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European Parliament says yes to the EU-Singapore agreement

February 17, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

The European Parliament has approved three keys of the EU-Singapore agreement which are EU-Singapore Free trade Agreement (EUFSTA), EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (EUSIPA) and EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (ESPCA). …

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Lars Wittig, IWG leads the workspace revolution

February 10, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Everyone has heard about co-working places by now. But what is it really about? A ‘workplace revolution’ is under way where IWG (International Workplace Group) is leading the way in …

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Singaporean representing Danish business culture in SEA: Shermine Gotfredsen

February 10, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - 1 Comment

Shermine Gotfredsen is a Singaporean who moved to Denmark after getting married to a Dane, learned the language and its business culture – and was then tasked to represent that …

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Finland’s Singapore-based innovation, trade specialist continues

February 9, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Embassy of Finland in Singapore has grown its contact network tenfold in the last three years. The number of new Finnish business entities starting their business in Singapore has grown …

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Denmark takes pole position as Singapore initiates ‘Infrastructure Asia’

February 9, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

‘Infrastructure Asia’ (IA) is one of the Singapore Government’s most recent and very important initiatives (launched during its presidency of ASEAN in 2018, at the 8th Asia-Singapore Infrastructure Roundtable) – …

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Swedish Embassy welcomes Head of Borgholm Health center to Singapore

February 7, 2019 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

The Embassy of Sweden in Singapore gave a warm welcome to Head of Borgholm Health center, Dr. Åke Åkesson who came to visit Singaporean health organizations around 28-31 January 2019. …

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Norway’s seafood council appoints new envoy to SE Asia

February 7, 2019 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) appoints Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit as a new envoy to represent the country’s seafood interests in Southeast Asia. Asbjorn Warvik Rortveit will replace Jon Erik Steenslid, …

International relations / Singapore / Sweden

Sweden’s Ambassador for Human Rights visits Singapore

February 5, 2019 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

Annika Ben David, Sweden’s Ambassador-at-large for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law visited representatives from government, academia and organizations in Singapore on Friday, 1 February 2019. During the …

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Scandinavian and Singapore at the top of least corrupt countries rank

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Singapore are at top 10 of least corrupt countries rank called the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), organized by the global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International. The …

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Norwegian Seafood Council to relocate from Singapore to Bangkok

January 29, 2019 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) will relocate its regional office from Singapore to Bangkok in mid-year. The NSC believes that the relocation will improve the country’s strong domestic consumption and markets …

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Swedes launch lending platform in Singapore, target Southeast Asia

January 28, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Lendela, set up in 2018 in Singapore by founders from Sweden and global fintech group Zentro, forms proof of how Singapore is a preferred hub also for start-ups when it …

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Nordic Innovation House chose Singapore as Southeast Asian hub

January 28, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

The much anticipated joint initiative Nordic Innovation House – Singapore (NIH-SG), which opened in October 2018, is a new milestone of sorts in terms of business connections between the Nordics …

Food & Beverage / General news / Innovation & Technology / Norway / Singapore

World’s first Norwegian salmon ATM in Singapore

January 26, 2019 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

A local distributor of Norwegian salmon, Manish Kumar has invented the first Norwegian salmon vending machine located now in the Singapore HDB heartlands. The price of the raw 200g premium salmon in vending machine …

Finland / Innovation & Technology / Singapore

Finnish technology prize event taking place in Singapore

January 25, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

Embassy of Finland in Singapore hosted Millennium Technology Prize Event at the Ambassador Paula Parviainen’s residence on Tuesday 22th January 2019. The Embassy delegation led by Paula Parviainen welcomed Dr …

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Finland’s new education expert resource for Southeast Asia

January 24, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

As Finnish education and know-how has increasingly become an export product, paired with rising start-ups within edutech going international, Finland’s Ministry of Education has strengthened its presence in the Finnish …

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AndersenB2B, ScandAsia partner up: business internationalisation

January 14, 2019June 7, 2019 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

AndersenB2B, the digital business networking platform from Denmark for SMEs in the Nordics; and ScandAsia, the platform for Nordic News and Business Promotion in Asia, are partnering up to jointly …

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Finnish healthtech solutions target Singapore, Southeast Asia

January 12, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

The ‘Finnish HealthTech Event’ (part of ‘Meet Finland in Singapore’ Week) was among the opportunities to meet Finnish innovators during the Singapore Week of Innovation & TeCHnology 2018. The largest …

Denmark / Finland / Innovation & Technology / Norway / Singapore

Innovation Friendliness rank: Scandinavia and Singapore at the top

January 11, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Singapore were announced to be Innovation Champions along with others 12 countries by Consumer Technology Association (CTA) in the 2019 rankings. The rest in the …

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Norwegian now offers free Wi-Fi on long-haul flights

