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Foreign businessmen are supporting the Charter change (Cha-cha) but only with regards to amendments in the economic provisions. The government should reconsider its position on banning foreigners from owning …
Norwegian Ambassador: Allow Foreign Ownership Read MoreTelenor of Norway, the major shareholder of No. 2 mobile operator DTAC, is still committed to five billion baht in grants so that the Thai unit can proceed with its …
Telenor Committed To Helping DTAC Fund 3G Read MoreDue to unspecified problems, the 2nd Vietnam and International Contemporary Music Festival will begin on October 28 and finish in December. Originally, according to the HCM City Conservatory of Music …
Contemporary Music Festival Breaks Down Read MoreThe National Democratic Front (NDF) is open to the resumption of their own talks with the Philippine government despite the current impasse in the GRP-MILF (Government of the Republic of …
Open To Resumption Of Peace Talks Read MoreAn international effort against cluster bombs has made its way to Cambodia, with donors and aid groups travelling through the eastern part of the country this week collecting signatures from …
Norwegians Support “Ban Bus” Read MorePattaya tourist police used a court warrant to arrest two Norwegian men and their Thai girlfriends on charges of attacking a fellow Norwegian businessman in his home. At 3:40 am …
Norwegian Stabbed By Fellow Norwegians Read MoreThe Phuket Marine Biological Center (PMBC) has issued an official warning following the collection of almost 40 box jellyfish in a trap in shallow waters, off Ao Nambor, on Phuket’s …
Deadly Jellyfish Found In Phuket Waters Read MoreLeif Ove Andsnes will hold a recital at Thailand Cultural Centre, Main Hall, 8 pm Sunday 9 November 2008. Ask Leif Ove Andsnes about the peak of his astonishing …
Leif Ove Andsnes Performs In Bangkok Read MoreThe Nexus #1 building project is progressing according to plan. The work with an employment contract for Burgundy Global Exploration Corporation in the Philippines is developing according to expectations. The …
Nexus Progressing According To Plan Read MoreThe Vietnam Red Cross signed with the Norwegian Red Cross and multinational company Det Norske Veritas a memorandum of understanding on their pilot implementation of water sanitation and community development …
Norway Help To Improve Water Sanitation Read MoreThe smell of fresh coffee. The friendly chime of windows opening up. Dingeling-ding-ding! Secretaries are snuggling up in their chairs with the inevitable pillow on their stomach. It’s another lovely …
Thai Computer Law Wake Up Call Read MoreThe Norwegian institution for treatment and rehabilitation of Norwegian citizens, Baan Sabaijai, which Oskar Jorgensen has created with great enthusiasm, has now attracted the Thai authorities attention. Now three main government …
Great Interest For Norwegian Project In Pattaya Read MoreNorwegian offshore vessels operator Havila Shipping ASA said on Tuesday (28 October) that POSH Havila Pte ltd, its Singapore-based joint venture with PACC Offshore Service Holdings Pte Ltd, has entered …
Havila Shipping Sign New Agreements Read MoreKongsberg Norcontrol IT has been chosen to upgrade the existing VTMIS (Vessel traffic Management and Information Service) at Bintulu Port, Sarawak, East Malaysia. The contract was won by Kongsberg Norcontrol …
Norwegian Firm Sign Contract In Malaysia Read MoreTwo men from Bergen woke up in Pattaya last Tuesday, after they had been doped and robbed by three women. The day after the incident, three Thai women were arrested …
Two Norwegians Drugged In Pattaya Read MoreNha Trang and Soai Rap shipbuilders under the Vinashin Business Group have recently signed a US$142-million contract to build four cargo ships for Norway’s Calypso Group. The two builders each …
Vinashin To Build Four Ships To Norway Read MoreNorway has turned back to winter (astronomical) time, which means that all clocks should be switched back by 60 minutes at 3:00 CEST on Sunday, October 26, 2008.
Norway Switch To Winter Time Read More“We experience record bookings this winter to Thailand out of Copenhagen and Stockholm,” describes Hakan Olsson, general manager of SAS Scandinavian Airlines for Southeast Asia. “Thailand is like Ibiza for …
SAS Experience Record Bookings To Thailand Read MoreThe 3rd Fil-Nor Maritime Conference, coinciding with the celebration of 60 years of bilateral relations between Norway and the Philippines, was held in Manila on October 14th. The Royal …
Fil-Nor Maritime Conference Held In Manila Read MoreState Secretary Øyvind Slåke of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry met with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Malacañang on October 15th. The meeting was held at the …
State Secretary Meets President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Read MorePolice were called to the Viking Guesthouse located on Jomtien Beach late on Friday Night following reports of a guest who was attempting to start a fire inside his room. …
Norwegian Millionaire Arrested In Jomtien Read MoreSat. 11 Oct.: Cosmoleague, Vikings FC – Brewerkz 1 – 3 (1 – 1) Another Cosmoleague match at ITE Balestier. The Vikings home pitch should have been a fortress, but …
Another Disappointment For The Singapore Vikings Read MoreThe governments of Indonesia and Norway have agreed to accelerate their bilateral cooperation in the fishery and renewable energy sectors, a foreign ministry statement said.In order to pursue the cooperation, …
Norway And Indonesia Accelerate Cooperation Read More< ?xml:namespace prefix = o /> Renewable Energy Corp’s business is holding up for now, but it “would be naive” to think that the fast-growing solar industry will not be …
REC: Solar Energy Not Immune To Crisis Read MoreThe Norwegian scholarship program for Filipino seafarers will be implemented over a six-year period. Favila announced the Norwegian assistance after the courtesy call of State Secretary Oyvind Slake of the …
Scholarship Program To Benefit 5,000 Seafarers Read MoreNorway-based Intex Resources ASA said it would spend as much as $2.9 billion to put up a high-pressure acid leach facility within the site of its Mindoro Nickel mine. Intex …
