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Sony Ericsson said Wednesday China would become its biggest handset market by volume in the next three to four years, as it moved to grab a bigger slice of the …
Sony Ericsson Targets China for Smartphones Read MoreChinese automaker Geely said it had completed the acquisition of Swedish automaker Volvo from the Ford Motor Co for US$1.65 billion. Geely said it would set up its Volvo Chinese …
Geely Picks Jiading for its China Volvo HQ Read MoreHealth authorities have proposed a sweeping ban on all tobacco advertising and promotion. Health Minister Mam Bunheng said a proposed sub-decree banning advertising and promotion of tobacco products was discussed …
Tobacco Ad Ban Proposed in Cambodia Read MoreThe Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok is an English-language university which carries out high level education and research. The university also promotes peaceful development in the Asia-Pacific region. …
Sweden’s Least Known University is in Thailand Read MoreSaab AB is stepping up a campaign to sell its Gripen warplane in Malaysia and Thailand as Switzerland’s decision to delay a $1 billion fighter purchase threatens to curtail production of …
Saab Courts Malaysia and Thailand Read MoreThe first Thai-Finnish Wellness Centre has been opened in Bangkok, Thailand. – The newly opened centre is fully equipped with the latest Finnish wellness technology. Finnish companies involved in the …
Thai-Finnish Wellness Centre Opens in Bangkok Read MoreThe hope throughout the exhibition period to get three million people to visit the Danish pavilion, with the dispatched little mermaid as audience magnet, is replaced by an expectation as …
Danish Expo Goal: 6 Million Visitors Read MoreThe case with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is reopened, Swedish prosecutor Marianne Ny says in a press release according to politiken.dk. In August, the Australian journalist was arrested in absentia, …
Rape Charges on WikiLeaks Founder Reopen Read MoreThe Asian Tour added another event to its 2010 schedule on Wednesday, with the Black Mountain Masters returning as its season finale. Edfors will compete at the Black Mountain Golf …
Edfors to Defend Thai Title Read MoreSmoke and ash from the Sinabung volcano in Indonesia is causing problems. The volcano has not been active since around year 1600, and this makes it impossible to say how …
Indonesian Volcanic Ash Stops Air Traffic Read MoreAn M79 grenade was fired at the National Broadcasting Television station on Vibhavadi Rangsit road in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon. There were no immediate reports of injury. The grenade went …
Grenade Fired at NBT Building Read MoreThailand’s House of Representatives approved a Fiscal Year 2011 defence budget of THB170 billion (USD5.4 billion) on 26 August, an expenditure that includes funds allocated to a second batch of …
Thai Budget Makes Provision for Second Gripen Batch Read MoreLed by a hard working Swedish entrepreneur, Bert Fagrell who lives in Sri Racha, eight members of the Swedish Freedom Party went from Chonburi to their embassy in Bangkok, to …
Swedes Cast Their Votes for Freedom in Thailand Read MoreNordic Ways invites you to the World’s Shortest Triathlon event for Charity which will take place on the 4th of September in Beijing Radisson Blu Hotel. A triathlon is a …
The World’s Shortest Triathlon for Charity in Beijing Read MoreToday, The Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Henrik Høegh, met with his Chinese counterpart, Vice Minister Pu Changcheng, to discuss, among other things, food safety and Danish-Chinese trade …
Denmark and China Sign New Food Agrement Read MoreThailand needs to amend domestic laws to prepare for the ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance. The government under Abhisit Vejjajiva said …
Bad Records on Forced Disappearance Read MoreThe Dane Karsten Andersen from Termalou has since 2007 worked together with controversial Danish inventer Poul Jakobsen to dig blue drain pipes into the Thai beaches to re-establish them after …
Drain Pipe Failure in Thailand to be Re-Invented in Denmark Read MoreSwedish King Carl XVI Gustaf formally declared open the exhibition of China’s terracotta army in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities. “This year it will be 60 years since Sweden …
Swedish King Opens China Exhibition Read MoreOn top of Mount Faber, one of the only high points in the tiny Asian city state of Singapore, lies “The Golden Bell” beautifully located in an almost filmic way. …
Crown Prince Frederik Celebrated Seamen’s Church Read MoreStatoil may take the lead on shale gas projects and is considering investments in China to tap demand in the world’s fastest growing major economy, Chief Executive Officer Helge Lund …
Statoil Is Considering Expansion in China Read MoreEIA is making a push on the issue just four days after the pension fund announced it had sold all of its shares in Malaysian logging conglomerate Samling Global after …
Norway Urged to Dump Forest-Destroying Stocks Read MoreThe meeting aims to help CLMV further strengthen economic and trade relations, and coordinate more closely with each other on regional and international activities. It also hopes to promote the …
First Economic Ministerial Meeting of CLMV Read MoreIt didn’t take long for Burma’s new capital, Naypyidaw, to develop a red light district, where sex can be bought at brothels masquerading as beauty salons, massage parlors, karaoke lounges …
Sex and the Capital City Read MoreToll Royal Railway is planning to spend up to US$81 million to import new trains as part of the multi-million-dollar railway upgrade of the Kingdom’s major freight routes, according to …
Freight Train Imports Planned in Cambodia Read MoreGovernment volcanologist Surono, who uses only one name, said Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province started rumbling a few days ago and the minor morning eruption has mostly stopped. It …
