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Norwegian siesmic vessel operator Scan Geophysical is once again looking for debt finance after failing to complete a second vessel sale and lease-back deal in two months. Pacific First Shipping …
Scouts For Funding As Second Deal Collapses Read MoreNorway-based Intex Resources has postponed completion of its definitive feasibility study on its Mindoro nickel project in the Philippines to the fourth quarter of 2009. The feasibility study was initially …
Intex Delays Mindoro Nickel Project Read MoreKarin Jordal is from Norway, a country with cold climate and breathtaking scenery. In search of sunshine and warmer seas, she moved first to California then to Alicante in Spain. …
Karin Jordal- Cebu’s Most Prolific Artists Read MoreThousands of students from John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University and from other maritime schools in Western Visayas gathered in Iloilo City on Wednesday. They attended the the “Career Show” …
Norway Govt Salutes Ilonggo Seafarers Read MoreThe Lucia service will NOT be held in Christ Church as originally plannend. Insteadt it will be held in Church of Sweden at Sukhumvit Soi 33 6.30 PM.
Today´s Lucia-service: Change Of Venue Read MoreLess experienced prostitutes are more likely to have sexually transmitted infections (STIs). A study of more than a thousand female sex workers in Cambodia, reported in the open access journal …
Inexperienced Prostitutes Most At Risk Read MoreThe Norwegian embassy staff celebrated their Annual Welfare Day on 3 December with a tour to the prestigious Ayala Museum located in Makati City. The tour was highlighted by the …
Embassy Celebrated Annual Welfare Day Read MoreFormer Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace efforts and …
Martti Ahtisaari Arrives For Nobel peace Ceremony Read MoreA football tournament for secondary schools kicked off in Hue yesterday with nine boys’ and girls’ teams taking part. The Viet Nam-Norway Cup is being organised by the city Department …
Norway Support School Football Tournament Read MoreAccording to several travel websites, included the wellknowned Lonely Planet, “normal” 30-days border visaruns is now only given 15 days visa. In order to limit the amount of foreigners …
New Visa On Arrival Rules At Thai Borders Read MoreA suspected bullet hole has been discovered in a SAS airplane which recently returned to Sweden from the Thai city of Phuket. The plane, an Airbus 340, landed on Tuesday …
‘Bullet Hole’ In SAS Plane From Thailand Read MoreSAS Scandinavian Airlines has Thursday unexpected postponed their announced departure from Kastrup to Bangkok until 5.55 AM Friday 5. December. The postponement is a practical step to avoid the …
SAS Postpone Plane From Copenhagen To Thailand Read MoreBy Mr. Stein Kristiansen, Professor of Development Studies at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, and also visiting Professor at Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. …
Welcome To The Norwegian House In Yogyakarta Read MoreWith the current unrest in Thailand coaches Mofok and Chris had to make some tough decisions together with the team last week… No flights available and the only alternative were …
Vikings Undefeated In Phuket International 7’s 2008 Read MoreThailands Suvarnabhumi International Airport prepared to restore full operations today for the first time since an eight-day blockade by anti-government protesters ended on Wednesday. The smaller domestic Don Muang …
Airport Resumes Full Services Read MorePlaces on this week’s Bangkok flights can be reserved primarily by the original passengers of the flights, but there is also space on the flights for new reservations. Passengers wishing …
Finnair’s scheduled flights to Bangkok to resume Thursday night Read MoreDecades after the Vietnam War ended, the study of Vietnam has rightfully expanded beyond issues pertaining to the warfare period. Nowadays, prestigious institutions offering Vietnamese studies are being established …
Studies Open Doors To Denmark And Norway Read MoreDuring the blockade of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, Scandinavian Airlines rerouted flights to U-tapao and Phuket airports in order to get customers out of Thailand. SAS managed to bring over 1,000 …
SAS resumes traffic to Bangkok today Read MoreBy Annelene Højvang Larsen and Rikke Bjerge JohansenThe Danes and other members of the Danish-Thai Chamber (DTCC) were in good spirits Thursday 4. December when they arrived at the Cabbages …
DTCC: The Big Danish Christmas Lunch Read MoreThe situation in Bangkok is being resolved and the airport will open to traffic in the next few days. Finnair’s scheduled flights from Helsinki to Thailand will resume tomorrow. Flights …
Finnair to resume scheduled flights to Thailand Read MoreInformal peace talks in Norway between the government and the communist-led National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have apparently collapsed. The NDFP accused government peace negotiators of “sabotaging” the …
Informal Oslo Talks Collapse Read MoreThe Indonesian government will participate in the signing of Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) during a conference from December 1-4, 2008 in Oslo, Norway, in a bid to support world …
Indonesia To Sign Cluster Bomb Ban In Oslo Read MoreThe travel branch hopes the situation will normalize following the recent occurrences in the country. Many Norwegians and Scandinavians who were stranded in Bangkok, have come home during recent days. …
Not Afraid: Thailand-holidays As Planned Read MoreNew hope for the thousands of stranded Scandinavians. Thai anti-government protesters have agreed to end their occupation of Bangkok’s airports, allowing thousands of stranded tourists to leave. Passenger flights …
Latest: Thai Airport Protests Called Off Read MoreWith the comeback victory in the opening best-ball match at Singapore Island Country Club, Sorenstam and Pettersen helped the International team match two-time defending champion Asia at six points entering …
