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Dr Jurgenne Primavera from the Philippines will be conferred an honorary doctor’s degree by Stockholm university on Friday 24 September. The ceremony takes place in the City Hall. Thirteen highly …
Environment academic receives honorary doctor degree Read MoreFinnair launches faster and more frequent flights from Asia to Europe to serve the fast-growing business from the East. Finland’s newly extended Helsinki-Vantaa Airport has made Finnair to start …
Finnair’s new traveling campaign Read MoreNine of Sweden’s honorary consuls from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam began a week long visit to Sweden on Sunday 12 September. One of the most important …
Honorary consuls from Asean visit Sweden Read MoreThe smuggling of cigarettes to Norway is showing a strong increase. The statistics indicate that most of them come from the Far East, namely Vietnam, the Philippines and Singapore. …
More smuggling of cigarettes to Norway Read MoreABB is now busy implementing the Philippines wholesale electricity spot market, WESM, system which will begin operations in January 2005. Norway’s Navita is subcontracted by ABB for a back-office solution …
Nation wide power trading bourse on schedule Read MoreFinnair announced that its business class cabins on MD-11 aircraft will be renewed. Finnair is the first European airline to renew its Business Class cabins in every aircraft belonging to …
Finnair to renew Business Class cabins in intercontinental fleet Read MoreFinnair has announced that from October onwards its passengers will be able to check-in in advance with only a text message sent from their mobile phones. The service, created by …
Finnair to introduce new text message check-in Read MoreFinnish Pasi Hellman has been named member of board of directors in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) from 1.9.2005 onwards. Hellman has started working for the ADB on 1st September …
Finn appointed to Asian Development Bank Board Read MoreThe fourth magazine in the ScandAsia family, the ScandAsia.fi, is now about to be established. The magazine has been a planned expansion ever since the start of the current three …
ScandAsia.fi for the Finnish in South East Asia soon to come! Read MoreFilipino companies that look for new business opportunities, be it export or import, are the target group for a Swedish Trade Forum seminar in Cebu on 17 September. “Cebu is …
Trade Forum in Cebu will showcase business opportunities Read MoreSpecial police from the National Bureau of Investigation in Manila has arrested a 32-year Swedish man wanted for an execution style murder in Sweden 2001. A court in Sweden had …
Suspected killer arrested Read MoreNorway´s healthy NOK 662 million trade surplus with Asean´s ten member nations the first half 2003 has turned to a NOK 607 million deficit för the same period this year. …
Trade surplus turns to deficit first half 2004 Read MoreA Norwegian landed in jail after two women filed rape charges against him on Sunday, July 11 in Parañaque City, a report on Manila Bulletin says. The two victims, residents …
Norwegian jailed for rape charges in Philippines Read MoreThe Swedish Women’s Educational Association Internation, Singapore (SWEA Singapore) is hosting SWEA’s regional meeting for Asia on October 6-9 this year. The meeting will be followed by an optional one-week …
SWEA Singapore to host regional meeting in October Read MoreCarl-Henric Svanberg, president and chief executive of Ericsson, points out that Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications undergoes sales increase after focusing on product designs and user friendly and trendy features. He is …
Sony-Ericsson grows in Asia Pacific Read MoreEricsson has appointed Kristian Tear, previously Head of Ericsson Germany, Austria and Switzerland, to head its South-East Asian operations. Effective July 1, 2004, Tear will take on the role of …
Kristian Tear new president of Ericsson SEA Read MoreSome 5 million USD, said Sweden’s then minister in Manila, Lars Andreasson, when asked last February about the potential for ADB funded projects to Swedish companies during 2003. The actual …
Successful promotion of ADB projects beat forecast by 166 percent Read MoreOn Sunday, 13 June, 2004 election of members of the European Parliament will take place. Danish, Swedish and Finnish citizens may vote in this election provided they are registered and …
Scandinavians in SE-Asia can vote in European Parliamentary Elections Read MoreManila is the latest spot to get a taste of the Swedish vodka Absolut Vanilia. The official launch of the vanilla vodka took place in April at a fancy all …
Absolut brings vanilla vodka to Manila Read MoreThe operation to locate and recover the missing crew from the Bow Mariner and remove fuel oil ended Friday, March 26 with the approval of the US Coast Guard. The …
Bow Mariner salvage operation ends Read MoreScandinavian Airlines, SAS, has just announced that there will be a temporary reduction of frequencies on the service Copenhagen – Bangkok – Singapore. SAS goes down from daily flights to …
SAS reduces routes to Bangkok and Singapore Read MoreThe Swedish industry group SCA has acquired the Asian baby diaper company Drypers, which is based in Kuala Lumpur, for SEK 640 million. Dryper’s sales in 2003 reached SEK 550 …
SCA purchases Drypers Read MoreThere are basically no problems with tariffs in the Philippines. Rather it is the non-formal red tape issues, in many shapes and variations, that make life hard. Opportunities are best …
Swedish voices on business climate in the Philippines Read MoreMT Bow Mariner, a product tanker owned by Singaporean subsidiary of Norwegian chemical transportation company Odfjell had suffered an explosion and sank off the coast of Virginia on the US …
Odfjell’s vessel with Filipino crewmembers sinks off US east coast Read MoreGetting to know the Asian Development Bank, ADB, and how to win procurement contracts for goods, civil works and consulting services financed by the bank is why a business delegation …
Business delegation visits ADB Read MoreIf you ever used Manila Ninoy Aquino airport during the past six years, there is a good possibility Tomas Jämtander took care of your in-flight meal. As head of operations …