Volcano Erupts After 400 Years Read MorePol Lt Gen Thangai Prassajaksattru, the chief of the Central Investigation Bureau, told a press conference yesterday that Noppadon Thongsata, 28, from Roi Et, had been arrested on human trafficking …
Thai-Spanish Sex Ring Exposed Read MoreAldhouse and Longfellow engaged in a bar fight in Raway on August 14. Afterwards, the murder suspect followed the American home and stabbed him, says Phuket Gazette. The 28-year-old murder …
End of Manhunt: Lee Aldhouse Arrested at UK Airport Read MoreNilfisk Advance Cleaning Equipment, which is located in the Xinzhuang Industrial Zone in Minhang, is supplying special “zero-emission” technologies to create environmentally-friendly cleaning solutions at the World Expo Shanghai. The Shanghai …
Nilfisk Keeps Expo Site Clean Read MoreDalat Gap Ltd. has been able to get a network of small farmers to produce vegetables meeting the high quality requirements of the markets in Far East by introducing a …
New Model of Contract Farming Read MoreA new partnership between Danish Sax Lift A/S and Vietnamese TN Technic Co. Ltd has begun a pilot project in scissor lifts and balers production with the support from the …
New Partnership About Lifting Read MoreThe out-going Ambassador of Sweden, Mr Rolf Bergman recently cast his vote at the Embassy in Hanoi to fulfil his right to vote in the General Elections in Sweden. He …
Fundamental Right of all Swedish Citizens Read MoreRescue workers from the Phuket Ruamjai Kupai Foundation yesterday removed a large snake from the home of an elderly Norwegian tourist. Chalong Police received a report at 11:30am that a …
Snake Removed From Norwegian’s Bungalow Read MoreA Cambodian provincial court has charged a Danish man with providing his young male guesthouse staff for sex with tourists in the country’s northwest, an official said Saturday. Svend Erick …
Dane Charged Over Sex Tourism Read MoreFrom breakfast to after-beach cocktails and delicate dinners. It is all served at Two Chefs, a group of restaurants conveniently located along Phuket’s west coast beach areas that so many …
Two Chefs – Restaurant Group on Phuket Run by Three Swedish Chefs Read MoreNicole John, daughter of a long serving State Department Official and the American Ambassador to Thailand, Eric G. John fell to her death from an apartment building during the early …
Daughter of the US Ambassador to Thailand Dies Read MoreThe church celebrating its 25th anniversary had been beatifully restored and painted for the big day, a thing made possible by many benevolent sponsors. And many Danes had showned up …
Crown Prince Visits Danish Seamen’s Church Read MoreThe Danish State Department has chosen eight Danish companies to seek the opportunity to be part of the massive “Building China: Airports”. According to planned, the Chinese government wants to …
Danish Companies in Giant Chinese Airport Plan Read MoreThai Canadian sauce maker Heinz Win Chance is debuting a ketchup and oyster soyce fortified with omega-3 oils supplied by one of the world’s biggest fish oil players, Norwegian supplier, …
Norwegian Firm Targets Asian Markets Read MoreIn the beautiful sorroundings of Shangri-La hotel the Scandinavian Women Association (SWA) of Singapore reunited after the summer holiday and enjoyed a lavish lunch and tea. There were a couple …
Scandinavian Women Met at Shangri-La Read More
Hanoi International Women’s Club (HIWC) organized the Welcome Coffee Morning for Newcomers to Hanoi on 19th August at Eva’s House (8C, 76 To Ngoc Van). At the Newcomers Welcome you …
Get-together for Newcomers in Hanoi Read More
Malaysian Swedish Business Association (MASBA) was held the Pub Evening in August 12th at The Ronnie Q Pub. Members who attended were from Delphi International, Nordea Bank, Stil Trading, Volvo …
Swedish Pub Night in Malaysia Read MoreRichard Cornelius Hodnefjell Roth (9) from Tananger welcomed visitor number two million to the Norwegian Pavilion today. Richard Cornelius is in Shanghai with his family after winning Norway at Expo’s …
Norwegian Pavilion Reached Two Million Visitors Read MoreTime runs fast, on 23 August the visitor count hit the prestigious two million. After some intense moments of waiting, the counter finally hit the designated number. Our dear guest …
The Swedish Pavilion Hit Two Million Visitors Read MoreHome furnishing giant IKEA, which is speeding up its expansion in China, plans to open four new stores across the country over the next two years. The Swedish company will …
IKEA on Expansion Spree Across China Read MoreIn July a man full of hope arrived in Finland. The Thai citizen planned to spend the summer picking berries in the swamps and forests of Finnish Lapland. The cloudberry crop …
Berry Picking – the Darker Side Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand is setting up the Thailand Fan Club in Europe to help draw tourists to Phuket and other key destinations in the Kingdom, including Bangkok. “The …
Swedes and Norwegians Join Fan Club Read MoreA Swedish man in Pattaya became one of the first victims of the Chonburi Immigration Police’s new transnational criminal system when he was arrested while checking in at immigration offices …
Swedish Man Arrested in Pattaya Read MoreSweden newly-officiated envoy to Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) expressed the nations’ interests of strengthening cooperation between their countries and the organisation. Quoting a statement issued by Asean on …
Sweden Seek Closer Ties to Asean Read MoreFocus of the three seminars will be on areas such as sustainable energy, food safety, and scientific collaboration, says the Danish Embassy in China. The DCBF has invited leading Danish …
Prince Henrik of Denmark Visits EXPO 2010 Read More800,000 people in Pakistan desperately still need help af a consequence of the floods in the country. So says the Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad. The UN is now applying for …
800,000 Pakistanis Still Need Help Read More