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S.P.S. Group, a major local furniture exporter, is targeting 5 billion baht worth of exports in three years after being named a major supplier to Ikea, the popular Swedish do-it-yourself …
Ikea Contract a Huge Step for Thai Exporter Read MoreAround 100 Filipino nurses staged a protest rally in front of the venue of a forum where an Oslo politician is set to speak about his book on corruption that …
Filipino Nurses Rally Behind Recruitment Agency Accused of Corruption Read MoreSaab’s owner Swedish Automobile said Wednesday it had secured more short-term funding with a 25-million-euro ($36-million) loan and that it has paid its staff’s salaries for June. “Swedish Automobile announces …
Saab Says Chinese Order Pays For Staff Read MoreThe island’s airlift story continues to brighten as national carrier Thai Airways International will start direct flights from Europe to the island on November 11th. 2011 Three weekly flights aboard …
Thai Launching Regularly Scheduled Flights From Copenhagen To Phuket Read MoreA Danish-funded project to prevent the trafficking of wild animals and plants in and through the central province of Thua Thien-Hue was reviewed on June 29. Under the project which …
Danish-funded Project Fights Wildlife Trafficking Read MoreThe Innovation Partnership Program (IPP) is a non-refundable aid by Finland for Vietnam to carry out a program that supports progress toward an industrialized, middle-income knowledge economy by 2020. Dau Tu …
Finland’s Fund Helps Local Firms Cash in on Innovation Read MoreChina’s Geely Automobile has raised 1 billion yuan ($153.8 million) through a corporate bond sale aimed at financing the carmaker’s development of core technologies on auto parts and auto electronic …
Geely Raises $153.8 million Through Bond Sale Read MoreThe Danish Minister of Education, Troels Lund Poulsen, has decided to make it easier for Danish technical schools, business schools and universities as he is on a fast trip around …
Danish Education Export Accepted After Summer Read MoreFinnair has bagged the Best Airline in Northern Europe award at the recent World Airline Awards™ 2011. The decision is a result of global research based on direct passenger assessments.World …
Finnair Wins Best Airline in Northern Europe Read MoreAs part of the gradual closing of the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur, the embassy stopped on 15 June serving Swedish nationals in Malaysia regarding:– application of passports, national …
Gradual Closing of the Embassy in Kuala Lumpur Read MoreHow does it come into existence and what procedures forego the distribution of a Swedish Volvo in Malaysia or Thailand? And what does the future hold for Volvo cars in …
Swedish Motor Assembly’s Intricate Car Production Read MoreMinisters from the Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – Norway , Iceland, Liechtenstein,and Switzerland – and Hong Kong, China have signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) today. …
EFTA States and HK, China Sign Free Trade Agreement Read MoreEvery year the Embassy of Finland supports selected projects run by Malaysian non-governmental organizations through the Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC). The projects to be sponsored in the first round …
Finland Supports Important Malaysian Initiatives Read MoreThe Embassy hosted a well attended networking buffet reception at the Swedish Residence for ICT companies from Sweden and Singapore taking part in the annual CommunicAsia exhibition. Ambassador Ingemar Dolfe …
Sweden Articipates at CommunicAsia Read MoreSaab parent company Swedish Automobile has signed an agreement to sell 50.1 percent of the shares in its property arm for 255 million kronor ($40 million), providing much needed cash …
Saab Cash Boost After Property Sale Read MoreThe Danish daily Information has been obtained access to classified documents from China’s top leadership – an unusual and rare leak that provides an otherwise unseen glimpse into the mindset …
Major Leak to Danish Paper Exposes Chinese Duplicity Read MoreA lawyer of Filipino-Norwegian recruitment agency Active Service Omsorg Og Rekruttering (ASOR) tried to stop the release of a new book by an Oslo city official detailing the alleged corrupt …
Fillipino-owned Recruitment Agency Accused of Corruption Read MoreThe Danish jewelry manufacturer Pandora has taken over all distribution of its products in France and appointed a new country manager. According to the company this will strengthen its position …
Pandora Takes Over all Distribution in France Read MoreSaab’s owner Swedish Automobile announced Wednesday it had secured more short-term funding with a 25-million-euro ($36-million) loan and that it has started paying out staff’s salaries for June. “Swedish Automobile …
Saab Secures Short term Funding, Pays Wages Read MoreScandinavian design emerged in the 1950s in the four Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, as well as Finland. It is a design movement characterized by simple designs, minimalism, …
Manila: South Forbes Presents Scandia Suites Read MoreIn 2006, when he was only 18 years old, Jonas Thomassen was a finalist in the Norwegian finals of Pop Idol. Shortly thereafter, he released his debut album “Bold Street” …
Norwegian Idol Records Musical Video in Bali Read MoreAs Ikea opens its biggest store in Asia, the furniture group has struck a partnership with location-based platform Jiepang to draw young shoppers through its doors. Shoppers who “check-in” at …
Jiepang Helps Ikea Bring In Young Shoppers Read MoreAt the Norwegian Church in Pattaya on 23 June 2011, about 100 people gathered to celebrate the traditional Midsummer Party 2011. The weather was perfect for BBQ buffet. Enjoy the …
Norwegian Midsummer Party in Pattaya Read MoreDenmark has ratified a new UN Convention ensuring seafarers globally proper working conditions. The Convention is the so-called Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), and it is an important step forward for …
Denmark Ratifies UN Convention Ensuring Proper Working Conditions Read MoreThe development on the container marked must improve more than what is expected at the moment if Maersk Line is to change its mind and exercise the option for ordering …
