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Vietnam has witnessed the largest ship ever to call at her shores. The ‘Mathilde Maersk’ made its inaugural call as part of Maersk Line’s new direct service between South Vietnam …
‘Mathilde Maersk’ largest vessel ever to call Vietnam Read MoreText and Photo by The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Singapore The 26 Norwegian students from BI on exchange to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) held their graduation dinner on 11th May …
Graduation Dinner for Norwegian Students in Singapore Read MoreThe economic, trade, and investment cooperation between Finland and Vietnam has seen positive developments. The trade between the countries has reached a value of almost 230 million US Dollars and …
The President of Vietnam Visits Finland Read MoreA late afternoon in Bangkok’s main ba ckpacker draw Khao San Road, everything looks quite normal. Street vendors are selling kebab, fried rice and pancakes as usual. The backpacker crowd …
Khao San Road Never Closes Down Read MoreText and Photo by The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam Hanoi’s small Norwegian diaspora met for a fun and festive celebration of Norway’s Constitution Day yesterday. Among Norwegians, the day …
Celebrating Norway’s Constitution Day in Vietnam Read MoreThursday last week, the Malaysian – Swedish Business Association organized and hosted a networking event for its members at the newly openend STIL TRADING office located in Mont Kiara Plaza. For …
Successful Swedish Networking Event in Malaysia Read MoreThe 28th of May is Norway Day at Expo 2010 Shanghai. The occasion will be celebrated with an exciting cultural programme, including well-known Norwegian and Chinese artists. HRH Crown Prince …
Norway Day at Expo 2010 Shanghai Read MoreThe Danish Embassy in Bangkok expects to resume operations Monday 24 May but will not be open for normal customer service until Tuesday 25 May, according to the website of …
Danish Embassy in Bangkok Resumes Work Gradually Read MoreThe Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf arrived in Beijing on Thursday, starting his five-day visit to China. During the visit, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Vice Premier Li Keqiang will …
Swedish King Carl Gustaf Starting His Five-day Visit to China Read MoreSwedish-speaking Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson’s first book about the beloved Moomin characters appeared 65 years ago. The Moomin adventures have also made it on stage in Shanghai as …
Moomin: 65 Years of Adventure, Now in China Read MoreWhile Denmark’s Grand Prix hope Chanée is in Oslo to prepare herself for next Thursday’s great semi-final in the Eurovision Grand Prix song contest, a political conflict is raging in …
Chanée Worried about Her Family in Bangkok Read MoreThe many people of different nationalities who turned up at the celebration of the Norwegian national day made the whole event a good one. It was hosted at the new …
17th May Celebrations in Pattaya Read MoreIn the popular tourist town of Pattaya – far from unrest in Bangkok and Northern Thailand – a Danish man has lost his life in a traffic accident, informs the …
Dane Killed in Traffic Accident in Thailand Read MoreThe Centre for the Resolution of Emergency Situation (CRES) on Wednesday imposed a curfew across the capital following arson attacks in downtown Bangkok and several areas after anti-government red shirt …
CRES Imposes Curfew in Bangkok Read MoreThe crisis in Thailand is very serious, says Johannes Schmidt who is an Associate Professor of International Politics at the University of Aalborg in Denmark. According to him, one solution …
Expert: This Is Why It Went Wrong Read MorePhD Marte Nielsen of the University in Lund is an expert on Thailand and the current situation.At 2 p.m. (7 p.m. Thailand time), she will give her evaluation of the …
What Will Happen To Thailand? Read MoreIn the main conference room at Pattaya City Hall, Admiral Phutthi Mangkhalapruek (Permanent Secretary of the Defence Ministry) along with Pattaya City Mayor Ittiphol Khunpluem chaired a meeting to discuss …
Danes Attend International Fireworks Festival in Pattaya Read MoreYesterday, it was decided by the government that Bangkok and 23 other provinces were to be under a curfew from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. Thursday morning. This resulted in …
Norwegian Trapped in Bangkok Fears Prison Time Read MoreThe curfew in Bangkok and several provinces of Thailand which was imposed on Wednesday will remain in place for the next three days, the emergency center has announced. The time, though has …
Thai Curfew Next Three Days Read MoreEven though the Red Shirt leaders surrendered, unrest and violent actions continued to take place all over Bangkok throughout the whole day yesterday. The protesters had been encouraged to go …
Men in Black Attacking Bangkok Read MoreIt feels so painful to see my country so left behind from other nations,” said 44-year-old Burmese activist Khin Maung Win, expressing his frustration about the conditions in his homeland …
From the Freedom of Norway, a Voice for Burma Read MoreAyutthayaBangkokChaiyaphumChiang MaiChiang RaiChonburiKalasinKhon KaenLampangMaha SarakhamMukdahan Nakon PathomNakhon RatchasimaNakhon SawanNanNong Bua LamphuNonthaburiPathum ThaniRoi EtSakon Nakhon Samut PrakanSi Sa KetUbon RatchathaniUdon Thani This is the list of provinces where there is State …
List of Provinces under State of Emergency in Thailand Read MoreNorway is due for a noble cause in the form of protecting forests of Indonesia. Norway has planned to give Indonesia 1 billion dollar to help protect tropical forests as …
Norway Will Provide $1 Billion in Aid to Indonesia to Protect Forests Read MoreMore than 25 million Filipinos are living for less than one 1.25 US Dollar a day, UN’s international poverty line. And 80 percent of the population live for less than 3 …
Fighting Pistol Liberalism in the Philippines Read MoreCarlsberg and Heineken, two of the worlds largest brewers have been criticised for paying low wages to the women who promote their beers across Cambodia. Researchers from a Canadian university …
