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Just weeks after five fake Apple stores caused a media uproar, a knockoff Ikea store was found in the same city of Kunming, a location now notorious for its large …
Chinese Furniture Store Painstakingly Mimics Ikea Read MoreThe Swedish Government and the Social Democrats has agreed upon the allocation of the funds to the Government Offices. • The agreement means that the funds for the Government Offices …
The Embassy of Sweden in KL Will be Reestablished Read MorePhuket City Police tonight charged two Swedish men they say confessed to the murder yesterday of 25-year-old Maxim Schantz.According to the online newspaper, Phuket Gazette, police said they caught Tommy …
Two Swedes Murder Charged in Phuket Read MoreAnders Brivik, the mass murder, writes in the online manifesto about his relationship with his stepfather who was a major in the Norwegian army but has since retired before adding: …
My Father Used Thai Prostitutes: Norwegian Killer Read MoreVietnam ethnic traditional music performed at a recent international music festival in Finland has gained warm feedback from audiences and the press. The local newspaper Kuhmolainen dedicated its first page …
Vietnam’s Folk Music Well Received in Finland Read MoreVietnam Airlines is presently offering a 35 per cent discount on its flights to Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, among other destinations i Europe for all Vietnamese overseas students. Vietnamese students studying …
Discount to Overseas Students in Denmark and Finland Read MoreThe Embassy of Finland, Bangkok, recently contracted the team at Pornchai Garden to help them with large scale drainage issues at their nice residence garden at their Embassy quarters in …
Re-grading of Grass Lawn at the Embassy of Finland, Bangkok Read MoreSwedish furniture firm Ikea has instructed its lawyers to consider whether a newly opened store in southern China constitutes an infringement of its trademark. “For us it is very important …
Ikea Lawyers Review Chinese ‘Copycat’ Store Read MoreOle Laursen, a Danish-Filipino Muay Thai champion, will be headlining what is set to become Asia’s biggest MMA event, in ONE Fighting Championship 1 this September. The show will be …
Ole Laursen in Asia’s biggest Mixed Martial Arts Event Read MorePandora Jewelry Group must turn sharply down its growth expectations. Past promises of a growth in sales of at least 30 per cent is substituted by a zero growth rate.“Our …
Pandora Shares Down by 65% in One Day Read MoreA policeman is wanted in connection with the murder of an 18 year old Norwegian man in the Filipino city of Quezon City, local sources have revealed. The local police …
Policeman Wanted in Norwegian Murder Case Read MorePolice are now hunting two Swedish men believed to be responsible for the murder of a Swede expat on August 1 2011. Maxim Schantz, 25, migrated to Sweden from Russia …
Swede Maxim Schantz Stabbed to Death in Phuket Read MoreH.E. Ambassador Per-Arne Hjelmborn hosted a reception to bid farewell in conjunction to the closure of the Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. He also officiated the opening of the honorary consulate …
Inauguration of new Swedish Honorary Consulate General in Kuala Lumpur Read MoreVice President Jejomar Binay left for Sweden yesterday to attend the 22nd World Scout Jamboree and meet with Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf. Binay is the national president of the …
Binay off to Sweden for Scout Jamboree Read MoreA Thai-born woman was among those killed in last week’s massacre in Norway, the Thai Foreign Ministry said yesterday.Pornthip Adam, 21, was among the 68 victims of a gun rampage …
Thai-born Woman Among Victims of Norway Massacre Read MoreThe teenage boy was on holiday in Quezon city when he was shot. We were told about it last night, Norwegian time, confirms Frode Andersen, Press Officer at the Foreign Ministry, told …
Young Norwegian Shot Dead in the Philippines Read MoreRecently, a kick-off conference on “Enhancing Resilience through Strengthening Natural Resources Management and Sustaining Community Livelihoods” was organized in Cat Ba Island. Cat Ba Archipelago locates in the Northeastern teritorial …
Sweden Support Coastal and Marine Biosphere Read MoreThe cultural industries in Vietnam have potential to develop rapidly both on a national, regional and international scale. In order to put focus on the matter, the Embassy of Denmark …
Potential of Cultural Industries in Vietnam Read MoreSouth African police re-opened their investigation into a controversial arms deal after Swedish defence group Saab admitted bribes had been paid to clinch a contract, a report said on Sunday.Officials …
South Africa Re-opens Arms Bribe Probe Involving Saab / BAE Read MoreFor many people the brand Lego epitomizes imagination and creativity. It has twice been named Toy of the Century, by Fortune magazine and the British Association of Toys. In recent …
Lego China Builds its Business Brick by Brick Read MoreNokia Oyj isn’t just losing mobile- phone market share to iPhone maker Apple Inc. The Finnish company’s dominance in China, the world’s largest wireless market, is being eroded as prices …
Nokia’s China Dominance Under Threat Read MoreIKEA, the global largest retailer of fittings, laid a foundation for a mall in Baoshan, Shanhai on July 26, 2011. This drives Shanghai, the financial hub of China, to become …
IKEA China 1st Multi-storey Mall Settled in Baoshan Read MoreWorkers at six New York City-area H&M stores, owned by a Sweden-based clothing retailer, won a two-month union-organizing campaign after their employer didn’t demand a secret-ballot election.The United Food and …
Workers at Six H&M Clothing Stores Join a Union Read MoreIKEA: It’s the largest home-furnishing chain in the world, and soon, it could be the first company of its kind to be powered solely on renewables.It’s IKEA, and it has …
IKEA’s Going Green with Vestas Read MorePer M. Risvedt, former Global Managing Partner of Norwegian firm Wikbor Rein, has arrived in Singapore last night, 28 July 2011, in preparation to take on his duties as Managing …
