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Her Excellency Mrs. Cholchineepan Chiranond has recently assumed her position as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Denmark in January 2008. She is the first female Thai Ambassador to ever be …
First Female Thai Ambassador to Denmark Read MoreWith a shortage of healthcare professionals amid an aging population, Finland is open to having Filipinos fill the gap, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Friday May, 2 2008.Philippine …
Philippine Ambassador: Finland Open To Filipino Nurses Read MoreThe corpse of a 32-year-old Danish man Kenneth Schou has been waiting for more than two weeks at Patong Hospital in Phuket for either his Thai wife or the Danish …
Nobody Wants the Body of Dead Dane Read MoreA man from the Swedish town of Kalmar, just wanted to take a swim Sunday, 27 April 2008. But he never came back to his hotel in Khanom in the …
Swedish Man Gone Missing After A Swim In Thailand Read MoreAn Indonesian woman in her late twenties has been found dead in her home in Jeloy, Moss in Norway. Her husband, 27, is charged for leaving her in a helpless …
Young Indonesian Mother’s Death In Norway Considered A Murder Case Read MoreAlgot Backlund, a 23 year old Swede, is missing in Bali. Four weeks ago he should have met some friends at the international airport Ngurah Rai Airport, but he never …
Young Swedish Man Disappeared In Bali Read MoreA show for their money, that’s what 32 participants got Wednesday night April, 30th 2008, when the Indonesian Norwegian Business Council (INBC) and the Danish Business Association (DBA) held their …
First Joint DBA INBC Event A Great Success Despite Heavy Rain And Traffic Jam Read MoreFrom 1 May 2008 the Swedish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur will represent Denmark and Norway in matters concerning visa, residence and work permit matters. Applications for visas, residence and work …
Swedish Embassy One Stop Office for Visa to Scandinavia Read MoreThis report was by mistake re-published in 2011 on this page.For latest reports on the Thai property market, follow this link:http://www.colliers.co.th/market-reports/index.asp?cat_id=21
Scandinavian Investment in Thailand’s Property Remains Strong Read MoreNorwegian Seadrill has been awarded a four-year contract by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd in Malaysia with immediate commencement for the self-erecting tender rig Teknik Berkat, in which Seadrill has a …
New Four-Year Contract To Seadrill For Tender Rig In Malaysia Read MoreScandinavian Society Siam on April 29 elected Bente Sustmann as the new Chairman for 2008-2009 succeeding outgoing Chairman Gregers Møller. Also an entirely new Board was elected with only one …
New Chairman and Board of Scandinavian Society Siam Read MoreNorway and Indonesia have co-organized the Global Intermedia dialogue (GIMD) since the cartoon crisis in 2006. GIMD has become a venue for journalists from all parts of the world to …
Norway And Indonesia Hold The 3rd Global Intermedia Dialogue In Bali Read MoreDenmark ’s BankInvest will become a strategic partner of Vietnam’s Hoa Phat Corp JSC when it purchases a 5.2 percent of stake of the local company. Under an agreement signed …
Danish BankInvest to Inject Capital in Hoa Phat Corporation Read MoreThe Prime Minister of Vietnam on April 24 gave the go-ahead to the Vietnam Association of Lawyers and northern Thai Nguyen province to receive aid projects funded by Danish and …
Danida Supports Vietnamese Lawyers’ Project Read MoreThe Danish company Intertec Wind A/S is in cooperation with Danish DC Enterprice ApS going to build three windmill parks in Thailand for an estimated sum of 14,6 billion thai …
Danish Company Develops Windmill Project In Thailand For Billions Read MoreStolt-Nielsen SA said it has been given the permission of the Singapore Economic Development Board to build a chemical storage terminal in Singapore. The project, which would see the terminal …
