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The mobile phone market in the Philippines is expected to grow below 10 percent in 2008, the first time it will drop from double digit in nearly a decade, because …
Philippines’ Mobile Phone Growth to Slow Down Next Year Read MorePhilippines’s SMART Communications inc. said it has tied up with foreign telecom firms which include Maritime Communications Partner (MCP) from Norway to offer mobile roaming connectivity on board cruise ships and luxury …
Norwegian Telecom Firm Joined with Philippines’s SMART to Provide Mobile Roaming on Cruise Ships Read MoreIn Bohol, at least a thousand voices thousand echoed inside the Bohol Cultural Center on October 16, 2007 while Swedish ambassador to the Philippines Inger Ultvedt and representatives from international and national …
Swedish Ambassador Witnessed Bohol Poverty Fair in the Philippines Read More“In this business you need a big amount of patience” says the brain behind Telenor’s movement in Asia, Arve Johansen, Senior Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of …
Telenor to Set More Footprints in Asia Read MoreHelsinki-based Finnair announced plans to expand its coverage to Asian destinations, citing booming demand that has brought the airline’s weekly Asian flights to fifty-nine, from nine in the year 2001.The …
Finnair’s New Asian Flights Read MoreTelenor’s DiGi and Citibank have activated DiGiREMIT on October 10, 2007 to facilitate secure transfer of money from Malaysia to Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines via SMS.DiGiREMIT is designed to …
DiGiREMIT Enables Money Transfer Using Mobile Phone Read MoreSN Aboitiz Power Inc., a joint venture of the Philippines’s Aboitiz Power Corp. and Norway’s SN Power, has gotten a $380-million loan to help finance the balance of the $530-million …
A Joint Venture Power Plant of the Philippines and Norway Gets Financial Boost Read MoreNokia Corp. plans to use Intel Corp. chips in tablet-style devices that will communicate using a technology known as WIMAX. The companies also agreed to engage in testing to ensure …
Nokia To Use Intel’s Chips in 2008 Read MoreSwedish electronics manufacturer NOTE AB announced on September 24, 2007 that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Philippines-based manufacturer Ionics EMS. As part of the agreement NOTE …
Swedish Electronics Manufacturer to Cooperate With Philippines-Based Manufacturer Read MoreThe Children ombudsman in Sweden and Sida are arranging a course in children’s rights from October first to October 19th for Asian participants. The topics will be HIV/Aids, children in …
Course in Children’s Rights for Asians in Stockholm Read MoreFrom conservation of wildlife and the rainforest on Borneo, Danish WWF representative Lene Topp is turning the attention towards the sea. Meeting WWF Verdensnaturfonden’s (the Danish division of World …
Whale Sharks Protected and Local People Supported in Southeast Asia Thanks to WWF Denmark Read MoreThe National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has sought the assistance of the Norwegian government to recover all items that were confiscated by the Dutch police during the raid …
National Democratic Front of the Philippines Seeks Help from the Norwegian Government Read MoreSwedish electronics manufacturer NOTE AB announced on September 24, 2007 that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Philippines-based manufacturer Ionics EMS. As part of the agreement NOTE will acquire …
Swedish Electronics Manufacturer to Cooperate with the Philippines-based Manufacturer Ionics EMS Read MoreIf you were walking down the street in Vejle in Denmark Friday afternoon you would have met a group of living strange gold and silver coloured man sized figures wearing …
Danish High School Students Collect Money for Street Children in the Philippines Read MoreDance athletes from Finland, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam are expected to troop to the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel grand ballroom on September 22, 2007 as the second International Dancesport …
Dance Athletes Troop to Philippine Read MoreThe Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to replace the duty phone outside working hours for all Danish Embassies by a centralized 24/7 call centre in the Consular Department …
24/7 Call Centre for All Danish Embassies Read MorePhilippine Ambassador Maria Zenaida Angara Collinson said President Halonen wanted to visit Philippines after she presented her credentials in Helsinki last August 30. President Arroyo is the first Philippine President …
