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Finnish refiner Neste Oil starts the construction on a biodiesel plant on 6 March in Singapore. The plant will be the company’s largest and will be operational from 2010 and …
Neste Oil Builds Biodiesel Plant in Singapore Read MoreThe Norwegian insurance companies state that they now pay more for cases of illness during vacation than ever before. In the last two years the payment for medical treatment in …
Norwegian Illness in Thailand and Vietnam Sets Record Read MoreChristian Wolther, a 44-year-old Norwegian who is artist in residence of Khon Kaen University’s Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, is launching a multi-genre exhibition “Reflections” at the Museum of …
Norwegian Artist’s Exhibition in Khon Kaen Read MoreNorwegian oil service company PetroMena has agreed with its Singaporean rig-builder to postpone for a year a payment of 105 million dollars instalment that originally was due on January the …
PetroMena Pushes Back $105 Million Yard Instalment Read MoreSwedish ventilation company Systemair is investing further in Asia by opening up two new assembly plants in India and Malaysia. Systemair Malaysia is now a logistic centre for distribution of …
Systemair Opens Assembly Plant in Malaysia Read MoreSweden invites anyone who can write in Vietnamese to participate in a writing contest with the theme of travelling. The contest called Mot Chuyen Di (A Journey) is being organised …
Sweden Launches Writing Contest in Vietnam Read MoreNokia Siemens has helped the Indonesian telecom company Telkomsel increase its mobile phone speed by increasing Telkomsel’s socalled high-speed downlink packet access throughput. To do this, Nokia has introduced a …
Nokia Siemens Ensures Faster Internet in Indonesia Read MoreThe war crimes tribunal in Cambodia against five of the leaders of Khmer Rouge regime that has finally started, is supported among others by all the Nordic countries. The Nordic …
Nordic Support for Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Trial Read MoreThe city of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is set to forge a partnership with the city of Boras in Sweden to manage waste. Boras municipality has assigned …
Indonesian and Swedish Cities Team Up to Manage Waste Read More200 nurses from the Philippines are ready to go to Denmark, but because of the strict regulation of the National Heath Service they are prevented to get working permit in …
Philippine Nurses Stopped by Danish Administration Read MoreWould you mind being eaten alive by small fish? The Danish newspaper Politiken praises an unusual kind of spa-treatment in Singapore, where small Garra Rufa fish simply eat the dead …
Danish Newspaper Recommends Singaporean Fish-Spa Read MoreThe part-Danish director Alanna Gregory organizes and directing the controversial play The Vagina Monologues in both Thai and English in the Patravadi Theatre in Bangkok from the 27 of February …
Dane Stages The Vagina Monologues in Bangkok Read MoreBecause of the global economic crisis, last year’s airport closures and continued local political uncertainty have combined to reduce the numbers of tourists in Thailand. The travel industry has asked …
80000 Thai Travel Workers Faces Unemployment Due To Financial Crises Read MoreWhile the catholic churches all over Europe, Sweden included, report massive declines among its followers, while the Asian countries – especially the Philippines, has had a record high intake on …
The Next Pope Could Be From the Philippines Read MoreTrue Corporation has asked the parliament of Thailand to clarify the ratio of foreign shareholdings in telecommunications companies – after receiving queries from investors and fund managers expressing interest in …
Thai Telecom Firm: Clarity in Foreign Shareholding Read MoreAccording to the Swedish Travel industry Thailand is the best travel destination. The Swedish Travel Trade has rated the Thailand The World’s Best Tourist Country 2009. The award was presented …
Thailand Wins Swedish Grand Travel Award Again Read MoreThe popular fictive Swedish crime solving team, journalist Mikael Blomkvist and computer-hacker Lisbet Salander, are about to be famous in Southeast Asia too. The three bestselling books by the late …
Thailand and Indonesia Publish Stieg Larsson Trilogy Read MoreTwelve young handsome Indonesian orangutans advertise for new partners in Swedish newspapers these days. To higher the attention of the endangered monkeys of Borneo has the organisation Borneo Orangutan Survival …
Orangutans Seek Swedish Valentines Read MoreThe Finnish company Venyon, which provides Near-field communications solutions (NFC) and services, has teamed with Kasinkorn Bank in Thailand, to evaluate contactless mobile payments in that country for a potential …
Finnish Firm Cooperates with Thai Bank on Mobile Payment Read MoreSweden, which is considered one of the leading producers of films involving children, will use children’s movies to promote the country among Malaysians by arranging a Swedish film festival in …
Sweden Promoted Through Movies in Malaysia Read MoreThe Malaysian government has allowed transport-to-construction group MMC Corp to talk to foreign parties on the proposed sale of its port in the southern state of Johor. The rest of …
Malaysia Open for Port-Sale to Foreigners Read MoreClimate changes could affect the distribution of ocean species. A new study from the University of East Anglia, Princeton University and the University of British Columbia predicts that by 2050, …
Norway Wins and Malaysia Looses the Climate Effects on Fishing Industry Read MoreThailand’s Defence Ministry has approved the air force’s plan to buy six more Grippen fighters next fiscal year, completing a squadron of the Swedish-made jets. Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said …
Thai Air Force Purchase Six Swedish Jets Read MoreThe conductor of the Danish Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, Ebbe Munk, will pay a five-day visit to Hanoi from February 16. During his five day stay, he will pay a …
Danish choir-leader visits Hanoi Read MoreStudents and teachers from 200 primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City will be trained in recycling and waste management this year as part of a Swedish company’s environmental education …
