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Maersk Line has entered a vessel sharing agreement, with Malaysian MISC Berhad on shipping lanes between South East Asia and New Zealand.The agreement, which takes effect on June 9, includes …
Maersk AS in New Agreement with Malaysian MISC Berhad Read MoreLee Kim-Poh, who is the honorary vice-consul of the Royal Danish Consulate in Penang, received on Friday 14th March 2008 the First Class of the Knight’s Cross of the Order …
Danish Consul Awarded First Class Knight’s Cross Read MoreDenmark is keen on supporting clean development mechanism (CDM) projects in Sabah, Malaysia, says its ambassador to Malaysia, Borge Petersen. The CDM is one of the systems introduced in the …
Denmark plans to support Malaysia’s green initiatives Read MoreThe A.P. Moller – Maersk Group announced on March 19th the appointment of Henrik Jensen as the new Maersk Line Country Manager for Malaysia and Singapore, and Thomas Lindy Sorensen …
Maersk Line Appoints New Country Managers for Malaysia and Singapore Cluster, and Thailand Read MoreA Swedish business delegation is currently on a three-day visit to Brunei Darussalam to explore business opportunities in the country and at the same time, to promote investment opportunities in …
Swedish Business Delegation Currently In Brunei Read MoreInformation technology security company F-Secure Corp has received a research grant in the total amount of 6.5 million Malaysian ringet from Multimedia Development Corp (MDeC) to the Malaysian branch of …
Finnish Company Receives Malaysian Grant Read MoreThe Annual General Meeting 2008 of the Scandinavian Society Malaysia took place on the 29 February 2008 at 7.30 pm at The Royal Lake Club, on a side road to …
New Board of Scandinavian Society Malaysia 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 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 MoreMalaysia’s fastest growing mobile operator, DiGi, announced the successor to Mr. Morten Lundahl as company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) this Tuesday. The new CEO will be the Swedish Mr. Johan …
Johan Dennelind New CEO in DiGi 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 MoreThe Swedish designer, Anna Efverlund, keeps her inner child alive so she can come up with the funkiest, most fun designs. After 25 years with Ikea, Smaaland remains Anna Efverlund’s …
Meet The Swedish Designer Behind Big Hit Cushion In Malaysia Read MoreDigi.Com Bhd. Chief Executive Officer Morten Lundal stepped down after quadrupling profit at the Malaysian mobile-phone operator and overseeing a sixfold jump in its stock price. Lundal, who became CEO …
DiGi’s Chief Executive Officer Morten Lundal Leaves for Vodafone Group Plc 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 MoreDanish Thomas Marcher based in Kuala Lumpur has been appointed Crown Internationals sales director for Asia and the Pacific Rim. Crown International manufactures amplifiers, microphones, and systems control products for …
Thomas Marcher Joins Crown As Sales Director, Asia/Pacific Rim Read MoreThe Botanical Gardens of Penang will host “World Music Festival 2008 – Penang”, welcoming musicians and music aficionados from around the globe including those from Denmark, beginning 2 May 2008.Being …
Danish Musicians to Perform for Malaysia’s World Music Festival 2008 Read MoreEnding on Febuary 29, 2008 Malaysian seafood lovers will be drooling over the Norwegian seafood promotion held in Malaysia by the Norwegian Seafood Export Council, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and …
Norwegian Seafood Promotion Attracts Seafood Lovers in Malaysia Read MoreMalaysia energy centre PTM estimates the country has 100 million tonnes of carbon credit to be purchased under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Danish companies are looking for more CDM …
Danish Firms Look for More Clean Development Mechanism Projects in Malaysia to Buy Carbon Credits Read MoreAfter been clocking some 26 years with Volvo, it is not too much of a hassle for Robert Norrman to take his new posting as President of Volvo Car Malaysia …
Robert Norrman Taking on a New Helm in Malaysia Read MoreOn December 4, 2007 Malaysia’s Deputy Hihger Education Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat and the Danish ambassador Borge Petersen witnessed the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MoA) between SEGi …
Denmark’s BA West and Malaysia’s SEGi College Signed Agreement on Student Exchange Program Read MoreOn December 10, 2007 The Royal Danish Embassador of Malaysia, Borge Petersen, together with YB Dato’ Shaziman Abu Mansor the Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications witnessed the signing …
Malaysian-Danish Firms to Work Towards Water Conservation in Malaysia Read MoreRecently, the Danish community in Malaysia enjoyed the famous hospitality of the Danish Ambassador and many new faces showed, including the young generation. Initiated by Mrs. Gitte Nordentoft and supported …
Small Angels at the Danish Ambo’s House in KL Read MoreNeste Oil, the Finnish oil refinery with also a 40 % share of gasoline stations in Finland, has been under attack by environment activists since the company in late November …
Will Finnish Bio Fuel Plant Cause Deforestation? Read MoreIt started as s simple idea amongst a group of mothers with children at the Mont Kiara International School in Malaysia. “We are 13 Danish families with 20 children …
New Danish library in KL Read MoreSoft Touch AB is a Swedish company founded in 1986 by Michael Cederkvist, the company mainly purchase and sell items in the personal protection business such as safety gloves …
A Change of Pace Read MoreIt has been a tough year for Carlsberg in Malaysia when its net profit has dropped and the company has been losing some market share to its main rival Guinness …