Finnish President Plans to visit the Philippines Read MoreAn international company of Danish origin, A P Moller Maersk, has appointed Jesper Praestensgaard as chief executive for Maersk in Southeast Asia where he will implement and execute the global …
Maersk’s New Chief Executive for Southeast Asia Read MoreA Danish agribusiness firm, SKOV A/S, is seeking market opportunities in the Philippines and Asia. It is joining Agrilink, Foodlink and Aqualink 2007 which will be staged at the World …
Danish Agribusiness Firm to Showcase at Agrilink 2007 in Philippines Read MoreFinnish companies which are Esperi Care, which specialises in care for the elderly, Opteam, a personnel services and recruiting firm, and Amiedu, a vocational adult education company, have begun hiring …
Finnish Firms Recruiting Nurses from the Philippines Read MoreDenmark-based conglomerate A.P.Moller-Maersk has outsourced the development of e-learning tools for its seafarers to Headstrong’s office in the Philippines as reported on September 10, 2007.Headstrong provides outsourced application and product …
Philippines’s Headstrong to Make E-Learning Tools for Danish Firm Read MoreThe demand in Finnair’s Asian traffic, measured in passenger kilometers, was up 34.9% in August compare to last year. The passenger load factor rose three percentage points to 82.5%. European …
Strong Growth for Finnair’s Asian Traffic and Load Factor on The Rise Read MoreIn cooperation with a local organisation for handicapped DTU has since 1995 developed a program for handicapped children from poor families in the Philippines. As a part of the program …
Danida Grants Money For Handicapped Children In The Philippines Read MoreA 45-year-old Philippine sailor has died of rabies in a hospital in the Finnish capital Helsinki on September 5, 2007. Source of the infection remained unclear.“We do not know how …
Philippine Sailor Died of Rabies in Finnish Hospital Read MoreThe Swedish director, Lukas Moodysson who directed the $10 million production of upcoming drama “Mammoth”, begins shooting in November in Thailand, Sweden, Philippines, and New York.The picture is co-produced by Stockholm-based Memfis Film, …
The Swedish Director’s Drama Shoot in Thailand, Sweden And Philippine Read MoreOn August 29, 2007 a high-ranking official of the World Bank (WB) has joined calls for the immediate resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippines government and the Moro Islamic …
Peace Talks in the Philippines to Be Monitored by Sweden Read MoreMyWorld phone, a new mobile phone service provided by Next Mobile, Inc. (NMI), the Philippines’ only provider of digital wireless two-way radio communication expanded its services in Scandinavian countries. NMI …
Next Mobile Expanded Its Services in Scandinavian Countries Read MoreJapan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) which was signed by President Arroyo and Japan Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on September 9, 2006, in Helsinki, Finland, in aid of legislation, into “the …
JPEPA Signed in Finland to Show Both Pro and Con Read MoreVolvo will be at the 1st Phillippine International Motor Show, which to be held at the World Trade Center, Pasay City on August 9, 2007 until August 12, 2007.Scandinavian Motor Corporation …
Volvo at Philippine International Motor Show Read MoreInternational Fight League (IFL) TV platform as the combination of ABS-CBN, the largest television channel in The Philippines, TV4, a top network in Sweden, and EGO, one of the fastest …
Sweden TV4 Joined with Philippines ABS-CBN Read MoreSMART Communications, Inc., the Philippines’ leading wireless services provider announced on June 30, 2007 the launch of the Philippines’ first mobile speed dating 3G service, (SMART CMe). SMART has partnered …
Ericsson, Ironroad Selected as Partners for SMART’s New 3G Service in the Philippines Read MoreOver 1.5 million tourists flocked to the Philippines’ tourist spots in the first six months of this year, official figures from the Philippine Department of Tourism has revealed.Scandinavian and Nordic …
Scandinavian Tourism Continues to Increase in Philippines Read MoreThe administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has yet to transmit the JPEPA ( Japan-Phillipines Economic Partnership Agreement) to the Senate since the trade deal was signed in Helsinki, Finland in …
Phillippine to Ratify JPEPA Signed in Finland Read MoreNorway’s pension fund, which has a stated policy of ethical investments, is now under criticism due to its USD 145 million share in a Canadian mining company, Barrick Gold, that …