Norwegian Billions For Nickel Plants Read MoreThe rate of marriages between Western men and Thai women registered in Bangkok’s Bangrak district has increased by 10% every year for the past 25 years, reaching half of all …
Scandinavian Men Bring Financial Security Read MoreFluor Corp. a provider of engineering and construction management services, said it received an engineering and construction contract from Norway-based solar power company – Renewable Energy Corp. for a state-of-the-art …
Fluor Receives Contract for Solar Panel Complex Read MoreThe Norwegian father of Alicia Elfversson, the six year-old Swedish girl who he abducted and took to Cambodia, has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison by …
Father Jailed Over Cambodia Abduction Read MoreMogens Sørensen, the head of investigations at the Copenhagen police station in Bellahøj, Denmark, will be liaison officer for the five Nordic countries and coordinate investigations in Southeast Asia and …
New Scandinavian Police Coordinator Read MoreTore Johnsen, the new head of Total Access Communication (DTAC), intends to make his company a successful wireless-broadband player by capitalising on third-generation (3G) technology and enthusiastic staff. During an …
New DTCA Boss Going All Out For 3g Read MoreIn the third game of the season Vikings faced the BSL Youth. This was a special game since Vikings have given BSL some heavy defeats in the last couple of …
Vikings – BSL Youth 4-3 Read MoreSince 1996 TAT has presented the Friends of Thailand Awards to international individuals/organizations, international tour operators and international airlines every two years. The 2nd Awards were presented in 1998, the …
Many “Friends Of Thailand” Awards To Scandinavia Read More16 CCTV cameras in Patong will be supplemented with 26 more units, 16 of which will be provided by the Savoey Seafood restaurant on Thaweewong Rd. All of the new …
Candid Camera, Phuket Style Read MorePeople in the formerly restive province of Aceh celebrated news Saturday that the man who helped end their decades-long civil war has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize – annonuced i …
Aceh Celebrates Nobel Peace Prize Read MoreA story titled “Alerts issued on travelling to Thailand”, published on page 4 of yesterday’s Bangkok Post, said that a number of countries had issued “warnings” to tourists about the …
Sweden And Norway Denied Issuing Travel Warnings Read MoreA delegation of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) led by VJA Vice President Le Quoc Trung paid a week-long visit to Norway.During their stay abroad, the journalists met for working …
Vietnamese Journalists Visit Norway Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi Chancery Opening hours:08.30-12.00 & 13.00 – 16.30 Monday – Friday Address:Royal Norwegian Embassy10th Floor, Block B, Vincom City Towers, 191 Ba Trieu StreetHanoi, Vietnam. Tel: …
New Phonenumbers At The Royal Norwegian Embassy Read MoreNorway and Sweden are among 10 countries which have issued warnings about travelling to Thailand have raised the level of alarm following the government’s bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. The rest …
Norway And Sweden Have Issued Warnings Read MoreIFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the International Labour Organization today launched the Better Work Vietnam program to improve working conditions for more than 700,000 workers in …
IFC And ILO Launch “Better Work Vietnam” Read MoreThe course will also provide trainees with knowledge on economic development combined with environmental protection in ethnic minority areas and an overview of national and local political and socio-economic situations. …
Norway Improve Ethnic Women Leadership Read MoreThe prosecutor demands at least 18 months in prison for the Norwegian father who abducted his seven-year-old daughter and brought her to Cambodia. The trial in Gothenburg district court ended …
Norwegian Father Awaiting Verdict In Sweden Read MoreVikings Bangkok played their second game of the season against the new Div. 2 team Siam Celtic (SC). Most experts had Vikings as the solid favorites to collect their first …
Vikings – Siam Celtic FC 1-2 Read MoreDid you Hit the family unification wall too? Scandasia.com would like to hear from Scandinavians, who feel they have been inadequate treated or directly mislead by their country’s immigration [email protected]
Family Unification: Please Tip The Editor Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian Embassy Manila participated in the inauguration of the new office of Odfjell Technology Manila Corporation recently. The inauguration was well attended with guests highlighted by his Excellency …
Odfjell Technologi Manila Inaugurates New Office Read MoreThe Thai Tourism TAT in Bangkok has decided to open a tourist office in Copenhagen. It shall cover Iceland, Norway and Denmark. “TAT has already a tourist office in Stockholm, which covers …
Thailand Plans To Open Tourist Office In Denmark Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian Embassy in Singapore and Innovation Norway, in collaboration with the following partners: Energy Studies Institute, Norwegian Business Association (Singapore), ISEAS and SEAS organised The Norway Singapore Energy …
The Norway – Singapore Energy Conference: “Sustainable Energy Future” Read MoreThe Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs have reported that Fagbladet Travel News, a Norwegian travel trade magazine, selected Thailand for its “World’s Best Tourist Country” award for 2008, this being …
Scandinavian Awards To Thailand Read MoreFor the first time in six years a Danish travel agency a special award from Thailand’s ministry of tourism. Sales manager at Profil Rejser, Frederick Wagner, recently received the “Friends …
Danish Profil Rejser Gets Award In Thailand Read MoreThree men are still suspected of the murder of Simen Sparre Knudsen at Phuket in Thailand. But the police lacks technical evidence linking them to the crime scene, writes the …
The Thai Police Lacks Technical Evidence Against Murder Suspects Read More