January 9, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

Norwegian is the first low-cost airline to launch free Wi-Fi for their customers on long-haul flight between Europe, USA, South America and Asia The first connected Norwegian Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner …

Finland / Services / Singapore

Singapore company buys 11 properties in Finland

January 7, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

Cromwell European Real Estate Investment Trust (“CEREIT”), a real estate investor and manager listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange, has acquired 11 freehold office properties in Finland …

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Two co-CEOs of DHT Holding move to Singapore

January 7, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Nilobon Bantoey - Leave a Comment

DHT Holdings, Inc on Friday 4. January 2019 announces that its two Norwegian Co-CEOs have relocated to Singapore. The relocation follows changes in the tax law in Norway from 2019 …

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Helsinki promotes start-ups, business investment in and via Singapore

January 5, 2019January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Following the ‘Meet Finland in Singapore’ week that took place during the Singapore Week of Innovation & TeCHnology 2018 (SWITCH), and also included Helsinki’s very own Slush tech start-up event …

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Singapore FinTech Festival a big draw also for the Nordics

January 4, 2019January 7, 2019 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Singapore FinTech Festival 2018 (the biggest such event in the world), which drew close to 45,000 participants from almost 130 countries, included significant participation from the Nordic countries. Both Denmark …

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Danish companies gave presentation to Singapore’s Infrastructure Asia

December 26, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Earlier in December Danish companies presented their solutions and expertise to Infrastructure Asia at the Embassy of Denmark in Singapore. Infrastructure Asia is a recently launched Singapore government office dedicated …

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Neste significantly increases Singapore renewable production

December 16, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Neste Corporation, the Finnish provider or sustainable solutions for transport, business, and consumer needs, has announced the strengthening of its global leading position in renewable products with a major investment …

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First Nordic Asia Christmas Festival held in Singapore

December 14, 2018 - by Lærke Weensgaard - Leave a Comment

On 3 – 9 December, the very first Nordic Asia Christmas Festival took place at Millenia walk in Singapore. The festival was opened by the Swedish Ambassador Mr. Niclas Kvarnström, …

General news / Norway / Singapore

Norwegian Church in Singapore: Young dynamic priest-family takes over

December 14, 2018 - by Jonas Boje Andersen - 1 Comment

At the Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Singapore, a new adventure has started for the newly appointed priest and his family. His vision is to give Norwegian expats with a changeable …

Community news / Denmark / Singapore

Happy DABS Christmas Luncheon

December 13, 2018 - by Lærke Weensgaard - Leave a Comment

On 7 December, Danish Business Association Singapore (DABS) held their Christmas Luncheon at the Danish Seamen’s Church. The church served a Christmas menu and Carlsberg made sure there was plenty …

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Slush Academy announced

December 12, 2018 - by Lærke Weensgaard - Leave a Comment

Slush Academy was announced during the opening ceremony of the Finnish startup and investor event Slush in Helsinki on 4 December. Slush Academy will start out as a summer program …

Denmark / Innovation & Technology / Singapore / Sponsored content / Sweden

What Senior Executives get out of a trusted peer group

December 9, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Content Marketing - Leave a Comment

Confidential, organised, professional knowledge sharing among Asia’s most talented leaders is facilitated by EGN (Executives’ Global Network) in Singapore. Your personal customised EGN group represents a confidential forum where all …

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Swea’s 2018 regional AP meeting set the stage for 40 Years Anniversary

December 9, 2018December 24, 2018 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

SWEA (Swedish Women’s Educational Association International, Inc) in Bangkok recently hosted the 2018 annual regional meeting AGM for the Asia Pacific. Swea Bangkok President Anna Frummerin, with a large team had …

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Head of the largest Nordic bank branch in Asia, Jan Stjernström, is retiring after 40 years in the business

December 5, 2018 - by Jonas Boje Andersen - Leave a Comment

He has worked in over 50 different countries, doing transactions, and his career has spanned 40 years in the banking business. Now, after five years as the head of the …

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Surprise: Taipei tops list of World’s Friendliest and Safest City for Expats

December 3, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Gregers Møller - Leave a Comment

Taipei comes out as number 1 out of 72 cities worldwide in the Expat City Ranking 2018. The city is in good company, with many other Asian metropolises also ranking …

Community news / Denmark / General news / Singapore

Danish Christmas Bazaar with a record high amount of guests

November 29, 2018November 30, 2018 - by Jonas Boje Andersen - Leave a Comment

The Danish Seamen’s Church in Singapore held a very successful Christmas Bazaar this Weekend with almost 2000 guests. The priest of the church, Kirsten Eistrup, empathizes that it would not …

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A unique Danish school helpful for Danish youngsters living abroad

November 29, 2018December 7, 2018 - by Jonas Boje Andersen - Leave a Comment

In November, Ranum Efterskole College took a charm offensive in Singapore and other Asian countries to promote their ‘efterskole’. A boarding school that combines the professionalism of a full international …

