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Finnair is cancelling this evening’s flight, the AY089 from Helsinki to Bangkok, as well as the corresponding return flight. The flight was scheduled to depart from Helsinki at 20.15. According …
Finnair Cancels Evening Bangkok Flight Read MoreA more aggressive military approach is the only answer to an escalation of piracy off Somalia, the world’s biggest oil tanker company said Friday. “I think that’s the only …
Frontline: Military “Only Solution” To Piracy Read MoreThe Swedish foreign ministry estimates that a few hundred Swedes are caught up in the unrest, but the exact number remains unclear. “They can’t get out of there, either …
Swedes Caught Up In Thai Unrest Read MoreArrival of Danish Foreign Minister Dr Per Stig Moller has been postponed until Thursday. The Danish minister was scheduled to arrive in the capital for a three-day goodwill visit with …
Danish Minister’s Arrival Postponed For Thursday Read MoreThe popular seafront promenade certainly was an impressive backdrop for some 200 Finnish tourists who spent an evening enjoying the wonderful dinner hosted by Tourism Malaysia at Fort Cornwallis. The …
Finns Get A Taste Of Penang Read MoreAfter two years of success by Team Asia, the Internationals are fired-up to win the year-ending USLPGA Lexus Cup this week and give Annika Sorenstam a fitting send-off into retirement. …
Annika Says Good Bye At Lexus Cup Read More“Inspiration from Bronze Drum” is the name of an exhibition taking place from November 27-30 by Vietnamese Swedish painter Van Duong Thanh in Hanoi. The exhibition features 20 large-sized paintings, …
Swedish Van Duong Thanh’s Open Exhibition Read MoreLate Wednesday night, one of Asia’s busiest airports remained under siege, sealed off by several thousand anti-government protesters. The protesters, clad in yellow – the color of the king – …
Tourists “Just Wanna Go Home” Read MoreCarlsberg has launched a new print campaign “Carlsberg Story” in Malaysia, which is aimed at building awareness of Carlsberg’s brand attributes and specific heritage in the country. The new campaign, …
Carlsberg Launches New Campaign Read MoreIt couldn’t be worse timing. The Crown Prince Couple’s official visit to Thailand due to the celebration of the 150 year anniversary for the establishment of diplomatic relationship between the …
Crown Princess Mary Continues Sightseeing in Bangkok Read MoreOn Wednesday morning, the day after the occupation of Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport, all flights were cancelled and the airport staff that abandoned their tations last night failed in many …
Swedish and Norwegian Embassies Help at Airport Read MoreA drilling and wellservice seminar was organized in Bandung 10 – 12 November, as a joint effort by the Indonesian and Norwegian governments. The 3 day seminar was attended by …
Drilling And Well Seminar Held In Bandung Read MoreThe Tuoi Tre Youth Theatre will hold 100 free performances for 80,000 children between now and the end of this year. “Children’s Voice” is a joint project between the Youth …
Education Through Theatre Read MoreSingapore’s very own search engine, is collaborating with renowned American stock-image supplier Getty Images to boost its collection of Singapore-themed images. Rednano.sg is the world’s first search engine that specialises …
800,000 More Photos With Rednano/Getty Tie-up Read MoreAt Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok the situation is nowhere close to being solved. Consequently, the Airport Authorities are arranging evacuations for the tourists. “Don’t worry, we have hotels for everyone,” they …
Bangkok Airport to Be Evacuated of Passengers Read MoreWednesday morning a motorcade took off from Oriental Hotel. In a long row of cars with press, businessmen, the Danish Ambassador and of course a lot of police, HRH the …
HRH The Crown Prince Followed Schedule in Spite of Demonstrations Read MoreBy Rikke Bjerge Johansen, Annelene Højvang LarsenThe SAS passengers, who are stuck at Bangkok Airport, have been waiting at the check-in counters for information on their cancelled flights and the …
SAS to Waiting Tourists: “Get Some Sleep in the City” Read MoreAs many as six Indonesian sailors, along with seven others of other nationalities, were saved when their Bahama-flagged ship sank in Osloj`rd waters, Norway, recently, according to an Indonesian embassy …
Six Indonesian Sailors Survive Shipwreck In Norway Read MoreBy Gregers Moller, Rikke Bjerge Johansen and Annelene H. Larsen TRH Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark on Monday night paid an extensive visit to the Danish …
Life Style Exhibition and Gala Dinner Marked 150 Years of Thai Danish Diplomatic Relations Read MoreCelenia Software, a Danish company offering partner services and add-on products to independent software vendors and resellers in Microsoft Dynamics, has opened a new development centre in Ho Chi Minh …
New Celenia Development Centre In Vietnam Read MoreHRH Crown Prince Frederik and HRH Crown Princess Mary will this afternoon be granted an audience with The King Bhumibol of Thailand in his Hua Hin residence. The royal …
Royal Couple Granted Audience With The King Read MoreBy Per StangegaardIf it was hangovers from last week-end, or the fact that we had twotournaments in a row, or were part of a larger tournament? I dontknow, but it …
Poor Showing At Villamor Read MoreHuhtamaki, the Finnish consumer packaging specialist with worldwide operations, has today inaugurated a second state-of-the art flexible packaging plant in Samutsakorn, Thailand. The new plant is uniquely positioned and …
Huhtamaki Inaugurates Plant In Thailand Read MoreThey look like princesses as they’re walking down the catwalk in designer clothes. And today they’re closer to a real one, than they’ve ever been before. Ten children from the …
HRH Crown Princess of Denmark Attended Children’s Fashion Show Read MoreTuesday morning the TRH The Crown Prince Couple visited Central World again. However, today they were not going around together but had different schedules and arrived in separate cars. Crown …
