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The embassy of Sweden in Singapore announced on 3 June 2020 to get comfortable and ready to celebrate national day together online. The statement said: 3 days to go! Swedish …
Swedish embassy Singapore invites all to celebrate national day together online Read More
The children of Futuraskolan International, which is a Network of several international in the county of Stockholm, are determined to help the poor and vulnerable impacted by the novel coronavirus. …
Children in the Philippines receive help from a Swedish school Read More
Volvo Philippines continues to strengthen its commitment to its valued clients through the Volvo Concierge service. Launched in March 2020, right after the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was announced, Volvo …
Volvo Philippines launched concierge service to assist their clients during pandemic Read More
The KidsRights Foundation has released their survey of children’s rights, covering 182 countries. Scandinavian countries are well-known for ranking high in surveys researching human rights – and this survey is …
Scandinavia and Thailand top children’s rights survey Read More
Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines,H.E. Harald Fries, was the designated representative of Sweden in the first stage of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s 53rd Annual Meeting of the Board of …
Sweden participated in Asian Development Bank’s first virtual conference Read More
Members of Nordic and Swedish Chambers of Commerce in APAC can meet Anna Hallberg, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman of Investor AB in a webinar on …
Anna Hallberg and Jacob Wallenberg on Swedish Trade and Covid-19 Read More
The Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod launched a new large export and investment package on 26 May 2020. The packages aim to assist export businesses effected by the Corona crisis.which, …
Denmark cuts prices to get advice at Embassies Read More
The European Union (EU) will host the first ever “Viva Europa 2020,” a series of online cultural shows. The well known European Film Festival is going online this year, starting …
The EU delegation Philippines announced the first ever online Euro Film Festival Read More
Denmatk, Norway and Sweden are part of a multi national donor group of countries that will resume dispersing relief to people affected by the current eruption of the Taal Vocano …
Scandinavian governments donate relief fund to Taal volcano eruption victims in the Philippines Read More
Wilhelmsen, the Norwegian ship management company announced that they have started supporting a crowdfunding campaign by Mission’s Samaritan’s Fund to support affected seafarers during Covid-19 crisis, on 20 May 2020. …
Wilhelmsen started crowd funding to support seafarers during Covid-19 crisis Read More
The Philippines’s Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) published an official announcement on 15 May 2020. The subject regarding reopening of the Philippine Embassy in Stockholm, after the office was closed …
The Philippines re-open Embassy in Stockholm Read More
The Danish Embassy in Vietnam would like to urge all parents of children with double Danish/Vietnamese citizenship, who are born before 1 September 2015 to contact the embassy for the …
Five-year transition scheme for re-acquisition Danish citizenship expires August 31st 2020 Read More
Each year a member of the Norwegian Royal Family becomes the patron of state television channel NRK’s charity broadcast. Last year, it was Queen Sonja. It’s just been announced on …
King Harald of Norway will participate in NRK’s annual fund raising broadcast for plastic reduction projects in South East Asia Read More
Erik Belfrage, Honorary Consul General for the Philippines in Stockholm, has passed away on 18 April 2020. The staff of the Embassy of Sweden in Manila is deeply saddened by …
Erik Belfrage passed away Read More
The insightful host Ludvig Landgren, VP and Head of Network Applications and Cloud Infrastructure at Ericsson (SEA, Oceania and India), will go through the basics of 5G and why it …
5G insight webminar organized by Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Singapore – deadline today Read More
The Danish and Norwegian embassies in Manila announced in an important message on 8 April 2020 to remaining Scandinavians stranded in the Philippines, thatthere were still seats available on the …
Last Nordic sweeper flight for Scandinavians stranded in Philippines Read More
Scandasia is monitoring daily updates in Asia / South East Asia to make sure we serve the latest update on the region to our readers. Here’s the latest information from …
ASEAN update on restrictions to combat Covid-19 Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Manila announced a closure for national holidays on 6 April 2020. “The Embassy will be closed on the following days: 9 April 2020 – Day …
Embassy of Sweden Manila will be closed on 9-10 April 2020 Read More
Asian countries are more scared to contract the novel coronavirus than Scandinavian countries, according to a new survey from YouGov based on the percentage of 27,000 participants from 26 countries …
Asian countries rank high in new corona-fear survey Read More
The Norwegian Embassy in Manila has sent out an important message to Norwegian travelers possibly stranded in the Phillipines due to flights cancellations and border restrictions in various destinations, on …
Norwegian embassy Manila provide contact information to assist stranded travelers Read More
Laos Immigration Department announced that foreigners and stateless people who can not leave Laos due to temporary closure of all borders, are able to request visa extensions,on 25 March 2020. …
Stranded travelers in Laos can apply for stay-permits Read More
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia published an official regulations statement regarding Covid-19 situation on 27 March 2020. The Royal Government of Cambodia is monitoring Covid-19 …
Cambodia suspends tourist visa from 30 March 2020 Read More
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) is streamlining its operations concentrating remaining flights within only one terminal. Beginning on 28 March 2020,12:01AM, the following airlines will be operating to and from …
Flights advisary for travellers in Philippines Read More
The current outbreak of the novel coronavirus makes it problematic for Danes on vacation in the Philippines to return home to Denmark, according to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
Denmark to send emergency planes to return Danes in the Philippines Read More
The annual World Happiness Report was released 20 March 2020. The report revealed an interesting shift in the rankings of the happiness of the countries of the world. The Scandinavian …
