Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Norwegian dry bulk shipper Golden Ocean Group has completed a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday. The company is the first group to take advantage of the new …
Norwegian Shipper Scores a First Read MoreNorwegian firm, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has set up a Clean Technology Centre (CTC) in Singapore which aims to be a centre for clean technology innovation and incubation. The facility …
Singapore to Head Norwegian DNV’s Asia Operations Read MoreThe Finnish Association in Singapore (SiSu) has now the new Committee members for year 2010. Terhi Wainio-Biese is a new Chairman and Petra Erätuli-Kola is a new secretary. Finns in …
New Chairman of Finns in Singapore Read MoreFor over a decade, Norway’s Telenor has remained a quiet investor in DiGi.Com Bhd. But recently it embarked on an ad blitz to enhance its profile as an investor. StarBiz …
Telenor to Focus on Five Countries in Asia Read MoreCargotec will deliver two large offshore cranes to Singapore-based Ezra Marine Service Pte Ltd in 2010 and beginning of 2011 respectively. The cranes will be fitted to a deepwater anchor-handling …
Ezra Orders Two Large MacGregor Subsea Knuckle-Jib Cranes from Cargotec Read MoreTiger Airways is to increase its services to Thailand. Starting from 20 April 2010, the low cost airline will fly daily from Singapore to Krabi and Hat Yai. This is …
Tiger Airways to Increase Flights to Krabi, Hat Yai and Phuket Read MoreDanish foreign minister Lene Espersen has given the election in Myanmar, the first in 20 years, a cautious welcome. The election is expected to take place in October or November. …
Nordic Countries Cautious on Burma Elections Read More10.03.2010 | news Jan Tommy Fosse | photos Stein Mangersnes The annual Swedish – Norwegian sports day in Singapore took place on Saturday march 6th. This year the event was …
Swedish Victory in Singapore Read More10.03.2010 | news Wang Eng Eng, Channel NewsAsia Denmark expects to learn more about Singapore’s growth strategies and education system according to Channel NewsAsia. This follows a one-day stopover by Danish …
Denmark to Learn From Singapore Read MoreSweden sold weapons to the value of 13.5 billion kronor in 2009, 7 percent more than 2008, according to new figures released by the Swedish Agency for Non-Proliferation and Export …
Sweden Sell Weapons to Southeast Asia 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 MoreThe Singaporean navy warns that a terror group is planning one or more terror attack at oil tankers in the Malacca Strait, and the authorities in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia …
Threat of Terror Attacks in The Malacca Strait Read MoreThe Danish PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen visits Singapore, Japan, and South Korea from the 5th-12th March.The mission is firstly to strengthen and consolidate relations with three countries that have growing …
Danish Prime Minister to Asia Read MoreFour Scandinavian and one Southeast Asian country is in top 10 at the Corruption Index made by Transparency International.The Scandinavian countries has a big tradition of not being corrupt at …
Corruption Not Popular in Scandinavia and Singapore Read MoreCafé de Concert – a Norwegian duo playing fiddle and piano – and King of Convenience – also a Norwegian duo but more into popular music and folk music – …
Live Norwegian Concerts Read MoreSchool principles get 1.8-2.0 million DKK a year and the teachers are paid the same as engineers and get 100 lessons of supplementary training a year. It is prestigious to …
Study Trip to Singapore Unveiled Prestige About the Job As a Teacher Read MoreText: Ulla Behrend Photo: Julie Amsinck On the 9th February, the 35-year old Scandinavian Women’s Association (SWA) held its Annual General Meeting and proudly showed that the good old viking ship is …
The Scandinavian Charitable Hands Read MoreMs. Jocelyn Teo, assistant manager of sustainability at IKEA Singapore, said: “We wanted to encourage sustainable life in schools and saw this as a great opportunity to teach kids about …
IKEA Helps Singapore Go Green Read MoreAfter one week of relaxing at Koh Chang the Swedish couple Jim Petersson and Maria Larsson are ready to roll again. Wednesday morning they left Samut Songkhram.They started out in …
Swedish Duo Ready to Roll Read MoreThe Danish dry bulk and tanker shipping company Norden is optimistic in the middle of the ongoing global economic crisis, reports Channelnewsasia.com. Norden have just bought new ships and have …
Norden Shipping Sails Through the Global Economic Crisis Read MoreJim Petersson and his girlfriend Maria Larsson is from January to June on the trip of their lifetime. The Malaysian newspaper The Star has Monday the 8th a big interview …
Swedish Couple Skates Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Read MoreIn Northern Thailand there lives a lot of refugees from China, Myanmar and Cambodia. The refugees are living there but have not rights to life elsewhere in Thailand or to …
The Swedish Church in Singapore: Help the Refugee Children in Northern Thailand Read MoreThe documentary film shows the munks uprising in Burma/Myanmar in September 2007 in a completly new angle. The footage in the documentary are made by courageous Burmese munks who risked …
The Danish Produced and Directed Burma VJ Nominated for an Oscar Read MoreThe Swedish top golfer Anna Nordqvist and her Norwegian counterpart Suzann Pettersen will participate in a golf tournament in Singapore in the end of this mounth. According to asiaoneNews are …
