Saab got SEK 100,000,000
Chinese 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 MoreChina’s ministry of construction on study trip to Sweden
In 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 MoreImplementation of the GSP-scheme for Cambodia
As 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 MoreFinns advised to avoid flooded areas in Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand
The 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 MoreNorway, Indonesia team up for 22.39m tons of fish by 2015
The 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 MoreRelease af political prisoners in Burma: Long overdue, more of the same please
Danish 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 MoreResponse to Allegations from the Burma Video Journalist Group
October 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 MoreSwedish Expat Died in Motorbike Accident on Phuket
Peter 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 MoreMiss Denmark is half-Pinay
A 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 MoreVietnamese Mother gets Temporary Deportation Reprieve from Denmark
A 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 MoreFined for Bringing Crocodile Heads into Denmark
A 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 MoreChinese Guest Worker in Sweden Exploited by Employer
A 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 MoreThe 18th Sino-Swedish JC-meeting will be held in Guangzhou
On 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 MoreChinese spring festival: learn about tradition and how to celebrate
Probably, 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 MoreFinnish Minister Räsänen as Keynote Speeker in Manila
The 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 MoreHow to Cope with Flooding
The 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 MoreThe International A Cappella Festival 2011
Singapore’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 MoreECCO Now Busy Taking Care of Homeless Staff
The 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 MoreLundbaek Birthday Party at Admiral’s Soft Opening
Jorgen 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 MoreRoyal Copenhagen Moves More Production to Thailand
Royal 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 Steps Up Presence in Thailand
Carlsberg 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 MoreScandinavian Films to be Featured in China
The 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 MoreFlooding Now Threatening Bangkok
The 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 MoreDanish Video Artist Jesper Just Shooting Movie in Bangkok
The 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 MoreECCO Estimated to Loose 360 million dkk in Thailand
The 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 MoreNorwegian-brokered Peace Talk Shows Results in the Philippines
The 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 More“Tour d’Isan” with the Norwegian Seamen´s Church
The 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 MoreFinnish Kone donate mobile library
Finland’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 MoreAmbassador joined a 10th-anniversary
Danish 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 MoreSisters doin’ it for themselves
Immigrant 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 MorePolice detain Ikea blast suspects
Two 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 MoreTwo Danish tourists backed out of a PAL flight to Cebu
Flag 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 MoreConflict lingers over last year’s prize
A new Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo on Friday but Norway is still feeling the ill effects of last year’s prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Ongoing conflict …
Conflict lingers over last year’s prize Read MoreSuccessful Danish partipitation at Water Philippines 2011
8 Danish companies took part in Water Philipines 2011, the biggest water and wastewater exhibition and conference in the Philippines ever. The Danish Pavilion received the Organising Committee’s “Prize for Best …
Successful Danish partipitation at Water Philippines 2011 Read MoreMaximizing the Value of Indonesian Gas with Norway
The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and Innovation Norway co-organized the seminar “Maximizing the value of Indonesian Gas in Co-operation with Norway” at …
Maximizing the Value of Indonesian Gas with Norway Read MoreDanish journalists visits China
From September 24th to October 2nd a group of journalists from Danish media visited Shanghai to talk with Danish and Chinese companies, media and to get a personal first-hand impression …
Danish journalists visits China Read MoreAmbassador meets with the Deputy Prime Minister
Recently the Danish Ambassador to Thailand Mikael Hemniti Winther made a courtesy call to the Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Mr. Chalerm Ubumrung. The Meeting was an opportunity to reaffirm the …
Ambassador meets with the Deputy Prime Minister Read MoreNorwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Thailand
Mr. Espen Barth Eide, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, visited Thailand on 6 October – for the second time in 2011. The Deputy Minister was received by Thailand’s new …
Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Thailand Read MoreNorwegian record high aid budget for 2012
The Norwegian Government has allocated NOK 27.8 billion for development in poor countries in 2012. This is a record high aid budget. Efforts on climate change, renewable energy and agriculture …
Norwegian record high aid budget for 2012 Read MoreSwedish cop convicted after sex bribe attempt
An officer with the Swedish border police in Västra Götaland was convicted Wednesday for offering a female asylum seeker to ”forget about her case” in return for sex and drugs. …
Swedish cop convicted after sex bribe attempt Read MoreGeely not interested in Saab
Saab Automobile’s Chinese partner, Youngman, who promised to pay SEK 640 million, may be about to withdraw from the deal. But there has been roumours in Swedish media that the …
Geely not interested in Saab Read MoreCarlsberg Elephant Tournament Canceled Over Cruelty Concerns
An elephant polo tournament due to take place in India on Sunday was canceled after sponsor Carlsberg beer withdrew because of complaints from animal rights activists. Elephant polo world championships …
Carlsberg Elephant Tournament Canceled Over Cruelty Concerns Read MoreAngry Birds gaining happy fans in China
Angry Birds spinoff products on display at the Macworld Asia 2011 in Beijing. Manufacturers, hoping to cash in on the popularity of the game, have created toys, cell phone decorations, …
Angry Birds gaining happy fans in China Read MoreEricsson to sell stake in Sony Ericsson: report
In a push to enhance its smartphone business, Japan’s Sony is nearing a deal to buy out Swedish telecom firm Ericsson’s stake in their mobile phone joint venture, according to …
Ericsson to sell stake in Sony Ericsson: report Read MoreDanish Ecco shoes among major casualties
The Danish shoemaker Ecco will probably lose about 2 billion baht (360 Million DKK) as a result of flood damage to its factory in the Saha Rattananakorn Industrial Estate in …
Danish Ecco shoes among major casualties Read MoreNew Oslo Route Boosts Access to Asia Pacific
Qatar Airways has ventured further into Northern Europe with the launch of scheduled flights to Norway yesterday. Qatar Airways’ maiden flight from Doha to Oslo, QR953, arrives at the Norwegian …
New Oslo Route Boosts Access to Asia Pacific Read MoreSpecial foods for special religious events
Each single religion suggests particular foods to be eaten on particular days of the year. So, for Christians we can see a lot of different foods to eat on Christmas …
Special foods for special religious events Read MoreNorway Donates to Help Indonesia Environment
Norway has committed up to US$1 billion to help Indonesia meet its emissions reduction target. Norwegian Environment and International Development Minister Erik Solheim said Norway is proud of the partnership …
Norway Donates to Help Indonesia Environment Read MoreSAS Christmas Deal
As the Christmas season approaches, many would have several plans made on how to get back in time to celebrate. The biggest dilemma would be travel charges. SAS is offering …
SAS Christmas Deal Read MoreFinnair Opens Sales Office in Indonesia
Beginning this October, travellers from Indonesia looking to visit Europe for business or pleasure, have the option of flying Finnair to their favourite European destinations. This was made possible with …
Finnair Opens Sales Office in Indonesia Read More