Swedish Firm Teaches Vietnamese Students Recycling Read MoreYesterday SAS announced that the route between Bangkok and Stockholm is going to close down due to the airline’s financial problems. But that’s does not mean that the direct flights …
Thai Airways keeps the Stockholm-Bangkok route Read MoreDue to the COP15 climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009, Denmark offers a number of full scholarships within studies of climate change. In line with the overall aim of securing …
Denmark offers Climate Scholarships Read MoreDue to massive financial crises the Scandinavian airline SAS plans to shut down several long distance routes – including the direct route between Stockholm and Bangkok. On the other hand …
SAS Closes Stockholm-Bangkok route Read MoreA massive effort from local salmon distributors have now resulted in a weekly express flight with about 60 ton of fish directly to Asia. The salmon cooperation from Troms in …
Norwegian Salmon – From the North Sea to Asia on Less Than 24 hours Read MoreThe Lao Government plans to borrow over US$100 million from overseas – with the Sweedish International development Agency as a main contributor – in its attempt to drive 98 development …
Laos Borrows Millions From Sweden. Read MoreThe Norwegian owned Thai mobile phone Company Total Access Communication (TAC) aims to generate more cash flow this year when the overall mobile phone market would grow at a slower …
TAC Expects 40 % of the marked Read MoreThe Canadian shipping company Teekay plans to replace about 200 of their Norwegian employees with sailors from the Philippines, apparently because of the wages, which is about a 10th of …
Norwegian Sailors Replaced with Filipinos Read MoreThe travel guide Lonely planet, which by many are regarded the ultimate bible for young travellers, has composed a top ten list of the world’s greatest travel destinations. Not surprisingly Southeast …
Thailand, Laos and Norway is the World’s Best Destinations Read MoreThe Danish libraries are among the most organized in the world, at least if you ask the Singaporean TV-crew, who recently went the long journey from Southeast Asia to almost …
Singapore Makes Documentary on Danish Library Read MoreThe Singaporean man, who was shot in Denmark last month, has returned to his homeland and is now hospitalized at Singapore General Hospital. The 53-year-old Ong Yiew Soon, was discharged …
Victim of Danish Shooting Incident Returns to Singapore Read MoreA group on the virtual network Facebook has organized a collection among its 637 members to improve the conditions for Johanne Vinther Axelsen from Denmark, who was convicted 15 …
Facebook-Group Collects Money to Imprisoned Dane Read MoreDespite the many speculations, that have been floating on the internet the last couple of weeks, it is still uncertain, which European countriest the Finnish mobile giant Nokia chooses to …
Singapore: The Clear Choice For Nokia-Music Read MoreAfter five years in Denmark Nonlak Arjjinda from Thailand is going to be expulsed because of her poor affiliation to Denmark. Nonlak Arjjinda, who currently lives Stavreby on Falster, originally …
Thai Woman in Denmark Faces Deportation Read MoreThe Swedish truck and bus manufacturer Scania has won a tender for the supply of 152 low-entry city buses to the northern Malaysian island state of Penang. The order marks …
Scania Lands Large Orders in Malaysia Read MoreThree former officials at Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina have been cleared of incurring losses for the state, after they sold two oil tankers for $184 million to the Norwegian …
Indonesia Clears Pertamina in Norwegian Tanker Case Read MoreThe health authorities of Greenland have declined a proposal from the recruiting company Health Care Denmark to solve the island’s problems with lack of nurses by importing health personal from …
Greenland: No Philippine Nurses Read MoreThe Nordic ambulance company Falck is now working world wide by offering travel assistance to customers all over the world – including Southeast Asia. Falck has bought the international assistance …
Falck Enters the Marked of Travel Assistance Read MoreA 25-year old man from Göteborg is believed to be hiding out in Thailand after local authorities accidentally paid almost half a million kronor into his bank account.Administrators from the …
Swede steals half a million and flees to Thailand Read MoreOle Martin Gunhildsbu has been appointed by DiGi Telecommunications as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with immediate effect. On the appointment, DiGi Chief Executive Officer Johan Dennelind said: “We …
Norwegian appointed CTO in Malaysian mobile giant Read MoreThe Philippine Embassy in Oslo is now working to get residents to register for the Overseas Absentee Voting for the forthcoming 2010 national elections i the Phillippines.Consul General Evelyn Garcia-Austria …
Embassy Seeks Philippine Voters Read MoreThe Philippine Ambassador in Oslo, Elizabeth Buensuceso, has stated the embassy is seeking Norwegian cooperation and assistance to renewable energy and outsourcing – the country’s two top core competencies. She …
The Philipines Seeks Norwegian Advice on Renewable Energy Read MoreDuring an official meeting Vietnam and Finland signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on education and training cooperation, under which Finland will assist Vietnam in doctoral training in IT, health …
Vietnam and Finland sign Education Cooperation Read MoreDuring the official visit by Vietnamese Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan in Helsinki, Finland affirmed that it will continue prioritising ODA for Vietnam. The European country committed to support the …
Finland confirms cotinued ODA-support for Vietnam Read MoreBecause of an efficient agreement on extraction between Norway and Vietnam, 21 workers at an illegal cannabis-plantation are facing banishment from Norway.When the forbiden plantation was discovered by the Norwegian police …
21 Vietnamese ’Cannabis-Gardeners’ Arrested in Norway Read MoreThe minister of Development Cooperation in Denmark Ulla Tørnæs – who recently returned from a visit in the country – has asked the Danish parliament to agree on an ending …
Danish Minister of Development: Stop the Burma-Boycott Read More