Stolt-Nielsen Given Permission To Build Chemical Storage Terminal In Singapore Read MoreGovernment officials, businesspeople and experts from Indonesia, Sweden, Singapore and Thailand gathered in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the challenges of building sustainable cities. “Sustainable cities are a vision that …
Sweden And Indonesia Discus Solutions To Urban Problem´s Read MoreGlobal warming and economic exploitation destabilise key lake’s ecosystem. The Great Lake of Tonle Sap has always been Cambodia’s spring of life. Abundant fish stock and seasonal flooding to fertilise …
Thai And Finnish Scientists Will Soon Begin Examine Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake Read MoreCurt Timhede, the Swedish developer behind Thai Care, whose company cheated up to 50 homebuyers, carries on with his business behind the new name, Citinova, writes the Swedish tabloid Expressen.Through the homepage …
Swedish Developer Continues Selling Properties In Thailand Read MoreIn the early hours of Saturday Morning, Pattaya Police made their way to the Ferdinand Bar located in Soi Diana Inn to deal with a suspected assault on a foreigner. …
Snake Man Attacks Danish Patron At Thai Beer Bar Read MoreVietnamese and Swedish scientists gathered in Hanoi on April 23 to review the results of 30 years of their research cooperation and work out orientations for future work. At the …
Vietnam, Sweden To Further Research Cooperation Read MoreThe Royal Danish Embassy in Thailand has published a new book to celebrate the 150 years of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Thailand. The book includes many aspects of the …
New Book: Denmark In Thailand 2008 Read MoreIndonesia and Norway jointly organized the 7th annual Human Rights Dialogue meeting in Jakarta 15-16 April 2008. State Secretary Elisabeth Walaas of Norway headed a delegation of 25 Norwegians from …
Norway and Indonesia Holds 7th Annual Human Rights Dialogue Meeting Read MoreSweden has not reached a decision yet on whether or not to continue providing financial assistance to the Philippines after it closes down its embassy in Manila on May 30.According …
Sweden Mulls Halting Financial Aid To RP Read MoreUp to 50 Swedish families and disabled have been cheated in a property scandal in Thailand. The investors were dreaming about owning a peace of paradise in Bang Phra, but …
50 Swedish Homebuyers Cheated For Millions In Thailand Read MoreCarlsberg will now be able to buy the shares which the Hanoi-based brewer, known as Habeco, wasn’t able to sell in an initial public offering on March 27. The …
Carlsberg May Finally Buy Shares In Vietnam Read MoreAmbassador Niels Erik Andersen, currently based in Jakarta as Ambassador of Denmark to Indonesia will per 1 September 2008 move back to the Head Quarters of the Ministry of Foreign …
New Danish Ambassadors to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Read MoreThe Finnish government reject to grant more visas to seasonal berry-pickers from Thailand despite an increased demand for their labour. The newspaper Kaleva reports that 1,900 visas are being granted to …
No Increase In Thai Berry-Picker Visas Read MoreAn exhibition of unique work by Finnish world renowned architect and designer Alvar Aalto was opened 23. April 2008 in Hanoi. The show, titled ‘Alvar Aalto Houses – Timeless Expressions’, …
Alvar Aalto’s Works Displayed In Hanoi Read MoreDamco, a global freight forwarder walked away triumphant at the 22nd Asia Freight Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) held in Singapore 23. Apil 2008, where it was presented the ‘Best Logistics …
Danish Damco Get The Best Logistics Service Provider – Sea Freight Award Read MoreDanish drilling contractor Maersk Contractors has been awarded two contracts by Brunei Shell Petroleum for drilling offshore Brunei Darussalam and drilling one well in Malaysia. The first contract is a …
Maersk Contractors Awarded Contracts In Malaysia And Brunei Read MoreIndonesia and Sweden are committed to translating their existing good political ties into mutually beneficial economic cooperation, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda said. Although the political ties between the …
