Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
KONE, a Finnish elevator and escalator manufacturer, will supply 162 elevators and escalators to enable smooth people flow at the Manila Bay Resorts complex, a new casino, hotel and retail …
Philippine resort orders over 100 KONE lifts, escalators Read More
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf will visit Tacloban City, one of the areas hit hardest by super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), on 26 January 2014 to assess the damage caused by …
Swedish King to visit Philippines typhoon-ravaged areas Read More
Danish Foreign Minister Holger K Nielsen was quoted by Copenhagen Post on 16 Jan 2014 the embassies in Switzerland, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Slovakia will be closed down. The ministry …
Denmark’s diplomatic mission reshuffles driven by trade Read More
Denmark is reopening its embassy in the Philippines in August after more than a decade of absence in the country. Malaysia-based Danish envoy Nicolai Ruge, Copenhagen’s non-resident ambassador to the …
Denmark to reopen embassy in Philippines in August Read MoreAn uninsured Danish man, seriously injured in a motorbike crash, has been stranded in a Philippine hospital since August last year because his family could not afford the accumulated medical …
Uninsured Danish patient stranded in Philippines Read More
With a sharp drop in number of non-EU students coming to Sweden since tuition fees were introduced, industry and university heads argue that the only way Sweden can compete internationally …
Sweden needs foreign students to stay competitive Read More
Norgesskolen is an opportunity for children ages 9 to 18 from around the world to live in Norway for three weeks, between July 13th and August 1st. Students will receive …
Learn Norwegian language, culture in Norway Read MoreNorwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende distributes rice seedlings to 1914 typhoon affected farmers on January 8, in three districts in Basey, Samar in the Philippines, the Philippine Information Agency reported. …
Norway distributes rice seedlings to Philippine Farmers Read MoreNorwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende says his country will continue brokering peace talks between the Philippine government and communist insurgents despite the rebels’ withdrawal from negotiations. Source: Taiwan News
Norway to help Philippines in talks with rebels Read More
NORWEGIAN Foreign Minister Borge Brende on Thursday said Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, the largest in the world at $850 billion, has invested more than $500 million (P23.385 billion in the …
Norway invests over USD500 million PH stocks, equities Read More
Over 14 million people were affected by the typhoon in the Philippines. “The Philippines is now in the middle of a critical process of reconstruction. Unfortunately only around 40 % …
Norway raises Philippine aid by NOK50 million Read More
Interaksyon.com reported on 7 Jan 2014 that Jotun, Norway’s leading producer of paints, coatings and powder coatings is setting up a factory in the Philippines. Michael Thorup Kruse, Jotun (Philippines) …
Jotun to set up paint factory in Philippines Read More
Norway’s Foreign Minister Børge Brende confirmed on 7 January 2014 that the Norwegian government would help in the reconstruction effort in Tacloban City and other areas devastated by supertyphoon “Yolanda.” …
Norway committed to rebuild Philippines typhoon-hit communities Read More
The Swedish author of the trilogy with focus on the topic of human trafficking in Southeast Asia has launched a new effort to promote donations directly to selected NGO’s doing …
Trafficking Author Initiates Campaign Read More
Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende planned a visit 7-9 January to the areas worst hit by Supertyphoon “Yolanda,” according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the …
Norwegian FM to inspect ‘Yolanda’ rehab effort Read More
The call for the Swedish Institute Study Scholarships for the academic year of 2014/2015 is now open. The application period is 3-11 February 2014. Information about the procedure and eligibility …
Study in Sweden: Apply for scholarships! Read More
13 December is Lucia Day, celebrated around Denmark in nursing homes and hospitals as well as in many schools and day-care institutions. A small group, comprising mostly girls, processes along …
Swedes, Danes celebrate Lucia Day Read MoreOn the occassion of last months devasteting typhoon in the Philippines the Swedish DJ Otto Knows has chosen to donate his salary from a performance in Manila on December 14 …
Swedish DJ donates to UNICEF and Filippino typhoon victims Read More
Much of Tacloban city in the central Philippines is still littered with debris, weeks after a super typhoon. A welcome addition to the clearing effort is this unmanned aerial vehicle, …
Danish firm launches ‘good drones’ in Philippines typhoon cleanup Read MoreSWEDISH ENGINEERING group Sandvik recently inked a deal with Inframachineries, a leading Filipino provider of construction tools and equipment. The brand will be the exclusive distributor of Sandvik’s mobile crushers. …
Sweden’s Sandvik enters Philippines market Read MoreJanitor gifts fortune to ‘coloured kids in need’ Despite their meagre salaries, a janitor and his wife, who worked in a Swedish school kitchen, left 2.5 million kronor ($380,000) in …
Swedish janitor gifts fortune to ‘coloured kids in need’ Read MoreDanish Pharmaceutical Novo Nordisk’s headquarters in Denmark, together with Southeast Asian countries Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines and Australia, donated a collective amount of 650,000 Danish kroner or an equivalent …
Novo Nordisk donates $100,000 for typhoon victims Read MoreFinnair’s traditional Change for Good collection in cooperation with UNICEF is once again being carrying out over the holiday period on international flights. This year the collection target is the …
Finnair, UNICEF jointly support education in Asia Read MoreSunday night defied big and small in Oslo winter cold to show their sympathy for typhoon victims in the Philippines. Torchlight procession, with Culture Minister Thorhild Widwey (H) in the …
Oslovians show solidarity with Philippines Read MoreOn November 20, Ambassador Klas Molin together with parts of the Swedish support team went to Ormoc and Tacloban with a Swedish Hercules Plane. Three Norwegian aid workers accompanied him …
