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Sweden’s Green Party has announced that it wants to reduce or even remove conditions for immigration on the grounds of family reunification.Party co-spokespeople Peter Eriksson and Maria Wetterstrand will formally …
Ease Immigrant Family Reunification: Greens Read MoreThe International Ibsen Scholarships were initiated by the Norwegian government and will be handed out for the 4th time in 2011. Announcing The International Ibsen Scholarships 2011. The International Ibsen …
Awards to Ibsen-related Projects in Asia Read MoreAsia eUniversity (AeU), an international university supported by 31 Asian countries, including Malaysia, has teamed up with the International Business School of Scandinavia (IBSS) to offer a dual master’s degree …
Danish Business School in Malaysia Read MoreThree multilateral agencies have launched an innovative assessment tool that helps identify the most sustainable sites, designs and operation rules for hydro-power development in the lower Mekong River Basin. The …
Hydro-power Assessment Analysis Adopted Read MoreThe world’s largest container line is still based in Denmark. But A.P.Møller-Mærsk’s Maersk Line has been losing market shares since 2005. This appears of the newsletter Alphaliner.Since September 2005 Maersk …
Maersk Line Loses Market Shares Read MoreSweden has pledged to donate an additional 5 million dollars to a trust fund to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) …
More Swedish Support to Fight HIV/AIDS in Asia Read MoreA total of 1453 applications for the 2011 international Millennium Youth Camp (MY Camp) were received before the deadline, an increase of almost 50% compared to the number received last …
Time for Applications to Mllennium Youth Camp 2011 Read MoreToo many foreigners who move to Denmark leave before they had originally planned. The study is based on responses from 1505 residents, who have worked in Denmark. Before moveing to …
Denmark Is a Good Country, But… Read MoreThe Government of Denmark has committed a grant of 10 million Danish Kroner (equivalent to approximately 1.9 million USD) to the Mekong River Commission’s Environment Programme. The grant will strengthen …
Denmark Gives 1.9 Mill USD to Mekong River Environment Read MoreNorad, the Norwegian agency for administering foreign aid, has a new leader and she’s not the traditional social anthropologist. Villa Kulild recently won government confirmation to lead an agency that …
Aid Agency Gets New Director Read More