Indonesia And Sweden to Pursue Closer Economic Cooperation’s Read MoreTOT Public Company Limited, has placed a first order for a video contribution network. TOT, a national telecommunications services provider in Thailand, has placed an initial order to deploy Net …
Swedish Net Insight Receives Order From Thailand Read MoreMaersk Line emerged winner of the ‘Best Shipping Line – Asia-Europe’ Award for the 21st consecutive year at the 22ndAsian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA). Specifically on the Asia-Europe …
Maersk Line Wins “Best Shipping Line – Asia-Europe” Read MoreSwedish Trade Council is offering a free buiness seminar on Thursday 8 May 2008 in Gothenburg for anyone interested in business and investment in Thailand. The seminar is organized together …
Thailand Seminar in Gothenburg Read MoreAccording the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the number of tourist arrivals in the Kingdom for last year stood at 14.5 million persons. Of that, 757,734 visitors, or 5 %t, were …
350.000 Swedish Tourist Travel To Thailand Read MoreAbout 138.332 Finnish tourists arrived in Thailand last year. And in the first quarter of this year, the number increased 24 %. Finland delivers the second biggest group of Scandinavian …
Finnish Tourist To Thailand Up 24 % Read MoreHundreds of Swedish home-buyers are spearheading an incredibly strong Nordic property boom in Thailand. And Scandinavian investors are expected to invest up to Bt16.2 billion in residential developments in Thailand …
Sweden Leads A Massive Nordic Boom In Thai Resort Towns Read MoreThe Danish band “Afenginn” will perform during World Music Festival the first weekend in May, at the Penang Botanic Gardens, in Penang Malaysia. Afenginn means intoxication and strength. With high …
Danish Band At Music Festival In Penang Read MoreThe Danish woman, Axelexen Johanne Vinther, who got arrested for an attempt to smuggle more than 10000 headache pills tablets out of Cambodia, is now held in police custody. And …
Danish Woman In Custody Risk Up To 10 Years in Cambodian Prison Read MoreAlleged killer, Finn Paul Nicklos Bernhard Gagneur, who was picked up by the police in a park in HCMC, is already deported back to Finland. Interpol Vietnam Monday arrested a Finnish …
Globally Hunted Finnish Wife-killer Nabbed In Vietnam Read MoreTwo hard-up motorcyclists wanting to buy powder to play with the girls on Wan Lai (water playing day), April 19, 2008, were arrested on April 21, outside the Ambassador Hotel …
Two Thais Confess Robbing A Danish Man Read MoreA new, grandiose holiday resort is about to reach the sky at Jomtien Beach in Thailand. The extraordinary project is called “The Beach” and will consist of two twin towers …
Pure Luxury for Scandinavians Read More60 Acehnese power women, supported by a delegation of their “sisters” from Finland, took part in a seminar on political participation of women in Banda Aceh recently. The project funded …
UNIFEM Finland Supporting The Political Participation Of Women In Aceh Read MoreVietnamese writer Nguyen Ngoc Thuan has won the Swedish Peter Pan Award 2008 for best children’s literature for his story Vua nham mat vua mo cua so (Open the window …
Vietnamese Author Wins Swedish Children’s Literature Award Read MoreA Danish documentary, “And the U.N. Came,” blames U.N. troops for creating the AIDS crisis in Cambodia. The film documents how U.N. soldiers spread the disease by having sex with …
A Danish Documentary Blames U.N. Troops For The AIDS Crisis In Cambodia. Read MoreIn the Philippines they are highly regarded nurses, but in Finland, they are just unskilled workers. Marla Takama started the hard way, once again from zero, and went trough the …
Filipino Nurse Started From Zero In Finland Read MoreMiss Landmine parades beautiful female amputee landmine victims on the catwalk as they compete to win prosthetic limbs. Miss Landmine Angola 2008 was crowned the event’s inaugural winner this month, …
Cambodia Will Play Host To Miss Landmine 2009 Read MoreA Danish man, Kenneth Schou Rodnes, 37, was found dead in his bed Thursday, April 17, 2008 at a resort in Patong Beach Phuket. Police suspect Mr. Rodnes died around 8 pm …
Danish Tourist Dies In Phuket Of Suspected Pain Killer Overdose Read More