Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
The 20 nurses recruited from the Philippines by the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa will arrive there today, reports Helsingin Sanomat. The long-awaited group of 20 Filipino nurses is …
Long-Waited Filipino Nurses to Finland Read MorePrivate Banking with a Danish bank gives a kind of a “home field” advantage if you are Danish, says Alex Slot Hansen, Vice President for Private Banking.“When banking with us, …
Private Banking with “Home Field” Advantage Read MoreA delegation from the United States, Europe and Asia will watch the Philippines’ first automated elections in May and report their findings to the United Nations and other international bodies, …
Six Scandinavians to Observe the Philippine Election in May Read MoreWhen the Norwegian batchelor Erik Esdaile finished his studies in Australia, he decided to see a bit of Asia before returning to Norway. In the Philippines, he met the love …
Love and Immigration – in the Fast Lane Read MoreText Edison Ong, Manilla BulletinWhere the wind blows, money flows. Vestas Wind Systems, a leading supplier of wind power solutions in the world, has looked to the East where business opportunities …
Vestas Opens Manila IT Hub to Support Global Operations Read MoreDanish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck is planning to aim at the Asian markets in future as Lundbeck predicts big decline in sales in Europe and the US according to Euroinvestor. Asia …
Lundbeck Dreams of Further Expansion in Asia Read MoreWhite sandy beaches, lots of sun, palm trees, spicy food, and polite and smiling people is maybe what you normally link with Thailand. But according to the Terrorism Risk Index …
Thailand 9th Most Dangerous Country in The World Read MoreAccording to new research from Center Against Human Trafficking in the Danish Service Agency (Servicestyrelsen) – Many of the Filipino au pairs who live and work in Danish families have …
Filipino Au Pairs in Denmark Are Forced to “Black Work” Read MoreThe French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis has entered 2010 with a new and aggressive pricing strategy for a number of countries in Southeast Asia and Novo Nordisk will inevitably be affected …
Novo Nordisk Threatened in Southeast Asia Read MoreAccording to Global Nation today, a Filipino Roam Catholic cleric has the distinct honour of heading a Swedish parish. The ceremonial investiture of Baldostamon was officiated by Monsignor Mirojan Dudek …
Filipino is Parish Priest in Sweden Read MoreA Swedish citizen is fighting for his life after being assaulted by two security guards at a nightclub in Angeles City in the Philippines. The 51-year-old from western Sweden is …
Swede in coma after Philippines attack Read MoreFrom New Year the entire Maersk Ship Management headquarters will be located in Singapore. This has meant a farewell to 80 people at the oil and shipping giant’s headquarters in …
Maersk Moves Ship Management Headquarters Singapore Read MoreA brand new website www.Workinginsweden.se aims to guide and inform anyone who is interested in moving to Sweden for work. The site mainly targets people from outside the EU, because …
New Website to Attract Workers to Sweden Read MoreLukas Hasselgren, a 37 year old Swedish, was arrested on December 8 in Manila for his suspected involvement in robbing a Danish bank of more than US$ 10 million in …
Swede Arrested for Big Robbery in Denmark Read MoreFinnish nationals will no longer need to apply for visa before visiting India, a move which India hopes will generate more tourist arrivals. Initially, only citizens of Singapore, New Zealand, …
Finnish Visitors to India Don’t Need to Apply for Visa Read MoreBy Tobias Jagd After three years of searching, and many more of planning, the Singapore based company Ikano has finally found the right spot for the first Thai IKEA. …
IKEA Will Finally Open in Thailand Read MoreThe president of Maersk Shipping Lines is set to arrive Monday to meet up with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Davao City Police Office (DCPO). This after 16 kilos …
Maersk Top Executive to Arrive in Davao After 16 kilos of High-grade Cocaine From Malaysia Was Discovered Read MoreIn anticipation of a new report (“Collateral Damage: How the Bogus Campaign Against Palm Oil Harms the Poor”) scheduled for release at the UN climate change negotiations this week, Alan …
Bogus Anti-Palm Oil Campaigns Fuel Poverty Read MoreBy Urban JendelidSwedish citizens living abroad pay a special tax called “SINK-skatt” which is 25 percent on their income. A fast growing number of these Swedes find this tax unfair, out …
Swedes Living Abroad Protest Read MoreFirst a typhoon hit the Philippines and Vietnam, then a tsunami hit Samoa and Tonga, and now an earthquake has hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra.While the number of deaths and injuries rise, …
Danish Red Cross Overloaded by Natural Disasters in Asia Read MoreStarting with September 26, 2009, SMART subscribers have the opportunity to choose a special data plan that will enable them to benefit from the easy-to-use messaging service, softpedia.com reports. The …
Nokia Messaging Goes to the Philippines via SMART Read MoreThe Nordic police in South East Asia cover crime areas such as drugs, financial crimes, human trafficking and sexual abuse against children. According to police officer Annethe, who deals a lot with …
Fighting Crime in South East Asia Read MoreTorvald Klaveness Group (TKG) expands its fleet on expectations that the world economy to recover. Hundreds of more Filipino seafarers will be needed, businessmirror.com.ph reports. Chairman Tom Erik Klaveness said …
Norwegian Shipping Firm Hires Hundreds of Filipino Seafarers Read MoreA study conducted by an environmental organization in Sweden revealed that some branded flip-flops, sandals, clogs and other plastic shoes manufactured or sold in seven countries, including the Philippines, have …
Swedes Find Toxic Sandals in the Philippines Read MoreZenaida Aglipay, a Filipino who lives in Vantaa, just north of Helsinki, has worked in Finland for a couple of years. Every month she sends money home to her mother. …
Immigrants Hit Hard by Downturn Read MoreDABGO is an online networking targeting specifically Danish business people all over the world. In Singapore, there are currently 80 members, In Vietnam 29 and in Thailand 27 members.Jesper Løvendahl, …
