Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
[sliderpro id=”11″] With its brand new resurrected Victory Annexe (based on its 1930’s predecessor) the expanded legendary Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Penang (E&O Hotel) pays homage to a bygone era …
Eastern & Oriental Hotel’s Victory Annexe Read More
[sliderpro id=”10″] Volvo in Southeast-Asia showcases the 2014 edition of its best-selling model, the XC60 and highlights its upgrades in comparison to previous editions. The XC60 passed the 500,000 units …
The head-turning Volvo XC60 Read More
Norwegian band Staer and the Norwegian-French duo Black Packers put the ears of Bangkokian concert goers and venue neighbors on a test with deafening feedback and a journey through a …
Noisy Norwegians shakes up Bangkok Read More
A Telenor Group study has revealed that young mobile Internet users in Malaysia and Thailand are among the most smartphone-savvy in the world. Known as ‘digital frontrunners’, with ages ranging …
Telenor study: Thais, Malaysians among savviest smart phone users Read More
The water from water vending machines may not be as clean as you would want it to be. Malaysian newspaper The Star tested 29 samples of water from vending machines …
E. coli bacteria found in water from Malaysian vending machines Read More
Quiet please. If you are travelling with a ferry from Malaysia or Singapore to Indonesia, you might want to keep your voice down in the immigration queue. According to The …
Indonesian immigration office sends noisy visitors home Read More
Sweden is among the top ten countries where most vacationers have been naked or topless on the beach. The majority of the Swedes also say they welcome nudity among other …
Swedes welcome beach nudity and toplessness Read More
Danish brewer Carlsberg was on the target list of the Islamist militant group Isis, according to a report in the South China Morning Post. The outlet reports that a Carlsberg …
Islamic State (IS) targets Carlsberg brewery in Malaysia, news report Read MoreA Finnish backpacker who stole a Samsung Galaxy Tablet form fellow tourist was jailed for three months. Veijo Ilmari Nurmi (pic), 28, was also fined RM500 after he admitted to …
Finnish backpacker jailed 3 months for stealing tablet Read More
Telenor Group posted a modest 1.6 per cent growth in second quarter organic revenue, to NOK26.8 billion ($4.3 billion), but was still able to revise upwards its full-year EBITDA guidance as mobile …
Telenor’s Q2 revenue grew in Malaysia, fell 11 % in Thailand Read More
Metso has been selected to supply cutting-edge flow control technology to the PETRONAS Gas Berhad’s gas processing plant modernization project in Kerteh, Terengganu, Malaysia. The new flow control solutions will …
Petronas Gas picks Finland’s Metso for flow control technology Read More
Norwegian fund Norges has allotted RM800mil more to invest in small to mid-cap stocks in Malaysia. A market source said the foreign fund appointed Eastspring Investments Bhd about a month …
Norges invests RM800 million in Malaysian bourse Read More
Lime Petroleum Norway AS, a jointly-controlled entity of Malaysia-based Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and Singapore-based Rex International Holding, decided to surrender three licenses in the North Sea, the companies said on …
Lime Petroleum gives up 3 licenses after North Sea failure Read MoreAn independent and unbiased investigation into the crash of Malaysia’s Boeing 777 in Ukraine’s east should be carried out, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb …
Russia agrees to Finnish initiative for independent MH-17 crash probe Read More
Malaysia’s Reach Energy Bhd has attracted investors including Norway’s US$890 billion sovereign wealth fund in an initial public offering to fund its acquisitions of oil and gas fields. Norges Bank …
Reach Energy’s IPO attracts Norwegian wealth fund Read More
Kleven on July 21 signed a new shipbuilding contract with Malaysian based Joint Venture Company IES Pioneer Ltd. The contract for the new vessel is of the MT 6015 MPSV …
Norway’s Kleven secures first contract in SE Asia Read More
Across the country there will be held commemoration Tuesday to honor the victims of the terrorist attacks three years ago. In all, 77 people were killed and around 90 wounded …
Norway commemorates the 22 July terror Read More
Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt slammed the the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines flight over the Ukraine as an act by gangsters. Read more: Swedish Wire and ABS-CBN
Swedish FM: Downing of MH17 ‘a 1st class int’l gangster crime’ Read More
Swedish businessman Hans Wetterberg has a background as colourful as adventurous, spanning 40 years all over the globe. But though officially retired, he keeps on doing what he loves most: …
Bringing a taste of Scandinavia to the world Read More
Sweden will release the Malaysian father convicted of hitting his children from jail today upon completing his three-month sentence on July 9, but his wife in the high-profile case that …
Sweden To Release Malaysian Father In Child Abuse Case Read More
In an unusual step, the Norwegian government’s Auditor General Office submitted an in-depth assessment that is highly critical of overseas assistance, focussing on hydroelectric dam projects in poor countries, to …
Norway-funded hydroelectric dams offer little help to the poor Read More
The controversial Danish anti-Islamist Lars Hedegaard is among the backers of a new controversial animation film about the life of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and his marriage to a six-year-old …
Animation film on life of Prophet Mohammed to stir controversy Read More
The newly established global “Good Country” index measures how much each of 125 countries contributes to the common good in the world , and what it takes away. This index …
Scandinavia dominates Top 10 in “The Good Country Index” Read More
CARLSBERG Malaysia has embarked on a new chapter in philanthropy with the launch of the J.C. Jacobsen Foundation. Named after the Danish brewery’s founder, the J.C. Jacobsen Foundation in Malaysia, …
Carlsberg launches philantropic foundation Read More
MASBA – the Malaysian Swedish Business Association – is going on summer break until the end of August. However, the secretariat will still be reachable and responsive to inquiries as …
