Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The Danish Football Association (DBU) has arranged for the Danish National Soccer League Team to play in the Kings Cup in Bangkok in January. The League Team is also known …
Danish National Soccer Team to Thailand Read MoreDenmark has donated 1.7 million Baht in humanitarian emergency relief to assist in alleviating the sufferings Thailand experience at the moment due to the ongoing severe flooding. Thai Prime Minister, Yingluck …
Denmark Donates 1.7 Million Baht to Flood Relief in Thailand Read MoreOn Thursday 13 October, about 50 Norwegian people living in Hua Hin gathered for meeting at City Beach Hotel. As the total number of members is 100 persons, it was …
Meet Norwegian in Hua Hin Read MoreA Dane has been arrested and imprisoned on the Indonesian island of Bali. The Danish daily, Jyllands Posten, tells today October 17 2011 that the Danish Foreign Ministry Consular confirms …
Dane Jailed on Bali Read Morejyskebank.tv was named Europe’s best web TV channel at the Digital Communication Awards 2011 on 30 September 2011 in Berlin. The Digital Communication Symposium in Berlin awarded the best communication projects …
jyskebank.tv is Europe’s Best Web TV Channel Read MoreIn a ceremony held at Beijing Normal University on Tuesday 11 October, the release of professors Stephen von Tetzchner and Harald Martinsen’s book on how to help autistic children communicate …
Book on alternative communication published in Chinese Read MoreYou need not go to Stockholm in Sweden for the Nobel prize banquet. For 163 US$ a head, you can do it right here in Delhi. The Swedish Embassy will present …
Dine in Delhi on Nobel 2010 spread for 163 US $ Read MoreThe Embassy of Finland has “Local Cooperation funding” to support local non-governmental organizations. At the moment the Embassy of Finland provides financial aid to six Malaysian organizations which operate on …
Finnish support to NGO´s in Malaysia Read MoreThe second FLC (Fund for Local Cooperation) Regional Meeting for Finnish embassies in Asia was organized recently in Jakarta. The meeting successfully combined a traditional two-day training and experience sharing session …
Regional Meeting for Finnish embassies in Asia Read MoreThe 6th Bilateral Energy Consultations was held recently in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The Consultations were aimed at discussing developments in the energy sector in both countries, particularly in the oil and gas …
Bilateral Energy Consultations between Indonesia and Norway Read MoreDanish Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen will host an official reception at his residence for the senior representatives of China Wind Power 2011, which takes place in Beijing Oct 19-21. The …
Ambassador invites senior representatives of China Wind Power Read MoreThe 110th Canton Fair, officially known as the China Import and Export Fair, opened Friday in the city of Guangzhou, capital of the southern province of Guangdong. Since this year …
Seminars between Sweden and Japan in China Read MoreThe award ceremony for an English language competition launched by Finnish communications manufacturer Nokia Corp was held on Sept 25 in Beijing. At the ceremony, two winners, from Beijing and …
Nokia English languageaward ceremony held Read MoreMinister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb will make an export promotion and internalisation trip to Shanghai, China, on 18–20 October. The aim of the visit is to …
Stubb to make an export promotion trip to Shanghai Read MoreNorwegian companies take to Beijing for the most influential event on wind power in China this October. With more than 600 exhibitors and an expected 40 000 domestic and international …
China Wind Power 2011 is approaching Read MoreThe Finnish Embassy in Bangkok has warned travellers in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos of rising flood waters. In some Thai provinces, foreign nationals are being ordered to contact local officials. …
Finns advised to avoid flooded areas in Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand Read MoreThe government’s effort to double its fishery production, which includes fish, shrimp and seaweed, by 2015 has led to an unlikely partnership with Norway. The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry …
Norway, Indonesia team up for 22.39m tons of fish by 2015 Read MoreMobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson on Friday said it broke even in the third quarter due to a declining sales environment in Europe. The Japanese-Swedish group, now the sixth-biggest player …
Sony Ericsson breaks even in Asia Read MoreSwedish furnishing giant Ikea is undergoing a change and will soon rid their food shelves of anything not bearing it’s name.People outside of Sweden craving Swedish-brand eats have made a …
Ikea to drop famous Swedish food brands Read MoreA Chinese chef who collapsed from exhaustion on the streets of Gothenburg after being forced to work under ‘slave-like’ conditions has received a large indemnity following his ordeal.In May of …
Swedish eatery forced Chinese chef into ‘slave labour’ Read MoreChinese Youngman has now paid out SEK 100,000,000 to the Swedish auto manufacturer Saab automobile. The money is part of a greater deal between Saab and Youngman and gives the …
Saab got SEK 100,000,000 Read MoreIn mid September, China’s ministry of construction visited Sweden. The ministry, also called ministry of housing and urban-rural development, were presented with a weeklong study trip focused on energy efficient …
China’s ministry of construction on study trip to Sweden Read MoreAs of 14 October 2011, Cambodia is part of the Norwegian GSP-system (General System of Preferences). Being a Least Developed Country (LDC), Cambodia now has the benefit of duty and …
Implementation of the GSP-scheme for Cambodia Read MoreDanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Villy Søvndal and Minister for Development Cooperation, Christian Friis Bach are pleased that political prisoners were released in Burma earlier this week while noting, at …
Release af political prisoners in Burma: Long overdue, more of the same please Read MoreA Chinese guest worker in Gothenburg, Sweden has been exploited by his employer and will now receive compensation. After long periods of hard work at a restaurant a Chinese guest …