Ups and downs: Scandinavian and Asian countries fall and rise in World Happiness Ranking Read More
Denmark and Sweden are neighbors but have taken very different measures to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. While the Danish Government has implemented a lock-down of the country …
Denmark and Sweden: Very different Covid reactions Read More
The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte announced the latest regulations regarding Covid-19 at a press conference in Manila on 13 March 2020. “Land domestic air and domestic sea travel to and …
President Duterte announced lock down regulations regarding Covid-19 Read More
Thai government announced the latest policies regarding the Coronavirus – Covid 19 situation in Thailand, at the government house, on 12 March 2020. An hour long press conference gave insight …
Thai government announced new travel policy regarding COVID19 Read More
Check later news here: https://scandasia.com/all-travellers-to-thailand-must-have-visa-obtained-in-advance-health-certificate-and-additional-insurance/ Travelers who come to Scandinavia won’t be met with screenings and temperature-checks in the airport, according to the National Health Agencies of Finland, Denmark, Sweden …
Travelling to and from Scandinavia during corona-chaos: what to expect and do Read More
The Danish, Swedish and Norwegian official travel advice to their citizens is to “be cautious” when travelling to countries in Asia in order not to get infected by the corona …
Coronavirus: Scandinavians in Asia urged to “be cautious” Read More
The Swedish Ambassador Harald Fries joined the Women2020 Summit in Samsung Hall at SM Aura Manila, an event celebrating International Women’s Day, on 5 March 2020. His Excellency shared the …
Embassy of Sweden in Manila co-host Women2020 summit Read More
Finland is aiming at becoming a global circular economy (CE) leader by 2025. As a country it came up with its first CE roadmap in 2016, with the leadership of …
Kari Herlevi – Finnish Circular Economy expert shares insights Read More
The renowned saxophonist from Sweden Anders Paulsson has written and donated a song “The Eyes of All Future Generation Are on Us” to the Filipino environmental group ‘the Philippine Reef …
Swedish saxophonist Anders Paulsson donates song to environmental group in the Philippines Read More
The European commission has developed a comprehensive set of laws that govern the authorization of Novel Foods. Novel Foods are defined as those which have not been consumed to any …
EU to train non-EU countries how to introduce “novel foods” in EU Read More
The audit authority of the Kingdom of Sweden has agreed to collaborate with several corresponding authorities from ten Southeast Asian countries through the organization ASEANSAI, reports the Swedish audit authority …
Swedish authorities to assist ASEAN within auditing Read More
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, recently launched the Nokia 2.3 in the Philippines. The Espoo, Finland-based HMD Global Oy is the new home of Nokia phones and tablets. …
Nokia 2.3 latest price updated in the Philippines Read More
A report by The Statistics of Greenland shows that foreigners are a major reason to the population increase in Greenland – in fact the reports shows a 12 % increase …
Thais and Filipinos are increasing the population of Greenland Read More
In October 2019 IKEA Philippines reported the opening of the first IKEA in the Philippines to be initially “by the end of 2020”. But IKEA enthusiast in the Philippines will …
IKEA delays the opening of the first IKEA in the Philippines to 2021 Read More
Norway is a consistent partner for peace efforts in the Philippines. Norway’s Ambassador to the Philippines Bjørn Jahnsen recently visited the provinces of Sulu and Basilan to support a project …
Norway promoting peace in the Sulu Archipelago Read More
The Provincial Board of Cebu authorized on 10 February 2020 an international internship program between Denmark and the Philippines. The program details that government-run hospitals in the province of Cebu …
Danish nursing students to take internships at Cebu provincial hospitals Read More
Team Sweden in South East Asia has decided to cancel the “Sweden-Southeast Asia Business Summit” scheduled to be held in Singapore on February 13-14, 2020. The reason is the corona …
Sweden-Southeastasia Summit Cancelled Read More
In January 2020, volcano Taal in the Philippines spewed out ashes on the surrounding areas. In the meantime, in the city of Manilla, some 50 kilometers further, the Internet of …
Swedish IoT innovation withstands Taal vocano eruption in the Phillippines Read More
Various airlines around the world are shifting their change and cancellation policy during the epidemic situation of Coronavirus. Beijing and Shanghai are among the most affected cities, and some airlines …
South east asian airlines announce new policies on Corona virus Read More
New EU rules on short-stay visas to the EU – Schengen area came into effect the 2 February 2020. The intention is to make it easier for legitimate travellers to …
New rules for Schengen Visa now active Read More
Swedish ambassador H.E. Harald Fries recently paid a courtesy call to Mayor Vico Sotto of Pasig city in Philippines on 22nd January 2020. They discussed challenges in Pasig regarding health …
Swedish ambassador discussed challenges of Pasig city Read More
The Philippines’ trade secretary urged Nokia to assist its soon-to-be unemployed workers in finding jobs at other companies on 23rd January 2020. A week earlier, the company announced that it …
Nokia is closing R&D center in Phillippines Read More
This summer, Swedish fashion brand Monki will enter the Philippine fashion scene with its creative collections, strong brand values and inspiring store concept described as “Scandi-cool-meets-Asian-street-style.” ”Monki’s mission is to empower …
H&M News: Monki brand to open stores in Manila Read More
Taal Volcano in Batangas province south of Manila that draws tourists for its picturesque setting in a lake erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam on 12th January …
Philippines volcano eruption: Airports suspend flight operations Read MoreIf you’re planning on backpacking around Asia or visiting one of it’s stunning cities on holiday, cost is likely to be a factor in deciding where to go. To help …
Cheapest cities for backpacking in 2020 Read More
The Embassy of Sweden, led by Ambassador Harald Fries, hosted a Swedish Business Breakfast Meeting on 27th December 2019. The successful meeting aimed to be a gathering of leaders of …
Swedish embassy in Manila hosted breakfast meeting to share experience of working in Philippines Read More