Swedish envoy on typhoon relief mission Read More
MANILLA BULLETIN – An estranged wife of a Norwegian who survived the wrath of Typhoon Yolanda but lost two of their three children when the super howler battered Tacloban City …
Norwegian housewife still in trauma after losing 2 children at the height of ‘Yolanda’ Read MoreUPDATE: All missing Danes now accounted for in the Philippines The Foreign Ministry has reason to believe that the remaining missing three Danes are on three separate islands UPDATE, 12:31: …
All missing Danes found in typhoon-ravaged Philippines Read MoreThe Norwegian Government has granted another NOK 140 million in emergency aid to the Philippines. This brings Norway’s total contributions to the storm victims to NOK 205 million. – The …
Norway pours another NOK140 million into Philippine relief Read More
For Norwegian insurance companies, 2013 has been a year of record high payouts as the result of huge numbers of sickness claims by travelling Norwegians. Never before have so many …
Travelling Norwegians’ sickness claims hit record high Read More
The Danish community in Singapore joint their forces to help the victims of the devastation in the Central Philippines. They have created the aid group “Let’s make a difference” with …
Denmark in Singapore will make a difference in the Philippines Read MoreThe outpouring of international aid to the Philippines makes China’s contribution for typhoon relief look like a trickle: even Swedish furniture chain IKEA and beverage giant Coca-Cola have done more …
IKEA outdoes China in Philippines relief Read More
Finland has sent three disaster relief experts to Tacloban, the Filipino city that was worst-hit by Typhoon Haiyan. The Interior Ministry says that it has sent three relief workers to …
Finland sends aid to Philippines Read More
While most of the Danes on the list of those registered as living in the Philippines have been accounted for following the weekend’s super storm, Typhoon Haiyan, 16 have not …
Search continues for missing Danes in the Philippines Read More
As many as 20 Swedes are feared missing in the Philippines in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan, which is estimated to have killed up to …
Swedes feared missing after Philippines typhoon Read MoreNorway Gives 20 million NOK Humanitarian Aid to the Philippines Norway provides NOK 20 million in immediate humanitarian assistance to the Philippines, hit by a devastating typhoon. -I want to …
Norway gives NOK20-million aid to Philippines Read MoreThe Interior Ministry says that it has sent three relief workers to the disaster zone in Tacloban. They travelled with fellow experts from Denmark and Luxembourg. The Finnish team will …
Finnish disaster relief workers in storm-ravaged Philippines Read More
Super Typhoon Haiyan that hit Philippines with a devastating fury on Friday may have left more than 10,000 deaths in its wake while hundreds of thousands of survivors were made …
Scandinavians still missing after Philippine typhoon Read MoreNorway is morally obligated to help the typhoon victims in the Philippines, said Foreign Minister Brende. – We are following the situation very closely. It’s great compassion here, says Brende …
Norway to help typhoon victims in Philippines Read More
By Amy R. Remo A paint manufacturer from Norway is now firming up plans to put up a manufacturing facility in the Philippines, barely a month after the Philippine Economic Zone …
Norway firm to put up paint facility in PH Read MoreOn Wednesday October 23 Ambassador Klas Molin met Joseph Abaya, Secretary of the Philippine Department of Transportation and Communications. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss bilateral cooperation in the …
Sweden, Philippines discuss urban transport Read MoreThe Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok this month committed SEK 7 million for a second phase of the Southeast Asia Press Alliance (SEAPA), with the grant cycle from 2013-2016. It …
Sweden commits SEK 7 Million to SE Asia press freedom Read More
Everyone born in the years 1995–1998 from anywhere in the world may apply for the 2014 Millennium Youth Camp through online service. The application process is two-phased. Application for the …
Application for Finland’s 2014 Millennium Youth Camp is open! Read More
Raisio has taken its Benecol brand into another Asian market, with the launch of a range of smoothies in the Philippines, just-food.com reported. The Finland-based food group has teamed up …
Finnish Raisio launches Benecol in Philippines Read More
More European firms have expressed keen interest in locking in their Philippine investments, given the local economy’s robust growth, improvement in governance and the availability of young, skilled workforce in …
Scandinavian firms keen on setting up shop in The Philippines Read More
Hennes & Mauritz AB of Sweden, the world’s second-biggest retailer, has firmed up plans to enter the Philippine retail market on its own to introduce the Swedish apparel brand in …
H&M firms up plans in The Philippines Read More
A couple in Oslo has been accused of having abused two Filipino women and forcing them to work up to 14 hours a day. After the work in the house …
Norwegian couple abuses au-pair women Read More
C. Ponciano Manalo Jr. , Undersecretary for Trade and Investment Promotion in the Philippines is visiting Sweden on the invitation of MultiMind, a Swedish company established in the Philippines in the spring …
Philippines’ Government Official visiting Sweden Read More
A film project from the Philippines has been selected to participate in the Sørfond Pitching Forum in Oslo in October, the Norwegian Embassy reported. Director Sheron Dayoc hopes to partner …
Filipino filmmaker seeks Norwegian partnership Read More
A seminar entitled “The Philippines – Your Investment Partner in Asia: Opportunities for Danish Investors in Philippine Economic Zones” will be held in Copenhagen on Wednesday 9 October. The seminar …
Join a Copenhagen seminar on business opportunities in the Philippines Read More
The Embassy of the Philippines in Oslo will conduct a Consular Outreach Program in Copenhagen, Denmark next weekend on 28-29 September 2013. The outreach days take place at Vibenhus Skole, …
Embassy reaches out to Filipino community in Denmark Read More