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A commemoration will be held to mark the sixth anniversary of the Bali bombing on Sunday, October 12, 2008. The ceremony will take place in the garden of the Consulate …
Swedes Take Part In Bali Anniversary Read MoreBalinale 2008 – Bali International Film Festival 21-31 October. Four films based on Astrid Lindgren’s well-known books will be shown during the festival. To have your company presented in the festival …
Balinale: Four Films Based On Astrid Lindgren’s Books Read MoreDuring The Kuta Festival, 18-26 October, The Swedish Embassy will have a 3×3 m2 booth for country promotion, located on the beach opposite Alam Kulkul Resort in Kuta, Bali. Companies interested …
Swedish Booth On The Kuta Beach Read MorePeople in the formerly restive province of Aceh celebrated news Saturday that the man who helped end their decades-long civil war has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize – annonuced i …
Aceh Celebrates Nobel Peace Prize Read MoreA story titled “Alerts issued on travelling to Thailand”, published on page 4 of yesterday’s Bangkok Post, said that a number of countries had issued “warnings” to tourists about the …
Sweden And Norway Denied Issuing Travel Warnings Read MoreFinnair Leisure Flights has leased an Airbus A330-200 long-haul aircraft from the leisure flight company Air Europa for the coming winter’s holiday flights to Thailand . The aircraft will be …
Finnair Leisure Flights To Thailand Ensured Read MoreIn The Burning Season, the Australian filmmaker Cathy Henkel shows the work of Danish-born Lone Droscher-Nielsen to rescue and care for hundreds of orang-utans in Borneo. She also films Achmadi, …
“Danish” Orangutangs In Australian Film Read MoreA delegation of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) led by VJA Vice President Le Quoc Trung paid a week-long visit to Norway.During their stay abroad, the journalists met for working …
Vietnamese Journalists Visit Norway Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi Chancery Opening hours:08.30-12.00 & 13.00 – 16.30 Monday – Friday Address:Royal Norwegian Embassy10th Floor, Block B, Vincom City Towers, 191 Ba Trieu StreetHanoi, Vietnam. Tel: …
New Phonenumbers At The Royal Norwegian Embassy Read MoreThis year’s “Europe on Screen” film festival introduces city landscapes and urban visions from a variety of European countries. The festival starts in Jakarta on 24 October and continues after …
Finnish film At EU Festival In Indonesia Read MoreIntegration Minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech (Lib.) admits that her ministry has failed in its duty of information to a Danish-Thai couple. ”Sorry,” she said following an appearance in Parliament. The …
Minister: Sorry! Read MoreNorway and Sweden are among 10 countries which have issued warnings about travelling to Thailand have raised the level of alarm following the government’s bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. The rest …
Norway And Sweden Have Issued Warnings Read MoreThe old Danish trading company EAC revised its expectations upwards for the overall year result of 2008. This was stated by the company in a stock exchange announcement. Pre-tax profit …
EAC Raises Its Expectations Read MoreIFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the International Labour Organization today launched the Better Work Vietnam program to improve working conditions for more than 700,000 workers in …
IFC And ILO Launch “Better Work Vietnam” Read MoreThe course will also provide trainees with knowledge on economic development combined with environmental protection in ethnic minority areas and an overview of national and local political and socio-economic situations. …
Norway Improve Ethnic Women Leadership Read MoreThe prosecutor demands at least 18 months in prison for the Norwegian father who abducted his seven-year-old daughter and brought her to Cambodia. The trial in Gothenburg district court ended …
Norwegian Father Awaiting Verdict In Sweden Read MoreIn order to comply with Swedish regulation changes have now been implemented regarding the application procedure for visa and residence permits for Sweden.As of 1 October 2008 all visa and …
New procedures for Visa and Residence Permits Read MoreDuring the President of the Republic of Finland Ms. Tarja Halonen’s official visit to Vietnam in February 2008, she also visited some old and new development cooperation projects in Minh …
President Inspired A Vietnamese Artist Read MoreWith Danish support ActionAid Vietnam promotes grassroots level involvement in monitoring progress in Public Administrative Reforms (PAR) and assists poor people access information about government services in Lai Chau, Dien …
Kiosks Take Reforms Closer To The People Read MoreThe Embassy of Denmark recently organized a workshop to raise climate change awareness and climate proof the sector programme support in Vietnam. The latest report from the International Panel on …
Climate Proofing Sector Programmes Read More31 provinces will in 2009 benefit from the ongoing joint donors (Danida, AusAID and the Netherlands) support to the Vietnamese National Target Programme II for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation …
Support To Water And Sanitation Read MoreThe Danish band will play live at Impact Exhibition Center Wednesday, November 26, 2008 in cooperation with The Royal Danish Embassy and TV Direct. With global record sales of …
Michael Learns to Rock- Live in Bangkok Read MoreVikings Bangkok played their second game of the season against the new Div. 2 team Siam Celtic (SC). Most experts had Vikings as the solid favorites to collect their first …
Vikings – Siam Celtic FC 1-2 Read MoreYesterday October 6 2008 was the first day of a visit of about 20 Danish companies in Vietnam. The Embassy of Denmark in Hanoi is sponsoring the visit, which objective …
Danish Companies Visit Vietnam in Search of Business Partners Read MoreThe Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said a peaceful world has come up as a dream and should be achived for all of peoples.He made the remark in his speech …
