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DiGi.Com Berhad (“DiGi”) has announced the appointment of Sigve Brekke as its Chairman, and Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director with immediate effect succeeding Arve Johansen who returns to Telenor Headquarters in …
Sigve Brekke Is DiGi’s New Chairman Read MoreWe want YOU to do more than just switch on your TV and do a wave on your couch! We invite you toenjoy a full day of Soccer and fun. …
GOAL! 4th ECCP Soccer Cup 2008 Read MoreThe mosquitoes carried virus dengue fever, is raging with massive force in Thailand and Southeast Asia. In Thailand especially Koh Samet, Koh Mun and Koh Kodi devastated by dengue fever …
Deadly Dengue Fever Raging In Thailand Read MoreNorrtalje District Court in Sweden dismissed the case filed against K.T.Rajasingham, Chief Editior of Asian Tribune, based in Sweden by Vijay Eeswaran, a Malaysian National and the Managing Director of …
Case Against Asian Tribune Dismissed By A Court In Sweden With Compensation Read MoreDenmark has reached agreement on the purchase of CO2 credits from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in Malaysia with the Malaysian company Brite-Tech Ventures Sdn. Bhd. and technology from …
Denmark Agree On New Climate Project In Malaysia Read MoreScaberia, a Norway-based Technology and Innovations Consultancy firm, announced on August 20 2008 that it has extended its strategy with a new concept called “Business meets Technology”. The principle idea …
Norway-based Scaberia Extends Strategy and Opens New Office in Singapore Read MoreEstablished in 1834, Danish Selection has distinguished itself as the premier manufacturer of fruit spreads in Denmark, produced only from the finest fruits and berries. Unlike most jams, Danish Selection …
DANISH SELECTION is coming to Singapore Read MoreThailand’s PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) has struck a deal with Norway’s Golar LNG Ltd. to pursue investment in floating LNG (FLNG) production projects worldwide. Two parties will jointly …
PTTEP, Golar to develop floating LNG production Read MoreCare Danmark, the Danish branch of the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere humanitarian agency, and Dong Energy have entered into a collaboration agreement on the development of energy projects, …
Dong Energy, Care To Collaborate On Climate Projects In Vietnam Read MoreA television team from Singapore pay a visit to the Danish town Hjørring to make a feature on design and architecture. The show will be about libraries, and Hjørrings library …
TV Team From Singapore Visit “Different” Danish Library Read MoreThe Danish Education Minister Bertel Haarder will have hairdressers and lawyers to teach in primary school. “We need to attract hairdressers or lawyers, who may have an old dream …
Learn From Singapore: Hairdressers And Engineers Can Teach Read MoreNorway`s Red Cross is providing Rp15 billion of Rp18 billion needed to build much-needed facilities at Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD)`s Mental Hospital, NAD Deputy Governor Muhammad Nazar said. The start …
Norwegian Assistance To Build New Facilities At NAD Mental Hospital Read MoreThailand‘s Total Access Communication PCL said on Tuesday it expected to launch a third generation (3G) mobile service in the first quarter of 2009, which should generate revenue in 2010. …
Thailand’s TAC To Launch 3G Early In 2009 Read MoreMaersk Contractors has named the latest addition of high efficiency jack-up rigs to the fleet. The new rig is the second in a series of four identical rigs currently under …
New High Efficiency Jack-up Named In Singapore Read MoreJoanna Phermchai-Nielsen is the new trainee at the Danish Chamber of Commerce. She was born in Roskilde 25 years ago by a Danish father and a Thai mom. Today she …
New Trainee at the Danish Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok. Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy welcomes two new trainees, Ida Sophie Tancula Plum and Elaheh Peyman Tabar, who will work at the Embassy until the end of January , 2009.Ida Sophie …
New Trainees at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok. Read MoreAll the transfer gossip is over, as the new cosmoleague season kicked off this weekend. The Vikings managed to sign highly rated Naoki Fukushima on a free transfer to bolster …
Great Ambitions Got A Blow In The Season Opener Read MoreSAS Scandinavian Airlines has noted a growing interest for its upcoming winter program, which offers a new route to Delhi and the return of two popular seasonal routes: Copenhagen-Dubai and …
Strong Demand For SAS’ Asian Routes Read MoreThe distinctive band was founded by Finnish/Thai composer, lyricist, singer, and guitarist Tang. Finland-based band Black Temple – the worlds first Kung-Fu Metal band – will release their highly anticipated …
Thai- Finnish Band Releases Newest Single Read MoreThe Da Nang Centre for Tourism Promotion asked the Finnish Embassy to help tourism companies in Da Nang reach Finnish tourist by introducing them to Finnish tourism companies. According to …
Da Nang Centre Ask Finland To Help In Tourism Read MoreFor now, the quiet seaside town of Rayong is probably known as much, perhaps not always fairly, for pollution as it is for property. However, its flourishing real estate market …
Danish Real Estate: Rayong Market Picking Up Read MoreIngeborg Steinholt has been appointed Executive Director of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce on August 11 2008. She is the successor of John Svengren, who will continue as executive director …
New Executive Director of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Read MoreThe Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta has decided to give financial support to Jakarta International Film Festival (jiffest). The festival will last from 5 – 14 December 2008. The Norwegian …
Norway Support Film Festival In Jakarta Read MoreIt is the book that to teach Swedish men how to buy sex. And it is sold in one of Vinge’s largest hotels in Phuket Thai – next to the …
Book Teaches Swedish Men To Buy Sex In Thailand Read MoreIFU, The Industrial Fund for Developing countries, recently signed one more agreement with a Danish company, to set up the production of alternative energy in southern Vietnam. In addition, the …