Norway’s Pension Fund Investment Under Criticisms Read MoreFinanced by the Swedish government, a project sponsored by an Asian Development Bank was launched during a workshop on July 2, 2007 in partnership with the government’s Department of Health, members of …
ADB Supporting Philippines in Combating Spread of HIV/AIDS Read MoreThis summer a major reshuffle of Swedish Ambassadors will take place in South East Asia. Here’s the summary:Jonas Hafström, Swedish Ambassador to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Burma, has been appointed as …
Swedish Ambassadors’ Rotation In S.E.Asia Read MoreA new trade policy strategy from the Government of Denmark called “An Assertive Trade Policy Strategy – Danish Trade Policy in a Globalised World” aims at supporting international trade liberalisation …
New Danish Strategy Targets Free Trade With Asia’s Markets Read MoreEffective 1 July 2007, the Norwegian embassy in the Philippines will not accept cash for visa fee payment. Only MANAGER’S CHECKS payable to “The Royal Norwegian Embassy” shall be accepted. It …
New Mode of Payment for Visa Applications of Norwegian Embassy in The Philippines Read MoreAs from Friday, 15 June 2007, a new EC Regulation on controls of cash movements became effective in all EU Member States. In accordance with the Regulation, travellers entering or …
Passengers Carrying 10,000 Euros or More in Cash Must Declare the Cash at External Border of the EU Read MoreInternational conference on poverty reduction and forests tenure, market and policy reforms will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 3-7 September, 2007 which is organized by the Regional Community Forestry …
International Conference on Poverty Reduction and Forests Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand has come up with the marketing strategies for 2008 with wedding couples and young travellers as the target groups from places like Japan, Scandinavia and …
Thailand Looks to Quality, Trendy Tourists to Boost Tourism Revenue Read MoreThe Embassy will no longer accept cash for visa fee payments. This will effective from 1 July 2007. Only MANAGER”S CHECKS payable to “The Royal Norwegian Embassy” shall be accepted. …
New Mode of Visa Payment for Norwegian Embassy in Manila Read MoreCebu-based SN Aboitiz Power Inc. (SNAP) has announced its multibillion-peso investment in a new hydroelectric plant, which is 60 percent Filipino-owned and 40 percent Norwegian-owned, to be set up in the Philippines as …
A New Hydroelectric Plant to Be Set Up in the Philippines Read MoreThe Danish Government has presented a strategy constituting the Governments proposals for prioritisation of the ways in which Denmark can contribute to tackling the opportunities and challenges in Asia. Asia …
Denmark in Asia – Opportunities for the Future Read MoreA Swedish national, 42-year-old Hans Patrick Sungberg reportedly branded as a fugitive for allegedly embezzling more than 700,000 euros and large-scale fraud. The Swede was 8 June 2007 arrested by …
Swedish Fugitive Arrested in Philippines Read MoreNokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker from Finland, on June 18 introduced three new mobile handsets and said their launch would help boost its global market share from the current …
Nokia Introduced New Handsets and Service Read MoreA Finnish telephone manufacturer, Benefon, has entered the Philippines’ mobile communications market on June 15, 2007 by introducing its first GSM (Global Standard for Mobile Communications) cellular phone equipped with …
Finland-Based GPS Phone Supplier Enters Philippines Read MoreSix experts, including a senior Swedish police officer, a German diplomat and prosecutor, a Finnish professor of international humanitarian law and a British prosecutor and expert in international cooperation, will …
Swedish and Finnish Experts to Help Philippines Solve Extra-Judicial Killing Read MoreBasken, born to a Filipino mother and Norwegian father, was crowned Mutya ng Pilipinas last year. In April this year, she bagged the Miss Norway crown making her the European …
Filipino-Norwegian Beauty Queen Helps Promote Philippines’ Tourism Read MoreThailand has implemented new aviation security measures for hand-carry bag on all flights departing Bangkok‘s Suvarnabhumi Airport from 1 June 2007. These measures also apply to passengers making transit/transfer connections …
Thailand’s New Security Measures for Hand-Carry Luggage Read More