Crown Princess Mary on Her Own in Bangkok Read MoreCrown Prince Frederik visited all the Danish business stands set up on the 22nd floor of the Bangkok Convention Centre with products from plastic toilet seats to a robot sculpture. In …
Crown Prince Frederik Visited B2B Exhibition Read MoreDanish Novo and other foreign drug companies can quit Indonesia if they do not like new rules requiring them to have local production facilities, Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said …
Getting Tough On Danish Novo And Other Drug Firms Read MoreThey look at ease as they sit down at the press conference at Amari Atrium Hotel in Bangkok. Michael Learns To Rock. But they’ve also been in the music business …
Michael Learns To Rock in Bangkok Read MoreBy Rikke Bjerge Johansen, Annelene Højvang Larsen Thai demonstrators have stormed the main terminal in Thailand’s biggest airport, Suvarnabhumi. So far all flight departures have been cancelled. ScandAsia’s reporter …
Tourists Stuck as Demonstrators Block Bangkok Airport Read MoreBy Rikke Bjerge Johansen and Annelene H. Larsen At 6 am Monday morning the TRH The Crown Prince Couple arrived in Bangkok. Their first official stop was at the Danish Embassy …
TRH The Crown Prince Couple visit the Embassy Read MoreThe largest ever business promotion of Denmark in Thailand kicked off yesterday with a briefing of the current economic situation in Thailand by National Economic and Social Development Board, predicting …
Danish Delegation Briefed on Expanding Thai Economy Read MoreChristmas is approaching and in Ho Chi Minh City the Nordic Community is looking forward to the annual Christmas Party, which is organized by Nordcham, the Nordic Chamber of Commerce. …
Nordic Christmas Party In HCMC Read MoreThree documentary films about Long Bien Bridge, shot by Vietnamese and Danish film-makers, will be presented to Hanoian audiences at the National Cinema Centre on November 30. The event is …
Films About Long Bien Bridge Introduced Read MoreNorwegian group Roxar and the Hanoi Mining and Geology University has signed an agreement on oil exploitation technology transfer and human resource training for the oil and gas industry. Under …
Norwegian´s Train Oil And Gas Personnel Read MoreThe Wimbledon final in 1980 is still considered the greatest match ever played. In this final 24 year old Björn Borg beat his closest rival the younger John McEnroe after …
Borg Lost Asia to McEnroe Read MoreBorder checks at Finland’s internal borders will be reinstated owing to the security measures during the OSCE meetings to be held in Helsinki 4–5 December. Under Article 2.2 of …
Finland: Checks At Internal Borders To Be Reinstated Read MoreChanges in individual perception towards their rights and increasing accessibility to legal aid for the poor and the vulnerable groups in Vietnam are among the findings during a field trip …
Focus Has Shifted Away From The Poor Read MoreThe International Financial Corporation (IFC), a part of the World Bank, has disbursed loans worth US$20 million to a local coffee company, Indo Cafco for the setting up a number …
Better Training To Starbuck Farmers Read MoreA baby girl was born on a Finnair flight from Bangkok to Helsinki above Kazakhstan in the altitude of 11.000 km on November 20. The baby’s Swedish mother was returning …
Birth On Flight From Bangkok To Helsinki Read MoreNYX Interactive have taken further steps in the international expansion they are aiming for as well as increasing knowledge and capacity within product development and operations. NYX Interactive AB is …
Swedish NYX Interactive Gaming East Read MoreA man from Stockholm, 42, was found drowned in the waters off the popular tourist resort Koh Chang South East of Bangkok. It happened Wednesday November 19, 2008. Until now, …
Swedish Man Found Drowned In Thailand Read MoreEvery single year between 10- and 15 Norwegian men get infected with HIV in the holiday paradise < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Thailand by unprotected sex. The public health department …
15 Norwegians Infected With HIV In Thailand Read MoreThe month-long campaign includes banners along main streets in Hanoi, demonstrations by bicyclists, and documentary films on television. The program is being implemented under the Sea Turtle Protection project …
Sea-turtle Awareness Campaign Take Off Read MoreNorway’s Frontline – one of the world’s biggest oil tanker owners, is “definitely considering” instructing its fleet to avoid the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal because of piracy, …
Frontline considering avoiding Suez Read MoreNorwegian oil and gas group StatoilHydro said on Thursday that it would scale down its oil product trading activity in Singapore due to slowing trade activity and the global financial …
StatoilHydro To Scale Down In Singapore Read MoreSingapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has signed a multi-million dollar deal to install a ground satellite communications system for Danish shipping line Torm Shipping. The Global Maritime Very Small Aperture Terminal …
Inks Satellite Deal With Danish Torm Read MoreNew cases of pimping under investigation in Lahti and Turku. The situation with Finland’s Thai masseuses has not really changed over the past year, wrtes the Finnish newspaper Sanomat. …
Spending 1.5 Million Euros On Thai Women Read MoreVolvo Car Thailand will give away ten thousand (10,000) Volvo cars. In collaboration with Viking Toys Ltd, a leading Swedish toy manufacturer of global note, Volvo Car Thailand announces a …
Gives Away 10,000 Volvo Cars Read MoreThe inspection included a briefing by the SAS airport manager, a survey of SAS’ check-in rows and the Star Alliance lounges. The highlight of the day was the onboard inspection …
SAS Opens Its Doors At Suvarnabhumi Read MoreLeonor Sarmiento Vintervoll is a successful Filipino-Norwegian, yet her heart longs to be with her countrymen. When the opportunity to invest in movie production came along, she took the chance, …
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