Huge Increase In Danish Investments In Vietnam Read MoreThree years after the first stone was layed in Fredrika, Sweden, the construction of Europe‘s largest Buddhist temple not yet begun. And no one can today say when, or if, …
Lack Of Funds Delay Europe’s Largest Buddhist Temple Read MoreTwo Swedes, Tommy Wallin and Joakim Nordborg, has the last few weeks written about the plans to organise something which may be Europe’s biggest Thai festival in the summer 2009 …
Exciting Plans For Thai Festival In Östersund In 2009 Read MoreKimi Raikkonen achievement in becoming the latest Finnish driver to win the Formula 1 world championship last year is to be honoured by his country’s postal service through a new …
Kimi Gets Finnish Stamp Of Approval Read MoreThe room for the adopted child is already decorated and there is seldom a day, without Sophia and Sören Södö is feeling the desire to be parents. They began …
Record Breaking Waiting Time For Adoption Read MoreVietnamese man charged in large narco trail by the court in the Danish town Odense. The Plant that is on the agenda when the court in Odense in the …
A Danish And A Vietnamese Man Is Indicted For Hashish Nurseries And Hard Drugs Read MoreH.E. Eivind S. Homme handed over his credentials to His Excellency President Susilo Bambang Yudhojono during a state ceremony at the Presidential Palace on August 12. Coming from the position …
New Norwegian Ambassador To Indonesia Read MoreLundin Petroleum AB, Sweden‘s largest oil explorer, with new licenses in Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia plunged to a six-month low in Stockholm trading after second-quarter profit missed estimates and …
Lundin Petroleum Slumps To Six-Month Low Read MoreIf the oil price of oil stays where it is, Finns would no longer fly to Thailand or other Asian Countries for warmth during their holidays. People would not be …
Expensive Oil Could Stop Finns Going To Asia Read MoreElectromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS), Trondheim Norway, has been awarded a contract worth more than USD 5 million by a repeat customer in Malaysia. The work has commenced and EMGS is …
Norwegian EMGS Awarded Shallow Water Contract In Malaysia Read MoreAt least 12 Swedes is stuck in the flood in Vietnamese province of Lao Cai, but they are all doing relatively well. Renée Peyron, the embassy secretary at the …
More Than 10 Swedes Stuck In Vietnamese Floods Read MoreThe travel agency Exotissimo Travel has made a group on Facebook. The purpose is to make a forum, where Exotissimo travelers can connect and exchange experiences. There will also be …
Exotissimo Travel on Facebook Read MoreThe Danish International Development Agency launched their US$1.7 million Development of Ethnic Groups Community programme in Vietnam in 2006. The project takes sustainable farm methods to ethnic communities. Hoa Binh, …
Danish Project Brings Success to Vietnamese Farmers Read MoreThe red and white colours of the Viking Wheelers, the DTCC and SSS cycling team, again dominated the landscape near Pattaya during the weekend of August 9 and 10. Four …
Viking Wheelers In Pattaya. Read MoreIn the hilly terrain in tourist resort Pattaya hinterland is a lot about the sport. Next to Siam Country Golf Club, and here at the Bira Circuit, comes this story …
The Finns And Their Kin’s Enjoy The Life In Pit Number 10 Read MoreFinnish and Scandinavian design is widely on display in Singapore. Style:Nordic is a design store that specializes in Finnish, Swedish and Danish design. The design store’s range consists, among others, …
Finnish and Scandinavian Design on Display in Singapore Read MoreSwiss oil trader Projector SA will likely sell its half stake in shipping firm FR8 to co-owner D/S Torm, in a deal that will allow the Danish shipper full control …
Rumours Rife About Torm Takeover Of FR8 Read MoreNorway and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will fund US$5.2 million to help Vietnam accelerate business administration reform, according to the Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam. Under an agreement …
Norway Funding Vietnam’s Business Registration Reform Read MoreShip Finance International Limited has employed Peter Lund as Commercial Director. He is expected to take up his position with Ship Finance in September 2008, and will be based in …
Ship Finance Has Employed Peter Lund As Commercial Director Read MoreThe EU is a massive importer of illegally logged wood from Indonesia and other exporters of illegal wood. Is there the political will to move beyond a voluntary approach and …
Skanska: Logged Wood Can Be “Bought Off The Shelf” Read MoreDanish Software Company manages the production of giant cranes for the offshore industry in Kristiansand (Norway), Singapore, China and Malaysia. Hans Tørsleff management systems has developed a solution that manages …
New Danish Software For Giant Cranes In The Offshore Industry Read MoreIf you’re having children while studying abroad, you are still entitled to child allowance. The rule also applies to diplomats, state-employees and social security workers.This was decided by the High …
Swedish Expat Receives Retroactive Child Allowance after Verdict in High Court of Sweden Read MoreGold may just be another colour for most of us but for Carlsberg Malaysia, it is a name they have chosen for their new permanent product, Carlsberg Gold. The new …
Carlsberg Introduce New Brew In Malaysia Read MoreThailand Elite, a subsidiary of Tourism Authority of Thailand. Specially designed for friends of Thailand, the members can enjoy unprecedented access to benefits including expedited immigration, privilege on Visa (life …
Invitation To Join Thailand Elite Read MoreThe Head of the Development Cooperation Section at the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi, Minister Lennart Nordström was thanked for his contributions over the past years to the development cooperation …
Medals Presented To Minister Lennart Nordström Read MoreIn an organizational restructuring of its top management, Saxo Bank has appointed Eric Rylberg and Karsten Poulsen to two new positions as Chief Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Director. …
Saxo Bank Announces New Top Leadership Team Read More