Finland / Healthcare / Singapore

Singapore-Finland seminar on metabolic diseases

November 29, 2018 - by Lærke Weensgaard - Leave a Comment

Experts from Finland and Singapore gathered at “Singapore-Finland Research Seminar on Metabolic Diseases” on 28 November in Singapore. The research seminar focused on prevention and treatment of diabetes and cardiometabolic …

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Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA) signed

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

The first FTA concluded between the EU and an ASEAN country has finally been concluded. On 19 October the European Union (EU) and Singapore signed the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement …

General news / Singapore / Sweden

Swedish authors participated in Singapore Writers Festival

November 13, 2018 - by Lærke Weensgaard - Leave a Comment

Swedish authors Andreas Norman and Jonas Hassen Khemiri attended Singapore Writers Festival, that took place from 2-11 November. The Swedish authors took part in panel discussions, readings and writer’s workshops, …

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Finnish children’s science academy entered Malaysia and Singapore

November 11, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - 1 Comment

Finnish children’s science academy ‘Kide Science’ in October signed an agreement with the Singaporean Edufarm Learning Center. Teacher training is to commence in November, with the first students set …

Business in Asia / Food & Beverage / Singapore / Sweden

Swedish food, beverage companies visited Singapore

November 5, 2018 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

On 15 October the Swedish Ambassador in Singapore hosted a reception at his Residence in conjunction with the visit to Singapore by five Swedish companies from the Food & Beverage …

General news / International relations / Singapore / Sustainability / Sweden

Swedish embassy in Singapore beach cleanup

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 - by Joakim Persson - 1 Comment

On 27 October the Embassy of Sweden, Singapore participated in a beach cleanup activity at the Changi Coastal Walk organized by the EU delegation in Singapore under the headline ‘Together …

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Niclas Kvarnström: Debuts as Ambassador in Singapore

November 4, 2018 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

There are changes at the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore. A new ambassador has arrived and the embassy relocated to a new address in November. On 27 September HE Mr …

Business in Asia / Community news / Denmark / Singapore

Danish Business Association Singapore makes valuable member Business Lectures

November 3, 2018November 5, 2018 - by Jonas Boje Andersen - Leave a Comment

During this fall and after new year, DABS makes a range of Business Lectures useful for their members in Singapore. In a language understandable for most people and engaging lectures …

Denmark / Finland / General news / Norway / Singapore / Sweden

New survey: Sweden and Singapore best at English

November 2, 2018 - by Lærke Weensgaard - Leave a Comment

A new survey ranks best non-native speakers of English. Sweden is number one, while Singapore is number three. Global language training company Education First (EF) ranks best non-native speakers of …

Business in Asia / Denmark / Norway / Singapore / Transportation, maritime

Singaporean company to fabricate marine equipment for the Nordics

October 30, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Lærke Weensgaard - Leave a Comment

Singaporean Sembcorp Marine has won two contracts to deliver equipment to Norwegian and Danish companies. Sembcorp Marine will design and construct three identical plug-in battery-powered ferries for Norwegian Norled AS. …

Business in Asia / Indonesia / IT Telecom / Singapore / Sweden / Thailand

Ericsson exports 5G equipment to Asian countries

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 - by Lærke Weensgaard - 1 Comment

Swedish Ericsson has started to export 5G-ready telecom equipment such as base stations and microwave gear to Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia. “The initial shipments consisting of Ericsson’s 5G-ready radio base …

Banking, Fintech / Business in Asia / Finland / Norway / Singapore / Sweden

Nordic finTech investor event Singapore

October 28, 2018October 29, 2018 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

During the upcoming Singapore Fintech Festival which draws attendants from worldwide – over 30 000 of them expected in 2018 – the just established Nordic Innovation House Singapore organizes and …

Business in Asia / Entrepreneurship / Finland / Healthcare / Innovation & Technology / Singapore

Finland’s super-week in Singapore

October 21, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

In a post-event press release Finland and Helsinki sums up their ‘Meet Finland in Singapore’ week, which took place during 12 – 19 September, ending on a positive, upbeat note. …

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Ramboll acquired Singaporean Smart Mobility company

October 14, 2018January 12, 2021 - by Joakim Persson - Leave a Comment

Ramboll (a leading engineering, design and consultancy company founded in Denmark) has acquired Vertix Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd. (Vertix), a transport consultancy specialised in master planning, ITS solutions, and pedestrian modelling …

Community news / Finland / Singapore

Finnish film festival in Singapore started

October 12, 2018 - by Lærke Weensgaard - Leave a Comment

Finnish film festival 2018 in Singapore started on 11 October and will continue until 21 October 2018. The opening of the film festival started with screening of “Tom of Finland”. …