In-flight delight from Manila Read MoreEricsson South East Asia expects a continued growth of mobile phone operations in the region this year, attributed to the issuance of new licenses, increased investments for coverage and capacity, …
Ericsson eyes larger share in continued SEA growth Read MoreSingapore, Vietnam and Thailand pushed up the Danish export figures to South East Asia in 2003. Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines pulled the figures down. The total export of goods ended …
Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand saved Danish exports Read More“While markets remained challenging through 2003, we improved our position in several market segments,” says Bjørn Ove Skjeie, CEO of Nera ASA. “Nera’s agreement with Nortel in Q4, our strengthened …
Strengthened position in SE-Asia contributes to Nera’s improved results Read MoreNo country escapes the effects of migration any longer, says Swedish Migration Minister Barbro Holmberg in an interview with Scandasia. She visits Bangkok and Manila between 8 and 13 February …
Migration Minister on fact finding mission Read MoreJotun A/S, Norway, one of the world’s major paint manufacturers, has selected Swedish component-based business application developer IFS and global management consulting firm Accenture to deliver and implement an extensive …
Jotun selects IFS, Accenture to supply new business applications Read MoreNorsk Hydro’s agri-business operation Hydro Agri will take the name Yara upon the demerger and stock exchange listing planned for March 25, 2004. At the same time the new company, …
Hydro Agri to become Yara Read MoreA familiar sight on roads and seas in South East Asia, Norwegian energy and materials company Hydro’s viking ship logo, has been given a overhaul. The new worldwide corporate logo …
Hydro’s viking ship overhauled Read MoreStatkraft Norfund Power Invest AS, a 50-50 venture of Norway’s top power company Statkraft SF and state investment fund Norfund, is hunting for projects in Indonesia and the Philippines among …
Statkraft Norfund Power hunting for projects in Asia Read MoreThe smell of spices from various pots and sizzling pans fill the room. It is lunch hour and the place is packed and noisy. At one table, a man in …
Little Asia in Stockholm Read MoreDanish suppliers of medicine and hospital supplies Missionpharma on July 3 this year signed a cooperation agreement with Danish biotech company ViroGates ApS to obtain the exclusive rights to distribute …
Missionpharma to distribute ViroGates’ new, low-cost HIV-test next year Read MoreDanish pump manufacturer Grundfos has been listed as one of “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” in a survey conducted by the renowned US business magazine, Fortune. To …
Grundfos listed in “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” Read MoreConsul General Victoria S. Bataclan of the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong has been appointed ambassador of the Philippines to Sweden. The position includes accreditation to Denmark, Estonia, Finland, …
Former reporter RP ambassador to Sweden Read MorePhilippine Airlines, PAL, began using its Carmen solution in October, three months ahead of the originally planned schedule. The airline signed a five year contract with the Swedish software provider …
Carmen solution implemented by PAL three months ahead of schedule Read MoreSell harder! That is the message Swedish exporters active in five major Asean markets – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – should get after reading the latest market survey …
First half year 2003 fall in Swedish exports to five main Asean markets Read MoreNorway’s two largest oil producers, Statoil ASA and Norsk Hydro ASA, may bid for some of the 46 areas in the Philippines’ first auction of oil-and-gas-exploration licenses, a global news …
Norwegian companies may explore oil/gas in Philippines Read MoreEAC has signed an agreement with Alpharma ApS which is expected to lead to a legally binding agreement for the acquisition of the full ownership rights of the Dumex trademark …
EAC acquires the Dumex trademark on a global basis Read MoreThe Swedish international development cooperation agency, Sida, has approved a PHP 11 Million contribution to a project in the Philippines which will provide an environmental management system for possible ISO …
Sida supports environment management system project Read MoreBo Bjerregaard Rasmussen has succeeded Thomas Christensen as Director Asia at Invest in Denmark’s Tokyo office. A masters graduate in economics with a wealth of experience, Bo Bjerregaard Rasmussen’s career …
Invest in Denmark’s new Director Asia Read MoreThey moved abroad because of the adventure: How would it be to live and work somewhere else? They are mostly well educated and thought it might strengthen their skills and …
Danes of no return Read MoreFor those who wish express their sympathy to Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Mrs Anna Lindh, who died Thursday 11 September, following a brutal stabbing attack in Stockholm the day before, books …
Book of Condolences opened at Swedish Embassies Read MoreTwo Swedish tourists first felt sympathy when approached by a robbed fellow Swede in a Manila hotel last week. But after handing out some funds they became suspicious and called …
Swedish imposter in Manila finally caught Read MoreJebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia (JJSEA) will on January 1 next year embark on a corporate realignment expected to sharpen its business focus and maintain its …
Jebsen & Jessen SEA to enhance focus and quality Read MoreThe Swedish government 14 August appointed Deputy Director Annika Markovic the new Ambassador in Manila, Philippines. She has worked at the Global Security Department at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. …
Annika Markovic new ambassador in Manila Read MorePhilippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-National Integrated Fisheries Technology and Development Center (BFAR-NIFTDC) is pinning its hope on the Norwegian government’s assistance in preventing fish kills that destroy millions …
Norwegian technology expected to prevent fish kills in Philippines Read More