Chinese Guest Worker in Sweden Exploited by Employer Read MoreOn October 15 the 18th Sino-Swedish Joint Committee meeting (JC-meeting) will be held in Guangzhou, China. The JC-meeting is Sweden and China’s most important bilateral trade and investment dialogue and …
The 18th Sino-Swedish JC-meeting will be held in Guangzhou Read MoreOctober 5 2011 ScandAsia published the story “Oslo based Burmese Radio hit by financial scandal We have now received a respond from the Burma Video Journalist Group: We, Burma Video …
Response to Allegations from the Burma Video Journalist Group Read MorePeter Nyman, 48, died October 8 2011 in a motorbike accident in Karon, Phuket. Mr. Nyman ran a guesthouse on Phuket. Mr. Nyman died when he overshot a curve just …
Swedish Expat Died in Motorbike Accident on Phuket Read MoreA 20 year old Filipina-Danish beauty will be representing Denmark in the Miss World pageant this November, tells the online media, abs-cbnnews.com. Maya Celeste Padillo Olesen was born to a …
Miss Denmark is half-Pinay Read MoreA media outcry may have helped a Danish man keep his Vietnamese wife in the country while their seven-week-old girl, Sofia, receives vital medical treatment, tells the online media, the …
Vietnamese Mother gets Temporary Deportation Reprieve from Denmark Read MoreA Dane was fined 1000 DKK for violating the Washington Convention by bringing two crocodile heads from Thailand to Denmark. It was The Copenhagen City Court, who meted out the …
Fined for Bringing Crocodile Heads into Denmark Read MoreProbably, you don’t know that Asia isn’t only the continent where many immigrants come from, but it’s also where many Europeans and Americans decide to go to get a life …
Chinese spring festival: learn about tradition and how to celebrate Read MoreRoyal Copenhagen has decided to move more production to Thailand. Only 10% of the production will be in Denmark according to the news agency Ritzau. Since 2004, Royal Copenhagen has …
Royal Copenhagen Moves More Production to Thailand Read MoreCarlsberg is now selling bottled beer in Thailand. The company established an office in Bangkok in the summer 2011 in order to prepare the relaunch of bottled Carlsberg beer in …
Carlsberg Steps Up Presence in Thailand Read MoreThe 4th Annual EU Film Festival in China will take place from November 1st to November 30th, 2011 in the cities of Beijing, Chengdu and Shenzhen, and will offer a …
Scandinavian Films to be Featured in China Read MoreThe government has ordered every available measure be taken to protect Bangkok’s inner-city commercial and residential districts from flooding as torrents of northern run-off began to sweep through floodwalls in …
Flooding Now Threatening Bangkok Read MoreThe Philippines, Finland and the European Union (EU) will host the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting Interfaith Dialogue (ASEM-IFD7) on October 13 and 14 2011 at the Sofitel Hotel, Manila. The meeting …
Finnish Minister Räsänen as Keynote Speeker in Manila Read MoreThe Thai company Coverage has sent out advises to companies about how to cope with flooding. Background for the floodingEssentially this is the run-off from the North of 3 major …
How to Cope with Flooding Read MoreSingapore’s International A Cappella Festival 2011 will be held tomorrow, 13 October, at the School of the Arts. The festival has been established as a month-long vocal extravaganza featuring top …
The International A Cappella Festival 2011 Read MoreThe Danish shoemaker Ecco´s factory in the Saha Rattananakorn Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya is closed due to flooded buildings. The capacity at the Ayutthaya plant was seven milllion pair of …
ECCO Now Busy Taking Care of Homeless Staff Read MoreJorgen Lundbaek celebrated on Wednesday 12 October 2011 his 67 year birthday with a soft opening of the bar in his new Mermaid Hotel in Sukhumvit Soi 29 managed by …
Lundbaek Birthday Party at Admiral’s Soft Opening Read MoreThe Norwegian Seamen´s Church in Pattaya is on wheels these days. The church has planned a bike tour from Pattaya to – and around in – Isaan in order to …
“Tour d’Isan” with the Norwegian Seamen´s Church Read MoreThe Dane Jesper Just just arrived Bangkok to shoot the movie ´Vanishin Women´. He is working together with the award winning film director, Urophong ´Toi´Raksasad from Thailand, tells the Danish …
Danish Video Artist Jesper Just Shooting Movie in Bangkok Read MoreThe Danish shoe maker ECCO SKO A/S is estimated to loose around 360 million dkk due to the flooding, tells the newsagency Ritzau. The newsagency´s sources estimates ECCO to loose …
ECCO Estimated to Loose 360 million dkk in Thailand Read MoreThe New Peoples’ Army (NPA) released October 8 2011 four jail guards in the hinterlands of Magpet town, North Cotabato, after 11 weeks in captivity and ahead of the resumption …
Norwegian-brokered Peace Talk Shows Results in the Philippines Read MoreFinland’s Ambassador to China Lars Backstrom and his wife, Brigitta, joined local officials at the Limin School for migrant workers’ children last weekend for the launch of a mobile library. …
Finnish Kone donate mobile library Read MoreDanish Ambassador Friis Arne Petersen recently joined a 10th-anniversary celebration of the European Centre for Chinese Studies at Peking University. Peking University, the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the …
Ambassador joined a 10th-anniversary Read MoreImmigrant from Asia among among other parts of the world and Danish women volunteers achieving milestones through mentorship. KVINFO’s mentor network has inspired new mentorship programmes in Scandinavia and north Africa. …
Sisters doin’ it for themselves Read MoreTwo men suspected of masterminding a series of bomb blasts at several European stores of Swedish furniture giant Ikea from May to September have been detained in Poland, local media …
Police detain Ikea blast suspects Read MoreFlag carrier Philippine Airlines reassured passengers on Sunday evening of the safety of its flights as it belied insinuations that overworked staff and untrained personnel are endangering its operations since …
Two Danish tourists backed out of a PAL flight to Cebu Read More