Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson, Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik and Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrived in Bangkok in the afternoon of 16 January 2005. The three …
Scandinavian Prime Ministers arrived Thailand Read MoreTen Swedish companies take part in Saturday’s Discover Sweden event in Ho Chi Minh City. This is a combined labour market and culture day aimed at arise interest in Sweden …
Discover Sweden held in HCMC Read MoreSingapore’s largest local mass transit bus operator, SBS Transit, has awarded Volvo Bus an order for 150 double deck buses. This is the first large contract for Volvo’s new chassis …
Volvo Bus get big contract in Singapore Read MoreThe Swedish Business Association, SBA, in Jakarta kicks off the new year with two own events and one in cooperation with the Nordic countries. On January 19th SBA arranges a …
SBA kicks off 2005 Read More8.01.05 16.24 The Swedish police has announced that it predicts the amount of Swedish victims to rise. Presently 637 Swedes have been confirmed to be missing. However the missing list …
Day 14—reaching the unreachable Read More7.01.05 18:55 “Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafstrom rejects the criticism from Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds. In an interview with Dagens Nyheter, Jonas Hafstrom, Swedish Ambassador in Thailand explaines how the …
Day 13 — Search Continues, Rescuing Politicians Read More06.01.05 13.47 Five of the 16 Norwegians, which were initially confirmed dead, have turned out not to be Norwegians. Health Minister Ansgar Gabrielsen explained yesterday, that the initial list was …
Day 12 — good news among the bad news Read More04.01.05 20.35 In Khao Lak, some 100 km north of Phuket, where the disaster struck hard, clearing of rubble of hotels and private hotels go on. But life in Phuket …
Day 10 — the long haul Read More03.01.05 07.01 Based on the information below from the four Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, the worst case death toll of Nordic citizens could be a total …
Day 9 — back home and in Thailand Read More02.01.05 23.24 The Danish police yesterday followed the Finnish example and made the list of missing publicly available in the hope that it might result in more information about the …
Day 8 — struggling to recover Read More