Danish Carlsberg Ignores Risk to Their Sex-selling Beer Girls Read MoreMetro International, a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg, today announced that the agreement between Metro Hong Kong and MTR Corporation (“MTR”) for distribution of the Metro newspaper in the …
“Swedish” Metro Hong Kong Renew Subway Contract With MRT Read MoreAll newly arrived immigrants should undergo courses in core societal values and be taught about how Swedish society works with municipalities obliged to offer 60 hours of teaching, a government …
Sweden Proposes Forced Immigrant Orientation Read MoreOn Wednesday Night at 8pm, Pattaya Police backed up by Pattaya City Hall Security Officers began a tour of the city and ordered all establishments, including Bars, Discotheques, Banks, Shopping …
Pattaya Under Curfew Read MoreDespite the turmoil engulfing parts of Bangkok and some other Thai cities, Phuket’s top cop insists Phuket remains safe.Commenting on reports that two provincial halls in Northeast Thailand have been …
Turmoil In More Cities, But Top Cop Says Phuket Safe Read More“Don’t Buy Trouble” is the name of a new Danida funded anti-wildlife trafficking campaign at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi, raising awareness among travellers regarding wildlife protection and warning them …
Danish Supported Campaign: “Don’t Buy Trouble” Read MoreHow to penetrate new markets is one of biggest challenges of Vietnamese exporters. Besides, the farmers face more severe problem due to the lack of information, technology and know-how for …
Soon Vietnamese Farmers Jump in to E-commerce Read MoreTomorrow, May 20th, the Scandinavian community in Bangkok was supposed to meet at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, but due to the politically unstable situation in Bangkok at the moment, the …
Nordic Chamber Breakfast Seminar Postponed Read MoreAt approximately 8:00pm on Wednesday, police Major Ruengyot Sonphaphon (Pattaya Police Investigator) was notified by a security guard at the Chateaudale Condominium complex in Jomtien that a foreign man was …
Mentally Ill Swede Running Riot in Pattaya Read MoreBy Dong Magsajo (The Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines – For around a 10-year period in the 1960s, Finnish rally driver Rauno Aaltonen made a name for himself in the world …
Road Safety Lessons From The Rally Professor Read MoreIn the first two months of the year, trade between oil-rich Norway and resource-rich Indonesia increased 326 percent from 2009, Royal Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia Eivind S. Homme said to …
Norway’s Trade With Indonesia Tripled Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy has published a set of good guidelines – in Danish – how to cope with an emergency situation in case the situation in Thailand should further …
Good Emergency Advice from Danish Embassy Read MoreBecause of the uncertainty of the political situation in Bangkok, the Annual General Meeting which was supposed to take place tomorrow, the 19th of May, will be postponed once again. …
Second Postponing of Scandinavian Society Siam AGM Read MoreThe setting is a grey concrete building in Pasig in the middle of Metro Manila in the Philippines. Pass by the security guard and then up the stairs to the …
The Norwegian Connection in Manila Read MoreAfter being subjected to a very intense campaign against Nestlé and its products, the company has announced that from today onwards it will no longer be using palm tree oil …
Nestlé Adapts Rainforest Friendly Company Policy Read MoreBGI, world leading genomics centre in Beijing, announced the establishment of European Headquarter in Copenhagen at the “Denmark – China Economic & Trade Cooperation Forum” yesterday when more than 100 …
Huge Chinese Investment in Denmark Will Create Up to 150 Jobs Read MoreYesterday, over 100 journalists from more than 30 different countries came to the Swedish pavilion to attend the three-day Ericsson Business Innovation Forum. The forum is a global event where …
Ericsson Business Innovation Forum: Attracting Journalists By the Hundreds Read MoreDanish product tanker giant Torm’s new boss is not losing sleep over a recent spate of resignations and the pullout of two key pool partners, although the move has raised …
Tanker Giant Torm CEO Dismisses Impact of Staff, Pool Partner Exodus Read MoreDenmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk aims to invest in new port facilities in China’s fast-growing provincial capital of Chongqing to develop a key inland harbour on the Yangtze River, a senior executive …
Maersk to Ink Deal on Yangtze Port Terminal Read MoreSweden and China can cooperate in dealing with transnational organized crimes be it in central Asia or in Africa and other areas, said Dr. Niklas Swanstrom, director of Sweden’s Institute …
Sweden And China Should Cooperate About Organized Crime: Swedish Expert Read MoreScansnax, a Phuket based business, has become a familiar name in many Scandinavian house holds all over Thailand. For years, it has provided expats with a craving for sweets with …
Eat Your Heart Out at Scansnax.nu Read MoreThe award winning Irish-Norwegian duo Secret Garden will perform at the Beijing Exhibition Theatre on the 29th and 30th of May. The duo features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and …
Secret Garden in Beijing Read MoreThe architectural exhibition ”Lost in Nature” by Norwegian Architects Jarmund/Vigsnæs will be on display at Tsinghua School of Architecture between 24. May and 5. June, with an official opening on …
Lost in Nature Read More“Bangkok at war”. “The worst in 20 years”. ”Approaching civil war”. For the past week, it has been headlines like these that have dominated the Scandinavian press, and on Norwegian …
Bangkok War Zone Makes Headlines in Scandinavia Read MoreIn a news conference, Police Colonel Krita Tankanard announced that a 41 year old foreign man and his 22 year old girlfriend have been arrested. The couple is suspected of …
Swede Arrested for Drug Possession in Pattaya Read MoreSix Scandinavians were part of the International Observers Mission, which were monitoring the Philippine election. The group of foreign observers saw vote buying, lack of secrecy and illegal campaigning but …
Election in Philippines: A Big Step Forward Despite Ten Deaths Read More