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Norway is upgrading its presence in Myanmar by opening a full-fledged embassy in Yangon. The announcement was made by Prime Minister, Jens Stoltenberg, when he met the President of Myanmar, …
Norway to open embassy in Myanmar Read MoreA prominent 88 generation student leader Min Ko Naing expressed his views in Norway’s Oslo recently that the 2015 general election is not the ultimate goal for democratic force but merely a …
Myanmar’s pro-democracy student awarded in Norway Read More
The capacity and cooperation of political parties play a key role in democratic reform, says Netherland and Danish democratic institutions. Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy and Netherlands Institute for …
Denmark advises Myanmar to build political parties’ capacity and cooperation Read MoreMyanmar President U Thein Sein will soon pay official visits to Norway and Finland as a part of a five-European-countries tour that includes stop-overs at Austria, Belgium and Italy, according …
Thein Sein to visit Norway, Finland Read MoreIn October this year, Myanmar might be seeing more of tourists from the north as Star Tour Norway starts offering package solutions. “It’s almost a bit historic to be the …
Star Tour Norway aiming for Myanmar Read MoreOn February 17, LEGOLAND Malaysia slithered into the LEGO history books and set a new record by completing a challenge to build the world’s longest LEGO snake. The snake was officially measured …
Legoland in Malaysia builds giant snake Read More
The first big Western oil company has made a move to bid for a license to explore for gas and oil in Myanmar’s coastal waters, the Irrawaddee reports. Norwegian government-linked …
Norway’s Statoil in talks to explore Myanmar Read More
Myanmar government has lauded the decision made by Norway and other creditors to cancel or reissue billions of dollars of external debt. President U Thein Sein stated in a radio address …
Norway applauded for Myanmar’s debt cancellation Read MoreThe Danish brewery Carlsberg is moving into Myanmar calling it an important milestone in an expansion adventure in Asia. “We have been following the development in Myanmar closely and have …
Carlsberg starts brewing beer in Myanmar Read More
Norway has decided to cancel the whole of Myanmar’s debt to Norway – a total worth of NOK 3.2 billion. “This is historic, not only for Myanmar, but also for …
Norway cancels NOK3.2 billion Myanmar’s debt Read More