Re-branding the Green Label Read MoreMalaysian mobile operator DiGi, a subsidiary of Norway’s Telenor, won the Prime Minister’s CSR Award for best overall Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme in Malaysia on November 22, 2007. The …
DiGi Wins Malaysia’s Coporate Social Responsibility Award Read MoreIf Danes who are living abroad were entitled to vote at the national election the Conservative Party would be much more powerful. This is the obvious conclusion when comparing the …
Danes Abroad are More Conservative Read MoreTelenor has reduced its stake in Malaysian cellco DiGi.Com to 49% from 61% following the completion of a share placement to Malaysian investors that saw the Norwegian company raise MYR1.61 …
Telenor Reduces Its Share in Malaysian Cellco DiGi.Com Read MorePAC Total Solutions Sdn Bhd, a member of HeiTech Padu Bhd, expects to attract a bigger slice of the Malaysian insurance market with its partnership with Danish insurance provider, TIA …
Malaysian Insurance FirmTo Team Up With Danish Insurance Firm Read MoreOn November 13, 2007 DiGi , the smallest of Malaysia’s three mobile phone companies, is to buy broadband spectrum from Malaysian telecom firm TIME dotCom to plug a strategic gap …
Telenor’s DiGi to Buy Broadband Spectrum from Malaysian Telecom Firm Read MoreA head of the up coming election in Denmark on November 13th, Danes World Wide has held an unofficial election to see how the political picture would appear in Denmark …
Result of Unofficial Election by Danes Abroad Read MoreThe Malaysia Norway Business Council (MNBC) together with the Royal Norwegian Embassy today named Jotun Malaysia as the company that has contribution the most in growing the business relationship between …
Norway’s Jotun Is The Best In Promoting Bi-lateral Businesses Relations Between Norway And Malaysia Read MoreAker Kvaerner has signed contracts on October 29 for the delivery of two complete drilling riser systems and associated equipment. The two customers are undisclosed. Total contract value is NOK …
Drilling Riser Contracts to Aker Kvaerner in Malaysia Read MoreOn october 26, well known paint maker and supplier Jotun Malaysia has received the “Malaysia-Norway Innovative Business Award” from the Malaysia-Norway Business Council (MNBC) and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in …
Jotun Wins Award for Promoting Malaysia-Norway Ties Read MoreTelenor’s DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (DiGi) has launched D’podCast, a first-of-its kind service in Malaysia on October 23, 2007 bringing what is normally associated with the computer to the mobile …
DiGi Launches D’podcast Read MoreDanish-owned Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd, which has been losing some market share to its main rival Guinness Anchor Bhd (GAB), will soon be on a stronger footing to win back …
Carlsberg to Win Back Lost Market Share in Malaysia Read MoreDanish- based tuner for the Mercedes-Benz, Kleemann, wants to transfer its technology to Malaysia through a special programme likely to be known as the “Kleemann-vendors programme” or an academy in …
Danish Automotive Techonology is Coming to Malaysia Read More60 years old author Margaret Lim from Sarawak has been nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2008, the world’s largest award for children and youth literature. This award …
Malaysian Nominated for Swedish Literature Award Read MoreMalaysian mobile phone operator DiGi.Com Bhd. said on 19 October its net profit jumped 51 percent from a year ago in the quarter through September, thanks to a rise in …
DiGi Posts High Rise Profit in the 3rd Quarter Read More“In this business you need a big amount of patience” says the brain behind Telenor’s movement in Asia, Arve Johansen, Senior Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of …
Telenor to Set More Footprints in Asia Read MoreHelsinki-based Finnair announced plans to expand its coverage to Asian destinations, citing booming demand that has brought the airline’s weekly Asian flights to fifty-nine, from nine in the year 2001.The …
Finnair’s New Asian Flights Read MoreTelenor’s DiGi and Citibank have activated DiGiREMIT on October 10, 2007 to facilitate secure transfer of money from Malaysia to Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines via SMS.DiGiREMIT is designed to …
DiGiREMIT Enables Money Transfer Using Mobile Phone Read MoreMalaysian Scout Association’s main patron, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, received King Carl Gustav of Sweden who is the World Scout Foundation honorary president at the Istana Negara …
Swedish King Recieved the Malaysian Scout Association’s Highest Award Read MoreNorway’s Colibria, the leading provider of new generation Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) solutions, has announced a deal with Malaysia’s DiGi. Colibria will provide mobile IM services for over six million …
Norway’s Colibria to Provide Mobile IM Services for Malaysia’s DiGi Read MoreNokia Corp. plans to use Intel Corp. chips in tablet-style devices that will communicate using a technology known as WIMAX. The companies also agreed to engage in testing to ensure …
Nokia To Use Intel’s Chips in 2008 Read More
For his continuing hotel career the Swede Patrik Ilstam chose Thailand – a destination seeing immense growth since lately. But opting for Southeast-Asia also means – at least within the …
Thailand-loving Swede Advances His Career at Le Meridien, Borneo Read MoreFrom conservation of wildlife and the rainforest on Borneo, Danish WWF representative Lene Topp is turning the attention towards the sea. Meeting WWF Verdensnaturfonden’s (the Danish division of World …
Whale Sharks Protected and Local People Supported in Southeast Asia Thanks to WWF Denmark Read MoreOne of Scandinavia’s fastest growing companies, Swedish cosmetics retailer Make Up Store continues to grow fast in the Asian region, with new stores opening at The Pavilion and The Garden …
Fast Growing Swedish Make Up Store Opens New Stores in Malaysia Read More