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Sunday 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 MoreSwedish executive Jonas Engwall has been named the new CEO of RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network, the recently formed joint venture between CBS Studios International and pan-European broadcaster RTL targeting …
Swedish Jonas Engwall to launch RTL CBS in Asia Read More
Annually The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies invites applications for the Snorry Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships. The Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars (not to university students) in …
Apply for the Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships now Read More
A Philippine household staff at the Norwegian Ambassador’s residence in Bern, Switzerland was given royal recognition for rendering thirty years of loyal service, the Philippine Embassy in Switzerland said on …
Philippine household worker awarded Norwegian service medal Read More
The Norwegian company Ragasco has been invited to put up a new factory in the Philippines, its local partner says. The world’s leading producer of composite liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) …
Norway’s Ragasco may put up manufacturing plant in Philippines Read More
An association of fishermen in the Philippines on Monday urged the Danish construction firm Ramboll to stop pursuing a reclamation project in Cavite City for the construction of an international …
Philippine group tells Ramboll to back off on reclamation project Read More
On a scale from 1 to 30 – who are the most rude people in the world? Skyscanner, an international travel site, ranks French, Rusians and British people as the top …
Danes are more polite than Norwegians Read More
Finnish phone maker Nokia in the Philippines announced on Thursday the local launch of its newest flagship device, the Nokia Lumia 925. The Lumia 925 is a thinner, lighter, and …
Nokia Lumia 925 launched in the Philippines Read More
Norwegian Cruise Line has donated $10,000 USD to the Virlanie Foundation in Manila, the Philippines. The Virlanie Foundation is dedicated to rescuing street children in Manila, by providing shelter, food, …
Norwegian donates to Manila street kids Read More
The Danish Government has requested Danes Worldwide – the association of Danes living abroad – to comment on a planned new law on citizenship. In the draft of the new …
Danes Worldwide comments on new citizen law Read More
Immigrants make up 12 percent of the population – 593,000 people according to the annual report of Statistics Norway (SSB). If you include children of immigrants born in Norway, the number is …
Immigrants and their children now 14 pct. of Norway’s population Read More
FLSmidth, a Danish industrial conglomerate, has settled out of court a civil lawsuit in the Philippines by accepting to be paid $415,000 in compensation for damages. The agreement was signed on …
FLSmidth wins Philippine law suit Read More
Patrik Brummer, founder and chairman of the Swedish hedge fund Brummer & Partners, expressed his faith in the Philippine economy over the next decade when he on 9 July introduced …
Swedish faith in the Philippine economy Read More
Alex and Daniel Ytterdahl are half Filipino, half Norwegian. They grew up in Norway, but their mother is from the Philippines. Now, the two have released a music album together …
Fil-Norwegian brothers release music album Read More
Blims Fine Furniture, a maker of stylish furniture in the Philippines, is seeking partnership with leading Swedish retailer Ikea following reports that the company plans to expand operations in the …
Filipino Blims Fine Furniture seeks partnership with Ikea Read MoreSwedish fund manager Brummer & Partners is establishing a $120 million private equity fund dedicated for the Philippine market. Brummer & Partners chairman and founder Patrik Brummer told reporters …
Swedish fund ready with $120 million for the Philippines Read More
Philippine police are filing charges against a 22-year-old waiter accused of raping a 15-year-old Norwegian tourist at the beach resort he works at. Senior Inspector Ryan Retutar says the suspect …
Waiter at Philippine beach resort suspected of raping 15-year-old Norwegian girl Read MoreThe Danish shuttler Peter Gade, the former world No. 1, was in Manila on June 28-30 to grace the FDG Cup where he played in an exhibition match against Lee Chong Wei …
Danish Peter Gade played exhibition match in Manila Read MoreNorway has established a US$7 million Norwegian ASEAN Regional Initiatives Fund (NARIF) to boost its engagement with the 10-member regional grouping, the ASEAN Secretariat announced on Friday. According to Norwegian …
Norway establishes fund for ASEAN Read MoreThe public prosecutor has decided not to press charges of trafficking in a case where the Oslo University Hospital is accused of having exploited three Filipino workers. The attorneys of …
Filipino trafficking charges against Norwegian hospital dropped Read MoreWhat ever became of the millions, which the woman behind Denmark’s biggest case of human smuggling, made on smuggling 493 men and women from the Philippines into Europe? That question …
Danish authorities give up search for human smuggling fortune in Philippines Read MoreThe Swedish-made supersonic Gripen plane is emerging as the fighter aircraft being considered by the Philippine Air Force for its long-overdue modernization program. A random interview conducted by the Philippines …
Filipino pilots eye Swedish Gripen fighter jet Read MoreSonion Philippines Inc., a unit of Denmark’s Sonion, is investing $30 million to expand its operations and hire more employees in the Philippines. Sonion Philippines general director Niels Ole Jeppesen …
Danish hearing aid manufacturer to hire 800 Filipinos by end of 2014 Read More
An appeals court in the Philippines has rejected an appeal by Swedes Stefan Sederholm, 33, and Andrew Solemo, 37, with a request for a new trial. They are now left …
Swedes sentenced to life in prison for Filipino cyber-brothel Read More