A Peaceful World Is Our Dream Read MoreMuhamad Hasan Di Tiro, a former chief of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel group in Indonesia, will return to his homeland on October 11 for the first time after …
Former Rebel Leader To Return To Aceh Read More“I must admit that I never for a moment dreamt I would hear such news,” Barre-Sinoussi told French radio by telephone from Cambodia, after she and Luc Montagnier shared one …
Got The News In Cambodia Read MoreTelstra is not going to support the new Nokia music service which is essential for the new 5800 Nokia Smartphone which the Finland based Company is banking on to take …
Nokia Facing Problems With Music Service Read MoreCome December this year, the sound of ABBA will echo through the local theatre scene when the world’s No 1 musical, Mamma Mia!, opens here.Inspired by the story-telling magic of …
ABBA Musical Tickets On Sale Read MoreDid you Hit the family unification wall too? Scandasia.com would like to hear from Scandinavians, who feel they have been inadequate treated or directly mislead by their country’s immigration [email protected]
Family Unification: Please Tip The Editor Read MoreDenmark get 90,000 visa applications every year. The Danish Foreign of foreign affairs has “privatized” preliminary investigations of visa applicants from India and Russia. The last six months, The Danish Foreign …
Subcontractors Screen Visa Applications Read MoreThe Danish Parliament’s Ombudsman, Hans Gammeltoft-Hansen, gave harsh criticism of the Ministry of Integration, which he directly finds have broken the law because a Danish-Thai couple were denied proper information about their …
Danish Ombudsman: Ministry Broke The Law Read MoreThe Southeast Asian Growth tiger Vietnam is becoming a magnet for IT firms from the West. A unique combination of very low salaries – 30 % lower than in India …
IT Industries Can Find Gold Read MoreDenmark’s BankInvest Private Equity New Markets Group (BankInvest) will become a 20 percent shareholder of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Son Kim Fashion Corporation (SKF).To this effect, a strategic partnership …
Danish BankInvest Partners With Fashion Company In Vietnam Read MoreThe Thai Tourism TAT in Bangkok has decided to open a tourist office in Copenhagen. It shall cover Iceland, Norway and Denmark. “TAT has already a tourist office in Stockholm, which covers …
Thailand Plans To Open Tourist Office In Denmark Read MoreDanish design, performance, safety and health and foreign aid combined, in a synthesis of a project that the Aalborg based lamp manufactory Nordlux has started in cooperation with a Vietnamese …
Nordlux Combine Business And Social Responsibility Read MoreLast year 30 Danish men came back home from Thailand with gonorrhoea, a sexually transmissible illness, which is nearly extinct in Denmark, writes the Danish newspaper Politiken. “It is a …
Danish Tourists Get Gonorrhoea In Thailand Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian Embassy Manila participated in the inauguration of the new office of Odfjell Technology Manila Corporation recently. The inauguration was well attended with guests highlighted by his Excellency …
Odfjell Technologi Manila Inaugurates New Office Read MoreIt can be dangerous to travel to Thailand. This year alone already 60 Danes has returned from the Asian country in a coffin compared with last year. It shows figures, …
60 Danes Died In Thailand This Year Read MoreThe exhibition will showcase 50 years of television from Bang & Olufsen. The televisions showcased will all be the ones of choice at the different points in history. Held at …
B&O Will Showcase “An Exhibition Of Excellence” In Singapore Read MoreThe Royal Norwegian Embassy in Singapore and Innovation Norway, in collaboration with the following partners: Energy Studies Institute, Norwegian Business Association (Singapore), ISEAS and SEAS organised The Norway Singapore Energy …
The Norway – Singapore Energy Conference: “Sustainable Energy Future” Read MoreA delegation of 20 Danish enterprises operating in the fields of construction materials, printing and packaging will visit Vietnam from October 6-11 to seek business opportunities.According to the Danish Embassy …
Danish Businesses Interested In Vietnamese Market Read MoreNovember 16th is the day when SWEA in Bangkok offers you the opportunity to present and sell new products. Maybe you products you would like to sell. And now is …
SWEA In Bangkok Gives You New Opportunities Read MoreThe Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs have reported that Fagbladet Travel News, a Norwegian travel trade magazine, selected Thailand for its “World’s Best Tourist Country” award for 2008, this being …
Scandinavian Awards To Thailand Read MoreThe Philippines signed on Tuesday night its first air rights agreement with Finland. Philippine air panel members who went to Helsinki for the negotiations told the Philippine Daily Inquirer on …
Four Flights Per Week Between Manila And Helsinki Read MoreThe municipal elections will take place in Finland on 26 October 2008. The advance voting in Thailand will take place in Bangkok (15.-18.10) and Pattaya (17.-18.10).Entitled to vote in municipal …
Finnish Citizens Can Vote Inn Bangkok And Pattaya Read MoreFor the first time in six years a Danish travel agency a special award from Thailand’s ministry of tourism. Sales manager at Profil Rejser, Frederick Wagner, recently received the “Friends …
Danish Profil Rejser Gets Award In Thailand Read MoreThree men are still suspected of the murder of Simen Sparre Knudsen at Phuket in Thailand. But the police lacks technical evidence linking them to the crime scene, writes the …
The Thai Police Lacks Technical Evidence Against Murder Suspects Read MoreEvery year, thousands of Thais comply with the often humiliating scrutiny of their financial situation when applying for a Schengen visa to Europe, believing that the hassle is necessary in …
Schengen Countries Have No Overstay Control Read MoreIndonesia and Finland will discuss forestry issues in Bali Island in November, a statement from the Indonesian forestry ministry says. During the bilateral meeting, both sides are expected to sign …
Indonesia, Finland To Talk On Forestry Issues In Bali Read More