DABGO Coming to Asia? Read MoreA lot of poor people in the Philippines might need help with their teeth. Help from people like Maria Adamsen and Ann Kristine Hostrup-Henriksen, who over the summer, through the …
Danish Dentists Pulled Out Filipino Teeth Read MoreAfter four years of stagnation in negotiations the official Philippines again meet with Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New Peoples Army (NPA). This time …
Filipino Peace in Norwegian Hands Read MorePhilippine Ambassador to Sweden Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson has hosted a cocktail reception for the 20 Filipino employees hired by Ericsson in its global headquarters in Stockholm at the Embassy …
Ericsson employs 20 Filipinos in Stockholm Read MoreThe European Union met with nations of the Asia-Pacific to discuss security policy in the region at the ASEAN regional forum on July 22-23 in Phuket, Thailand. On the agenda …
EU at ASEAN regional forum in Phuket Read MoreTwo soldiers and a village official were slain by communist insurgents in the southern Philippines Wednesday, the military said, just as the rebels prepared to resume peace talks with the …
New killings in Compostela just before Norwegian peace talk Read MoreThe small university in the third biggest city of Denmark is among the few European Universities, who now will receive EU-support on around three million Euros to their Erasmus Mundus …
Aalborg University joins Erasmus exchange program with Asia Read MoreThree Filipino youth won the Norwegian-sponsored World Bank’s 2009 International Essay Competition with their essay, video and photograph entries, besting more than 2,000 submissions from over 150 countries, 90 percent …
Filipinos win Norwegian-sponsored essay contest Read MoreThe European Commission has allocated €3 million in humanitarian aid to assist the most vulnerable people affected by the conflict between the Philippines’ armed forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation …
European Commission provides €3 million in humanitarian aid in Mindanao Read MoreA 51-year-old Norwegian national died early Monday after he was stabbed by one of four persons who claimed they were taken hostage by the foreigner inside the latter’s house in …
Norwegian stabbed dead by in Cebu town Read MoreAccording to Phillippine authorities Norway has declared itself open to Filipino professionals from the fields of engineering and information technology seeking to land a job there, Department of Labor and …
Norway opens for skilled Filipino workers Read MorePhilippine mango rum and the “kornik” corn snack were recently introducedto in Norway at a reception celebrating the Philippine Independence Day in Norway when the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) …
Philippine Mango Rum Enters the Norwegian Market Read MoreImprovements are needed for Denmark to be perceived as a forthcoming and advanced tourist destination, writes Lars Bernhard Jørgensen, Managing Director of Wonderful Copenhagen, the official tourism and congress organization …
Danish Tourism Organization: “Visa Improvements Needed” Read MoreA twenty-one-year old Philippine woman, who worked as an au pair for a Norwegian family has been found drowned in a swimming pool at a villa near Chateauneuf in southern …
Philippine au-pair drowned in her Norwegian employer’s pool Read MoreAccording to Nokia The Philippines a one big nation of good custumers. The country is now ranking the fifth-largest user of mobile e-mail in the world, according to a study made …
Nokia: Philippines among the world’s biggest users in mobile e-mail usage Read MoreThe Philippines will be sending 336 Filipino peacekeepers to join the United Nation (UN) Peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights in Syria this September, the largest group to be sent …
Philippine observers join Danish, Finnish, Swedish UN forces in Golan Height Read MoreIllicit financial flows hamper development in poor countries. A government-appointed commission proposes a number of measures to reduce the adverse effects of tax havens. The Commission on Capital Flight from …
Solheim will fight tax havens to help developing countries Read MoreSida and The Program on Humanitaran Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University (HPCR) has presented new platform for the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA).According to Sida’s homepage, …
SIDA releases new platform for conflict and humanitarian work Read MoreThe Philippines had the biggest number of internally displaced people in 2008, the Oslo-based Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in its 2009 report that war evacuees in the Philippines were …
Norwegian report: The Philippines had the most war evacuees in 2008 Read MoreNokia, the world’s biggest phone maker has stated, that thau intends to stay ahead of its rivals in Asia with a new range of handsets aimed at the region’s increasingly …
Nokia eyes Asia’s untapped markets Read MoreJesus Nicanor “Nicky” Perlas III, a known activist-environmentalist presented himself on as an aspirant for the presidency in the 2010 elections, saying the current crop of contenders lacked the qualifications …
Philippine recipient of the Swedish Parliament award now run for president Read MoreThere is a growing consensus that the worst is over for Asia and the rest of the world, but many risks remain, said leaders at the 18th World Economic Forum …
WEForum: Worst of economic crisis over, but Asia still facing risks Read MoreMuch of the artificial light in the rural Philippine area of Barangay Bunog comes from a solar-powered battery system financed by ADB through the Danish Cooperation Fund for Renewable Energy …
Denmark supports solar-powered energy in the rural areas in the Philippines Read MoreAccording to Mandanao Daily Mirror depression drove a Swedish citizen to hang himself in the compound of a Filipino woman’s house in Maramag town in Bukidnon province. Police investigator SPO4 …
Swede commits suicide in Bukidnon Read MoreA delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway visited the ASEAN Secretariat on 4 June 2009. Led by the Director General covering Asia and Oceania, Mrs. Aud Marit …
Norwegian delegation discuss cooperation with ASEAN Read More