To EU Mission In Aceh Read MorePolitical and religious representatives, as well as intellectuals from Finland, Norway and Sweden will participate in an international forum “World Peace Forum” in Jakarta, Indonesia from August 14-16, 2006.The forum, …
Finland, Norway And Sweden To Attend World Peace Forum In Jakarta Read MoreThe world champion in the men’s doubles category – Tony Gunawan – will soon join the Danish badminton club Team Vestsjaelland, reports Danish media. Gunawan, who is Indonesian by birth …
Indonesian-born World Champ to Join Danish Club Read MoreAll in all more than 30 people have been convicted over the October 2002 nightclub attacks on Bali, which killed 202 people and injured a further 209. Among the victims …
Bali Bombers Execution Date Set Read MoreBack in 1996, a 25 year old Sakari Kuikka came to Singapore to get his internship with Finpro. His time in Singapore would have been quite impressive that making him …
“I’m Living Good Here” Read MoreTeguh Santosa, online editor of Rakyat Merdeka, is charged with inciting hatred towards a religious group, BBC World reports. Mr. Santosa posted the cartoons back in February at the height …
Indonesian Editor Charged over Danish Cartoons Read MoreMany communities along the coastline of Aceh province were reduced to poverty levels as a consequence of the economic disruption caused by the enormously powerful and destructive tsunami that hit …
Danish NGO Boosts Tsunami-hit Businesses in Indonesia Read MoreKent Chlnet, 46 years old, from Sweden has been reported as one of four foreigners who were killed in Tsunami hit in Java island of Indonesia, on Monday afternoon. Three …
One Swede Killed In Java Tsunami Read MoreThe Indonesian embassy in Copenhagen has been wiretapped by Danish authorities for years. Such are the claims from a member of Indonesia’s House of Representatives Commission on foreign affairs and …
Copenhagen Embassy Bugged? Read MoreTwo Swedish boys reported missing after the tsunami on Java island’s southern coast has been found alive. Pidi, 8, and Per-Martin, 6, were found staying with their grandmother. The two …
Swedish Children Found Alive Read MoreThe southern part of the Indonesian island of Java has been hit by a tsunami, which was set off Monday by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean about 240 kilometers …
Swedish Boys Missing After New Tsunami Read MoreThe southern part of the Indonesian island of Java has been hit by a tsunami, which was set off Monday by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean about 240 kilometers …
No Danes in Tsunami Area Read MoreThe southern part of the Indonesian island of Java has been hit by a tsunami, which was set off Monday by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean about 240 kilometers …
”People Fled in Panic” Read MoreScandAsia has joined a research project to help improve the experience of being an expatriate. The research project is set up by Saira Jhutty, a PhD Candidate at Alliant International …
Help Improve the Experience of Being an Expatriate Read MoreSweden, through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), decided on June 30 to contributes SEK10 million (approximately USD 135 million) to the humanitarian relief efforts in Timor Leste.Timor Leste …
Sweden Grants Timor Leste On Humanitarian Relief Efforts Read MoreThe Norwegian government and the Indonesian Ministry of Justice and Human Rights will assist the Indonesian police in providing human rights courses for its officers in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province.The …
Norway Teaches Human Rights In Aceh Read MoreThe Swedish Ship Götheborg will today set sail again and continue its voyage to China after it has been docking at Passenger Terminal 2, Port of Tanjung Priok in Jakarta …
Swedish Ship Götheborg Departs Jakarta Read MoreThe ambassador Makku Niinioja greet the readers saying that the trade between the countries is better than last year in the first two months, adding that on his government side …
Second Issue Of Finn Biz Is Out Read MoreDuring the month of June this year, the Swedish Embassy together with the Swedish East India Company (SOIC) and the Swedish Institute host a Swedish Summer festival in Jakarta to …
Swedish Summer in Jakarta 2006 Read MoreWith a narrow defeat to the host nation’s Taufik Hidayat – who is also the defending Olympic champion – Denmark’s Kenneth Jonassen went out of this year’s Indonesian Open. Jonassen …
Jonassen Knocked Out of Indonesian Open Read MoreThe four sergeant major cadets, Andromeda Windra Ciptadi, Kresno Suryo Wibowo, Indra Agustian, and Abdul Gofur, all students at the Indonesian Naval Academy, were taken to Fremantle courtesy of Garuda …
Indonesian Navy Cadets On Götheborg To Jakarta Read MoreWhen you travel from Denmark to Thailand, Indonesia or any other long distance flight with SAS the drinks are free. After the 1st of October this will change, but only …
Drinks Are No Longer Free on Economy Class Read More