MASBA activities planned for the autumn Read More
THE Naza Group of Companies expanded its portfolio this week with the official introduction of the Koenigsegg Automotive AB hypercar brand via the group’s new subsidiary, Naza Swedish Motors Sdn …
Sweden’s Koenigsegg supercar now in Malaysia, Indonesia Read More
[wzslider] With Madeleine Mandorff having entered as Director of MASBA (the Malaysian-Swedish Business Association) in early 2013, the association has received a boost, according to a member comment, and from …
Madeleine Mandorff – the New Director of MASBA Read More
The MASBA Annual General Meeting 2014, which was held on 5 June, was very well attended. The Chairman Mr. Olof Rapp, skillfully guided the audience through the procedures of the …
Annual General Meeting in MASBA well attended Read More
The Malaysian Danish Business Council held a unique and entertaining dinner show at the Danish residence yesterday, June 11, with guest speaker Thomas Brandt, GM of the German Chamber of …
“China in those days” Chamber dinner Read More
North Energy confirmed Thursday that it has signed a deal to sell a five-percent holding in Norwegian Sea production licenses 591 and 591B to Lime Petroleum Norway – a subsidiary …
Lime Buys Norwegian License Stakes Read More
The Malaysian couple found guilty of beating their children in Sweden are to be freed in July and September respectively, said Ketereh MP Tan Sri Annuar Musa. The announcement was …
Swedish child abuse couple to be released in July and September Read More
A broad majority of parliament today approved dual citizenship in Denmark on June 4. The new law will permit Danes to apply for citizenship of another country without losing their …
Dual citizenship approved by Danish parliament Read More
After having heard much about “the world’s most liveable city”, “the world’s bicycling capital”, and a city that wants to become CO2 neutral by 2025 and achieve a vision of …
KL Mayor and staff explore Copenhagen on bicycle tour Read More
Malaysian mobile network operator Celcom Axiata has selected Finnish hardware vendor Nokia’s optimisation services to enhance its network, voice and data quality in Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur. Under the …
Nokia to provide network optimisation services for Celcom Read More
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs today, May 29, publishes its annual human rights reports. The 2014 reports look at 41 countries in Asia and the Pacific Region. Overall, much …
Sweden maps the situation for Human Rights In SE Asia Read More
Norwegian consultancy group Norconsult refuses to receive a Malaysian NGO delegation in Oslo. Indigenous spokesman Peter Kallang said: “We ask Norconsult to stop assisting Sarawak Energy in destroying our livelihoods”. …
Norwegian consultancy shuns dam-affected Malaysian natives Read More
This morning, May 21, The Malaysian Danish Business Council hosted a breakfast Dialogue, where the group CEO and publisher of The Edge, Mr. Ho Kay Tat, presented the subject on …
Breakfast dialogue on media challenges Read More
Norway’s central unit for fighting economic and environmental crimes has submitted a report concerning a corruption case involving a Sarawak state-owned energy firm to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), a …
Norway reports Sarawak energy firm to Malaysian anti-graft body Read More
Telecommunication services provider DiGi.Com Bhd (DiGi) has appointed Lars-Ake Norling as its new chief executive officer (CEO) effective August 1, 2014. The company in a statement to Bursa Malaysia yesterday …
Telenor’s DiGi appoints new CEO for Malaysia Read More
Three activists from the Save Sarawak Rivers, the non-governmental rights organisation that is opposed to the state’s plan to build a series of hydro-electric dams, are now in Europe to …
Malaysian anti-dam activists take their fight to Norway, Switzerland Read More
Do you miss following your favorite home team live? Watching the Norwegian live knitting show? The Swedish Hollywood Wives? A quick search on the web shows there is a huge …
TV from your home country Read More
KOTA BARU: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has been sending to the Swedish government the situation report on the four children of a Malaysian couple jailed in the …
14 reports sent to Swedish govt on jailed couple’s kids Read More
The Lord Mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Seri Ahmad Phesal, is visiting Copenhagen 8-11 May together with a delegation of advisors and urban planners from KL as well as representatives …
Lord Mayor of KL to visit Copenhagen Read More
Danish students from Copenhagen Business Academy are visiting Malaysia to do an exchange program with the business students from KLMU. The students are learning about Malaysian business culture and today …
Danish business students visits Malaysia Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Malaysia, Business Sweden & MASBA, recently further strengthened their close cooperation by together presenting the first Networking Evening at the prestigious Royal Selangor Golf Club …
Successful MASBA Networking Evening with the Embassy of Sweden & Business Sweden Read More
Danes Worldwide, the organization for Danes abroad, has initiated 6 live chat sessions with their panel of experts (in Danish). First counselling session will take place Wednesday 7th May at …
Free counseling for Danes abroad Read More
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia have been encouraged to work closely with Swedish companies, especially in the field of innovation. Business Sweden Market Unit Manager for Malaysia, Singapore …
Malaysian SMEs urged to work with Swedish firms Read More
The annual BMW Malaysian Open ladies tennis tournament was held 14 – 20 April at the prestigeous Royal Selangor Golf Club in the centre of Kuala Lumpur. As every year, MASBA members …
MASBA News: BMW Malaysian Open Read More
Direct flights from Kuala Lumpur and Stockholm will open up opportunities to enhance trade and tourism between the two countries as well as improve training and talent development of Malaysians …
Call for Sweden-Malaysia direct flights Read More
The Season so far The Kuala Lumpur Vikings have been playing in a new league this season, the Weir Veterans Football League. So far, the team is reasonably on track, …
KL Vikings geared-up for Viking Cup in Shanghai Read More