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H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived Thailand yesterday Wednesday 7 April 2010 for a personal visit with an aim to spend some time at a Scout- and Childhoodproject in the Eastern Seaboard …
Queen Silvia of Sweden Visiting Thailand Read MoreA new Industrial PhD Programme seeks to attract top students who will earn a PhD degree by doing research both at a university and with a Danish company. Next application …
Danish PHD Programme For Chinese Top Students Read MoreThailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday evening 7 April 2010 declared a state of emergency under the executive degree for administration in emergency situations in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, and some …
State of Emergency Declared in and around Bangkok Read MoreRestrictions on freedom of assembly and freedom of speech under the state of emergency declared by Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday will not affect foreigners living in Thailand …
State of Emergency Not Affect Foreigners Read MoreYersin University in Dalat City inaugurated a hotel-restaurant vocational training center on Tuesday under a project called Danisa sponsored by the Danish government.The inauguration was attended by Peter Lyshoslt Hansen, …
Denmark Supports Yersin University in Tourism Training Read MoreConnecting the dots: A cartoon entitled Ba Giai Doan (Three Phases) by Ha Xuan Nong won the Viet Nam Press Cartoon competition.In the awarded cartoon, Ba Giai Doan (Three Phases), …
Danish Supported Project: Traffic Chaos Inspires Winning Cartoon Read MoreYet another foreign national has been found dead in Pattaya. In the early hours of Wednesday Morning, Police and Rescue Services were called to the Kiangtalay Condominium located in Soi …
Norwegian Man Falls to His Death from Pattaya Apartment Complex Read MoreThe Norwegian rock bands K-Jell, Goldenboy, Desert Son and Steinar Hjelmbrekke will from April 24 to May 2 do an extensive China tour, performing in several Chinese cities. The four …
Norwegian Rock Bands Tour China Read MoreA new generation of talented designers recently got the opportunity to showcase their creations in Beijing with the Hempel Award 18th China International Young Fashion Designers Contest. The contest is …
China Fashion Week Read MoreIn connection with the visit to Sweden by China’s Vice President Xi Jinping, the Government announced the establishment of a Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the Embassy in Beijing. …
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility to be set up in Beijing Read MoreThe Norwegian Embassy had a fruitful seminar with Norwegian NGOs working in Vietnam, Paccom and Norad March 19 in Hue After several field visits to Norwegian NGO projects the day …
Annual Meeting Between Norwegian NGOs and the Embassy Read More“Two buses? Check!Twelve NGOs? Check!Water and necessary supplies for a full day in the field?Check, check!” This is how Nina Nordrum Vennevold starts her report on the website of the …
A Day in the Field with Norwegian NGOs Read MoreMembers of Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce had turned out in full force to celebrated this great traditional Easter Lunch. It says a lot about the popularity of this event, …
Great Danish Easter Lunch Read MoreHans Christian Andersen did not write stories for children. Sure, a few of his fairytales are sweet and innocent, but looking at the body of the man’s work, it is …
Buttercookies and Fairytales in Shanghai Read MoreA Singaporian owned Thai truck dealer is suing Sweden’s Volvo Group for 10.5 billion baht (S$453 million) in damages for unlawfully terminating two contracts, a spokesman said on Wednesday. Nissan …
Thai- Singaporian Truck Dealer Sues Volvo Read MoreIt was another milestone for Norwegian Business Association Singapore (NBAS) when it, in its 17 year of operation, co-hosted the highly successful 2010 edition of the traditional seafood dinner with …
Norwegian Seafood Dinner with 960 Guests in Singapore Read MoreA Swedish tourist has died after falling 150 metres into the crater of an active volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali.The 25-year-old man slipped as he tried to peer …
Young Swede Dies in Bali Volcano Accident Read MoreThe Swedish Foreign Ministry confirms that the Thai Government on Monday did request the Swedish government to ask Thaksin Shinawatra to leave Sweden. But Sweden did not ask him to …
Sweden Did Not Ask Thaksin to Leave Read MoreThaksin has been staying in Sweden for several days since he left the UAE. He came on Saturday after the UAE had asked him til leave. The Swedish Ministry for …
Thaksin Stayed in Sweden Several Days Read MoreChinese car maker Zhejiang Geely Holding has vowed to pump an extra $900 million dollars into Volvo Cars on top of the $1.8 billion purchase price in a bid to …
Geely Pledges Major Volvo Capital Boost Read MoreEricsson has signed two massive orders worth a combined $1.8 billion from China Mobile and China Unicom, according to a statement from the Swedish telecom company. Ericsson said it had …
Ericsson Takes Home Massive Chinese Orders Read MoreChinese artist Ai Weiwei who designed the Bird’s Nest stadium for Beijing Olympics will capture in a video the first overseas journey of Copenhagen’s landmark bronze statue the Little Mermaid …
Film on Little Meraid’s Journey to China Read MoreA Danish tourist died while eating pizza in a Phuket guesthouse. A maid at Tik Place in Kata told police she grew suspicious when Mr Svend Aage Schwaback, 69, failed …
Dane Found Dead in Phuket Guesthouse Read MoreAn elderly Swedish tourist died in Patong Hospital Sunday despite efforts to resuscitate her on the beach at Kata. She had been pulled from the water after collapsing in the …
Elderly Swedish Tourist Dies After Revival Bid on Phuket Beach Read MoreExcess Luggage is once again back in China. Excess Luggage’s 2010 China tour looks to be among the most extensive ever undertaken by a jazz band in China. Excess Luggage …
Excess Luggage Tours China Read MoreText Margareta Olsson, Acting Secretary of Swedish Association of Hua Hin About 80 people were present when Svenskföreningen i Hua Hin had invited SEB Private Bank Singapore to the monthly …