Sorenstam And Pettersen Helps To Forge Tie Read MoreA series of trainings for women legislative candidates was held in four cities in November and December, 2008. These trainings, organized by The Asia Foundation in partnership with its regional …
Norwegian Support To Women Candidates Read MoreRecently Norwegian Ambassador Eivind Homme and ILO Country Director Alan Boulton signed into effect an agreement on “Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers, Phase II” Norway will …
Norway Supporting ILO Initiative On Human Trafficking Read MoreThere are unconfirmed reports of a deal to open an airport closed by protests. But there is not that much hope for the thousands of Scandinavians stranded in Thailand. …
BBC: Airport To Be Closed Until 15 December Read MoreOn the first day of Advent it almost looks like a Christmas show at Bangkok City Hall. The colour red is dominating as everybody wear red shirts and wave red …
Red: We feel sorry for the tourists Read MoreSince Friday many flight companies have been using the military airbase U-Tapao. This includes SAS, who Saturday rerouted a flight from Bangkok to U-Tapao, from where it carried a maximum …
SAS continues to bring customers back from Thailand Read MorePlaying her second-to-last event before retiring, the Swedish star holed a 45-foot pitch for eagle on the par-5 18th hole to give herself and Suzann Pettersen a 1-up victory over …
Sorenstam Helps International Team Forge Tie Read More“Beat Fest” will this weekend play host The Whitest Boy Alive, whose debut album Dreams contains 10 of the smoothest, up-tempo, minimal indie tunes around. The band kicked off in …
Norwegian Take Part In Jakarta Festival Read More“We are pleased to be able to start operating flights to and from Thailand in order to get our customers out of Bangkok,” says Lars Sandahl Sørensen, CEO, Scandinavian Airlines …
SAS starts bringing customers back from Thailand Read MoreAll Finnair flights to Bangkok are cancelled today. Finnair is cancelling the flight which was postponed until today from yesterday evening, this evening’s both flights and tomorrow evening flight scheduled …
Finnair Cancels Four Bangkok Flights Read MoreAuthorities have officially declared Suvarnabhumi airport closed until Saturday at 6pm at the earliest.Thousands of tourists are still stranded in Thailand with the prospect of spending at least one more …
Bangkok Airport Closed Until Saturday 6pm Read MoreOn Thursday Afternoon, Khun Mongkol, the Chief of Banglamung District chaired an emergency meeting to discuss the currently situation in Bangkok and the affect on Tourists residing here in Pattaya …
Pattaya: Stranded International Tourists Can Call 1337 Read MoreNext Wednesday, governments will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Oslo, Norway and the Philippine government, thru the Department of Foreign Affairs, signified its intent to sign the …
Philippines To Sign Cluster Bomb Treaty Read MoreAfter two years of success by Team Asia, the Internationals are fired-up to win the year-ending USLPGA Lexus Cup this week and give Annika Sorenstam a fitting send-off into retirement. …
Annika Says Good Bye At Lexus Cup Read MoreLate Wednesday night, one of Asia’s busiest airports remained under siege, sealed off by several thousand anti-government protesters. The protesters, clad in yellow – the color of the king – …
Tourists “Just Wanna Go Home” Read MoreThe state of emergency means, that normal law is suspended in the two airports. Public gatherings are forbidden at areas, where the authorities say so. They can also refuse access …
Bangkok Airports in a State of Emergency Read MoreA more aggressive military approach is the only answer to an escalation of piracy off Somalia, the world’s biggest oil tanker company said Friday. “I think that’s the only …
Frontline: Military “Only Solution” To Piracy Read MoreAs many as six Indonesian sailors, along with seven others of other nationalities, were saved when their Bahama-flagged ship sank in Osloj`rd waters, Norway, recently, according to an Indonesian embassy …
Six Indonesian Sailors Survive Shipwreck In Norway Read MoreIt couldn’t be worse timing. The Crown Prince Couple’s official visit to Thailand due to the celebration of the 150 year anniversary for the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the …
Crown Princess Mary Continues Sightseeing in Bangkok Read MoreOn Wednesday morning, the day after the occupation of Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport, all flights were cancelled and the airport staff that abandoned their tations last night failed in many …
Swedish and Norwegian Embassies Help at Airport Read MoreA drilling and wellservice seminar was organized in Bandung 10 – 12 November, as a joint effort by the Indonesian and Norwegian governments. The 3 day seminar was attended by …
Drilling And Well Seminar Held In Bandung Read MoreSingapore’s very own search engine, is collaborating with renowned American stock-image supplier Getty Images to boost its collection of Singapore-themed images. Rednano.sg is the world’s first search engine that specialises …
800,000 More Photos With Rednano/Getty Tie-up Read MoreAt Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok the situation is nowhere close to being solved. Consequently, the Airport Authorities are arranging evacuations for the tourists. “Don’t worry, we have hotels for everyone,” they …
Bangkok Airport to Be Evacuated of Passengers Read MoreBy Per StangegaardIf it was hangovers from last week-end, or the fact that we had twotournaments in a row, or were part of a larger tournament? I dontknow, but it …
Poor Showing At Villamor Read MoreBy Rikke Bjerge Johansen, Annelene Højvang Larsen Thai demonstrators have stormed the main terminal in Thailand’s biggest airport, Suvarnabhumi. So far all flight departures have been cancelled. ScandAsia’s reporter …
Tourists Stuck as Demonstrators Block Bangkok Airport Read MoreNorwegian group Roxar and the Hanoi Mining and Geology University has signed an agreement on oil exploitation technology transfer and human resource training for the oil and gas industry. Under …
Norwegian´s Train Oil And Gas Personnel Read More