Maersk Line: No Need for More Than 10 Ships Read MoreThe Danish thai jewelry group Pandora has solved the problems with the rights to use its name in China and is now ready to capture the Chinese market, Berlingske Business wrote.Pandora …
Danish Pandora Ready to Capture China Read MoreVizrt Ltd., a provider of content production tools for the digital media industry, today announced a deal with Channel 7 from Thailand, worth approximately THB 61 million (approximately USD 1.9 …
Thai Channel 7 Rolls Out Second Phase of Upgrades with Vizrt Read MorePhuket’s newest Tourist Police Volunteer Center opened at Chalong Circle this week and is already helping foreigners in need in the south of the island. Within hours of opening their …
Finnish Volunteer Called Out to Accident Involving His Own Car Read MoreThe exterior of Asia’s biggest IKEA, to open in Shanghai’s Beicai town tomorrow. After 13 years in Shanghai, IKEA has become a byword for furniture shopping for Shanghaining. The city’s …
Asia’s Largest IKEA to Open in Shanghai Read MoreChristine Low joined SAS in 1984 when SAS established a separate office independent of Thai Airways International’s office in Singapore. Until that time, Thai Airways had been serving all the …
SAS Singapore’s Magic Touch Read MoreScania, a major Swedish automotive manufacturer of commercial vehicles such as heavy trucks and buses, has established a sales and service company in Japan, signalling changes with their alliance to …
Swedish Scania to Start Operations in Japan Read MoreTalks will continue over the weekend between Saab and real estate company Hemfosa in the latest bid to save the ailing carmaker. Saab representatives hope that the sale of the …
Factory Sale May Hold Key to Saab’s Future Read MoreEight arrests have been made in connection with the gunshot murder of a 35-year-old man close to Oslo’s Bislett Stadium last weekend. Several of the suspects have now been charged …
Asians Charged With Drug-related Activities in Oslo Read MoreFriends and family did not believe that she would ever join a beauty contest. Not this rock chick, they said. Lyssa Gehenna Ramos, 27, proved them all wrong and bagged …
Au Pair Wins Beauty Contest in Norway Read MoreThe Swedish government has confirmed that several members of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) traveled to Sweden in May as part of Swedish …
Burma Chamber of Commerce in Concact With Sweden Read MoreChangchun Vasaloppet Museum, the first museum putting skiing as a theme in China, opened here on Saturday. Supported by headquarters of Vasaloppet in Sweden and International Ski Federation and fans …
China Opens 1st Skiing Theme Museum Read MoreNorway backed Indonesia’s drive to slow deforestation on Thursday under a $1 billion deal with Oslo even though Jakarta said it faced a “maze” of reforms and lacks maps to …
Oslo Backs Jakarta’s Forest Plan, Despite Hurdles Read MoreThe crisis for the Swedish auto brand Saab is becoming increasingly urgent. Today the company announced that there is no money to pay salaries to employees. The management is desperately …
Saab Automibile Can Not Pay the Workers Read MoreEyeing increasing demand in the home products sector, Sweden-based retailing giant Ikea is accelerating its expansion in China and plans to have 15 stores in the country by the end …
Ikea Aims for 15 Stores in China by 2015 Read MoreVestas’ new supercomputer, Firestorm, is now officially among the most powerful in the world, ranked 53rd place in the Top500.Interactive servicesIt was confirmed just how powerful Vestas’ new supercomputer is, …
Vestas Supercomputer is the World’s 53rd Fastest Read MoreAccording to Phnom Penh Post, a Swedish man, his Vietnamese wife and eight Cambodian suspects were arrested during a raid on a residence in the Tuol Sangke village of Russei …
Swede Arrested During a Drug Raid in Cambodia Read MoreThe N9, a touchscreen handset running on the MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan operating system, will be launched later this year, according to Nokia, which declined to disclose the specific date or …
Nokia Unveils First MeeGo Phone Read MoreThe Danish pharmaceuticals company Lundbeck is one step closer to releasing a pill that it claims is an effective treatment for alcoholism, after the drug passed phase III clinical trials …
Danish Lundbeck’s Alcoholism Cure a Step Closer Read MoreSwedish cheap-and-chic fashion giant H&M posted a net profit down 18 percent from a year ago and said it was facing challenging conditions in both its sourcing and sale markets.The …
H&M Sees Profit Slip, ‘Challenging’ Conditions Read MoreLast weekend’s near-assassination-style shooting of a young man on a street in a mostly residential area near Oslo’s Bislett Stadium has shaken even the most jaded murder investigators on the …
Southeast Asians Under Suspicion in Oslo Murder Case Read More
With over fifty participants in the “Sankt Hans” Mid Summer Party at the Danish Church, it seemed like most Danish families in Singapore, who had not left for a summer …
Skt. Hans Party in Singapore Read MoreNokia Corp. said Wednesday it has completed a deal to outsource Symbian software development to Accenture, including the transfer of 2,800 workers to the global management-consulting firm. The announcement came …
Nokia to Transfer 2,800 Staff to Accenture Read MoreVestas, one of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers, has signed a large contract with the China Datang Corporation Renewable Power Co Ltd, Vestas said in a press release issued …
Vestas Inks Wind Turbine Deal With Datang Read MoreMr. Christoffer Berg, Minister Counsellor of the Swedish Embassy in Bangkok, took part in Scania celebration on its 100th year Anniversary at the IMPACT Exhibition & Convention Center on Wednesday …
Scania Bus Celebrates its 100th Anniversary in Thailand Read MoreDeep in the Laotian countryside a village chief has good things to say about a large Nordic forest company. In a short film produced by Stora Enso he tells how …
Social Conscience Means Good Business Read More