Wikborg Rein Global Managing Partner for Singapore Read MoreOn July 1 the government made it even more expensive and difficult for couples with one Dane and one non-EU partner to live together in Denmark.Among other changes, the fee …
The Price of Love: 100,000 DKK and Counting Read MoreThe European Investment Bank on Thursday confirmed a loan to Swedish carmaker Saab was approved on condition Russian businessman Vladimir Antonov did not take over, a report said. “The EIB …
Antonov Can’t Be an Owner in Saab: EIB Read MoreSwedish high street brand H&M; is teaming up with football icon David Beckham on a new line of men’s underwear. In what the company is calling “a significant relationship”, H&M; …
David Beckham Designs H&M Men’s Underwear Read MoreDeputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on behalf of the State of Viet Nam, presented a Friendship Medal to Finnish ambassador to Viet Nam Pekka Hyvonen at a ceremony yesterday. …
Honour for Finnish Envoy Read MoreThe body of Finnish national Jouni Tapani Aulosvuo, 43, was discovered in his South Pattaya apartment when police were summoned by neighbours. The man was lying on a sofa with …
Finn Dies of Natural Causes: Police Read MoreAs ThinkProgress reported last April, home furniture giant IKEA has set up shop at a manufacturing plant in Danville, Virginia for the past three years in order to gain access …
Huge Labor Victory After IKEA Outsourced Swedish Jobs Read MoreAre we seeing a second container revolution taking shape? Eivind Kolding, the chief executive officer of the world’s biggest container shipping line, who was in Singapore recently, believes if it …
Time for a Second Box Revolution: Maersk Read MoreSince the two terrorist outrages in Norway on 22 July 2011, the Norwegian Seamen’s Church has had members and visitors at all their branches worldwide sharing the grief of the incident with …
People Seek the Norwegian Seamen´s Church after the Massacres Read MoreInnovation Center Denmark, Hongkong will be the fourth Danish innovation center. The existing centers are located in Silicon Valley (USA), Munich (Germany) and Shanghai (China). The innovation center in Hong …
New Design Innovation Center in Hong Kong Read MoreVestas the Danish Wind Turbine provider which was upstaged by Sinovel as the biggest wind energy company in the world has just got a lifeline.Note Vestas has been facing tough …
Vestas Upstaged by Sinovel Read MoreChina’s Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (Owner of Swedish Volvo) announced that it will raise $153.8 million through a corporate bond sale aimed at repaying its bank loans and supplementing the operating …
Geely’s Liabilities Surge to $153.8 million Read MoreThe self-described perpetrator of Norway’s deadly bombing and shooting rampage is now held in solitary confinement. Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted bombing the capital and opening fire on a …
Chinese Reflect on Norway’s Mass Killing Read MoreAnders Behring Breivik (In the picture) is in all likelihood insane, his lawyer said on Tuesday after the anti-Islam radical admitted to a bombing and a shooting spree in Norway that …
Norway Twin Shootings Killer is Likely ‘Insane’:Lawyer Read MoreWhite-collar staff at cash-strapped Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile will not receive their salaries due on Wednesday, the firm has confirmed in a statement. The firm explained that the reason for …
No Payments to White-collar Workers at SaaB Read MoreMalaysia’s Defence Ministry is looking into purchasing Typhoon fighter jets, but Among the alternatives are Sweden’s JAS-39 Gripen and further acquisitions of the Russian Su-30 MKM, Dr Ahmad Zahid. said. reports the …
JAS-39 Gripen Still Among the Alternatives in Malaysia Read MoreYesterday, Danish and Chinese companies shared experiences within energy efficiency and management contracting at a match making session at the Danish Embassy in Beijing. The Danish Embassy in Beijing and …
Danish Embassy Hosts Energy Management Session Read MoreAccording to the Phuket Gazette, the Danish man found dead at a Phuket hotel last Tuesday, July 19 2011, likely died as a result of diabetes and heavy drinking and …
Dane’s Death in Phuket Accidental Read MoreScandAsia Publishing Pte. Ltd. was established on 20 July 2011 as a joint venture between ScandAsia in Thailand and Frank Leong, who has been Sales Manager for the ScandAsia Singapore …
ScandAsia Establishes Company in Singapore Read MoreAnders Behring Breivik wants to tell Norway and the World why he killed at least 93 people in a bomb attack and shooting rampage when he appears in court on …
Norway Killer Wants Time in Court to Tell Why Read MoreThai workers are picking berries in Lapland under harsh conditions. Their work day starts at the break of dawn and continues late into the evening—and they get no free days …
Thai Berry-pickers Toiling Away in Lapland Read MoreThis may come as a surprise: Chinese consumers are often more willing to drop a huge chunk of money on fashion—especially Western brands—than consumers in the US and Europe. When …
Fashion-Hungry Chinese Market Expected to Triple by 2020 Read MoreFinland’s Joonas Granberg fired a closing round of six-under-par 66 to edge out Thai teenager Panuphol Pittayarat and win the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Malaysia on Saturday.The 24-year-old rookie, …
Finland’s Granberg Wins in Malaysia Read MoreThe office of Commercial Affairs, Royal Thai Embassy is introducing new trade opportunities in Asia, Thailand official B2B E-Marketplace website: www.thaitrade.com, that makes it easy for importers and exporters to …
New Official B2B E-Marketplace Website Read MorePost Danmark has teamed up with its Chinese equivalent China Post for a comprehensive collaboration on knowledge sharing and stamp production, which will result in the publication of HC Andersen …
Post Danmark Teamed up With China Post Read MoreEnvironmentalists have voiced concern over the development of an open-pit lignite coal mine and power plant in Mong Kok, eastern Shan State, to import coal and power to Thailand. Large …
Burma Coal Mine Spells Disaster for Environment Read More