The Global Economic Crisis and Pancakes Read MoreFind your business partner in Vietnam. In the last few months, the consultancy group CMCG has made given strategic cooperation consultancy as well as been involved in to a number …
B2B Matchmaking Denmark-Vietnam Read MoreThe Swedish company Nederman Holding has bought the filtration business of Dantherm for 280 Mill. Danish kroner. After the acquisition is completed, the merged company will be the global market …
Nederman Buys Dantherm Filtration Read MoreVolvo on Sunday confirmed that Zheijang Geely, a Chinese carmaker, had signed the deal to buy Volvo from US auto giant Ford.“I can confirm that a final agreement on the …
Volvo Cars Sold to Zhejiang Geely Read MorePress Release from the Norwegian Embassy in IndonesiaNorway and Indonesia has signed an agreement regarding Norwegian assistance to establishing a system for monitoring the vessel traffic off the coast of …
Indonesia and Norway to Cooperate on Improving Maritime Security in Malacca Straits Read MoreText VietNamNet/TNDanish composer Michael Møller said he wants to write music for the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Hanoi in October, writes VietNamNet. “I want to be here to …
Danish Composer Wants In on Hanoi’s 1,000th Read MoreA delegation from the United States, Europe and Asia will watch the Philippines’ first automated elections in May and report their findings to the United Nations and other international bodies, …
Six Scandinavians to Observe the Philippine Election in May Read MoreDanish diplomacy at its best was not enough to bring Johanne Vinther Axelsen home to Denmark from the prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she was rotting away for sending over-the-counter-medicine …
Mikkel Hass Gave 8.000 $ to Get Johanne Out of Jail Read MoreA Swedish flag was set alight outside the country’s embassy in Malaysia on Friday as protesters gathered to demand action be taken against cartoonist Lars Vilks and newspapers that published …
Swedish Flag Burned at Embassy in Kuala Lumpur Read MoreThe Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs tells that the Danish citizen Johanne Vinther Axelsen arrived in Denmark Thursday the 25th of March.According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Danish Ministry …
Danish Johanne Vinther Axelsen Released From Cambodian Prison Read MoreText Nis Høyrup Christensen, Confederation of Danish Industry China has an actual monopoly on so-called rare soils that are used to produce the climate-friendly technologies of the future to be used in …
Lack of Raw Material May Force Production to China Read MoreTom Huzell, Managing Director of Ikano Singapore confirms that IKEA will open in Bangkok, Thailand the 3rd November 2011. The land filling is beginning next week and the construction …
UPDATE: IKEA Opens in Bangkok 3rd November Read MoreThe Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF), General Sverker Goranson was in Singapore for an introductory visit from Sunday 21th to Wednesday 24th March. On Monday 22th, he …
Swedish Commander Visited Singapore Read MoreCement sales in Indonesia are expected to increase by as much as 6 percent in 2010. Says Urip Timuryono who is chairman of the Indonesian Cement Association, to Bloomberg News. …
Cement Sales in Indonesia On the Way to New Heights Read MoreBangkok International Preparatory and Secondary School (Bangkok Prep) opened its gates to the wider community for the seventh annual Spring Fair@53. A fun day was had by all as guests …
Bangkok Prep Spring Fair@53 Read MoreDamco, the freight forwarding company of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, officially announced the opening of its office in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Wednesday. The soft opening of the office took …
Damco Opens Chengdu Office with 1000 Staff Read MoreWhich brand is Thailand’s largest beer brand? LEO BeerWho will introduce LEO Beer in Europe? Galatea Spirits AB!Surprised? Well, you are not alone. First surprise is how the quite young …
Swedish Importer to Sell Thailand’s Largest Beer in Europe Read MoreDamco earlier this month commenced warehousing and distribution services at a new import and export logistics hub in Samrong, Bangkok. Strategically located on Poochao-saming-prai Road, between Bangkok city and major …
Damco Strengthens Network in Thailand with New Facility Read MoreThe brand new European restaurant in town “Cafe Europe” invites you to pool tournament to win the voucher valued 500 baht. The game will begin at 6 pm of …
Pool Tournament @ Cafe Europe Read MoreTUR2010 is Sweden’s largest Travel and Tourist Fair and will again be held at Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg on March 25-28. On the first two days, the fair is open …
Jan Ornert to Give Malaysia Presentation at TUR2010 Read MoreBack in 1993 Danmission begun their involvement in Southeast Asia in Cambodia, in 2007 they decided to go into Burma as well.Further engagementUntil now has the work in Burma concentrated …
Danish NGO Danmission Develop Engagement in Burma Read More33-year-old Mo Desong painted container vessels for Maersk and got benzene poisoning. He died on the 30th October 2009. Maersk paid 293,000 dollars in damages, but denies any responsibility in …
Maersk Worker’s Dead in China Creates Chemical Dispute Read More“For those special situations, where a visa to Denmark is required here and now, we do have an unofficial fast track,” Lisa Schouboe, Head of the Visa Section at the …
Unofficial Fast Track for Visa to Denmark Read MoreAll above mentioned organisations in Thailand have postponed their annual general meeting (AGM) this year. ScandAsia asked them why. The Chairman of the Thai-Danish Club, mr. Somsiri explains that they …
Thai-Danish Club, Danish Women’s Network and Thai-Swedish Chamber Postpone Annual General Meetings Read MorePress release from the Norwegian Embassy in IndonesiaThe Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has done a tremendous effort to help the country out of the crisis that followed the 2006 riots. …
Norwegian Refugee Council in Timor-Leste Read More