Scandinavian Top Golfers Goes to Singapore Read MoreThere are huge differences between in the salaries of the Prime Ministers in among others Denmark, Sweden and Singapore. According to the column the Singaporean PM, Lee Hsian Loong, earns …
The Singaporean Prime Minister Earns 12 Times More Than the Danish and Swedish Read MorePreviously it was popular for rich people to deposit their money in Switzerland to prevent taxing. But these days Asia has overtaken the role as hiding-place for the rich peoples’s …
Rich People Move Money to Asia Read MoreBy Stephan Volmer Jensen Burma VJ was the winner of the top award for best documentary over 60 minutes in length at the International Documentary Film festival in Amsterdam 2008. …
The Dane Behind “Burma VJ” Documentary Read MoreGlunz & Jensen announced today that it has signed an agreement with Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), through Agfa Graphics to upgrade the complete pre-press production at SPH Print Centre …
Huge Singapore Contract to Danish Glunz & Jensen Read MoreThe Swedish Ambassador to Singapore and the Singaporean Ambassador to Sweden were both present at the inauguration event on the 12th of December along with prominent business leaders in the local …
The Swedish Trade Council Starts New Office in Singapore Read MoreViktor Predan has bicycled from Sweden to Singapore. On 18 January he crossed the causeway into Singapore. He has since held a presentation of his trip for staff at Tetra …
Swede Arrived Singapore on Bicycle Read MoreQatar Airways will start a new route flying four flights per week Copenhagen-Doha. The new route will boost Qatar Airways presence on the Scandinavian market when it starts operating by …
Qatar Airways to Fly Copenhagen-Doha Read MoreDanish Poul Erik Kristensen is the owner of consulting firm IEN Consultants, which advises companies in Malaysia and construction companies on how they can create new buildings that are energy …
Danish Environmental Consultant Expands in Southeast Asia 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 MoreSINGAPORE: Furniture giant Ikea has issued a global recall of the LEOPARD Children’s High Chair because of a defect.The chair has been in the market since October this year. Ikea …
Ikea Recalls Defective Children’s Chair Read MoreA number of Danish Ambassadors will during the coming year 2010 be appointed to new positions as part of the preparations for Denmark’s presidency of the EU in the first …
New Danish Ambassadors in Singapore, Hanoi and Bangkok 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 MoreThe Swedish Embassies in Jakarta and Singapore together with the Swedish Business Association in Jakarta and Singapore will organize a Swedish Business Delegation to Indonesia. The business delegation will depart …
Business Delegation to Indonesia 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 Kathrine Gravrok-Butt Anna Karin Byström has been a member of SWEA since she moved to Singapore two years ago. She believes that the network and support they provide is …
SWEA Singapore’s Active Chairwoman Read MoreMore than 100 guests had a festive experience under the pavilions in the garden at Danish Seamen’s Church. Line Klitgaard from DABS were among the guests, and after the event …
Danish Christmas Party Successfully Accomplished in Singapore Read MoreThe Norwegian related company, MARIS Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, has been given the Minister’s Innovation Award from Singapore’s Ministry of Transport. Mr Bhupesh Gandhi, Director Asia Pacific, was presented with …
Minister’s Innovation Award to Norwegian company in Singapore Read MoreThe Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Mekong (2009-2012) aims at supporting wider provision and use of renewable energy by facilitating renewable energy and energy efficiency related cooperation, dialogue and experience …
New Energy and Environment Partnership in Mekong Open for Proposals 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 …
Mærsk is Opening Headquarters in Singapore Read MoreThe big anniversary celebration took place Saturday at the Amara Sanctuary Resort Sentosa in Singapore, and 260 guests attended the celebrations. 245 Danes from DABS and other parts of the …
Uffe Ellemann Partied in Singapore 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 MoreDanisco probably belongs to the category of corporations that are the most anonymous to the general publish, since it is almost never seen or mentioned in any brands that we …
Danisco – Health Driven Danish Ingredients Innovator Read MoreScandinavian Shoppe in Singapore is the place for Scandinavians to look for all kinds of specialties from their own country that they haven’t been able to find anywhere else. In …
All the Stuff You Miss in Singapore Read MoreKLM Royal Dutch Airlines will resume flying between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Denpasar Ngura Rai Airport Bali effective 6 December. The Amsterdam-Bali service was last operated on 15 October 1997.The …
KLM Resumes Service to Bali Read MoreSingapore’s Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen, will be visiting Finland and France from Oct 5 to 9. During his visit, Dr Ng will …
Singapore’s Minister of Education to Visit Finland Read MoreThe first BoConcept store in South East Asia opened in Singapore in November 2008. The store has already proven to be a big success, and BoConcept now plans further expansion …
Danish Furniture Design Popular in Singapore Read More