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A team of 13 international scientists, including the Swedish Professor Sven Pettersson as one of two principal investigators, in a joint multidisciplinary study by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Sweden’s …
Karolinska (Sweden) and NTU Singapore make significant colon cancer treatment discovery Read More
On April 19-23, 2015 Sweden’s new Minister for Health Care, Public Health and Sport Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Gabriel Wikström, will be visiting China with a delegation. Through …
Minister for Health Care leads Swedish delegation to China Read More
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs), which acquired the main assets of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estates in 2012 and launched its first electric vehicle model in 2014, can finally look …
New life for Nevs and potential future for Saab cars Read MoreMalaysia badly needs to upgrade its fleet of MiG-29s, where Saab Gripen is now looking like a prospect, as the drop in oil prices is putting new pressure on the …
Saab candidate for Malaysia’s future military planes Read More
In recent years, the annual activity day in Singapore, hosted by the Norwegian and Swedish Church Society, has taken place at a sports stadium. But this year, on Saturday 11 …
The Battle of Church Hill Read MoreMany Cambodian children do not get registered by birth. Sweden has between 2007 and 2009 helped Unicef fund a program, which put 6 million birth certificates into the database of …
Sweden helps Cambodian children being registered Read MoreThe Swedish government has appointed Anne Höglund, previously the first Swedish Ambassador in Phnom Penh, to be the next Ambassador to the Republic of Korea based in Seoul. Anne Höglund …
Anne Höglund to be Ambassador in Korea Read More
The Finns racing in the 2015 Formula One season, Ferrari’s Kimi Räikkönen and Williams’ Valtteri Bottas, finished fourth and fifth respectively in Malaysia, with Räikkönnen recovering remarkably in a race …
Formula 1 Finns doing well in Malaysia and ready for Chinese Grand Prix Read MoreA recent anthropological study shows that Philippine women are having sex right after giving birth. They are even more sexually active than before getting pregnant and way more active than …
Philippine Women having more sex after giving birth Read MoreSwedish CybAero, which develops and manufactures remotely piloted aircraft systems, has been granted a temporary export license by ISP (Inspectorate of Strategic Products) for demonstration flights in China. ISP is …
CybAero granted license for demonstration flights in China Read MoreWhile the Finnish and Swedish Embassy in Bangkok have had a steady amount of Schengen visa applications during the past few years, both the Danish and the Norwegian Embassy experience an …
Embassies experience increase of visa applications Read More
China has welcomed Denmark’s application to become a founding member of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). CHINA yesterday welcomed decisions by Denmark and Australia to apply to join the Asian …
Denmark welcomed, Sweden interested in, and Norway intending to join China’s AIIB Read More
In its strive to highlight any positive results, Malaysia’s government should not resort to be using unscientific and questionable studies to convince themselves, MP from Bukit Bendera, Mr Zairil Khir …
Swedish Education First’s English Proficiency test in Malaysia ”not representative” Read MoreAttended by the Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, in connecting to this official visit to China in March 2015, Volvo Car Group’s groundbreaking technology for putting self-driving cars in the …
Swedish PM Stefan Lofven at self-driving Volvo car demonstration in Beijing Read More
During the Swedish Prime Ministier Stefan Lofven’s official visit to China, he also met with Premier Li Keqiang on March 27. Invited by China to attend the 2015 Boao Forum …
China Premier Keqiang – Swedish Prime Minister Loften meets Read More
[wzslider] On 27-28 March, 2015, Sweden’s newly elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven went on his first trip to China. On 28 March China’s President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Stefan …
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s China visit Read MorePhilippine authorities report that the powerful typhoon “Chedeng” (known internationally as Maysak) has entered the Philippine area. There are doubts about the forecasts, but it is believed that the typhoon “Chedeng” will enter …
Powerful typhoon heading towards the Philippines Read More
Invited by Saab AB Indonesian media visited a number of cities in Sweden to see what the Swedish defense giant could offer, especially in terms of modernizing the Indonesian Air …
Indonesian media visits Saab Sweden Read MoreFojo, Sweden’s leading media development institute for professional journalists, has together with partners recently initiated an independent journalism institute in Myanmar, supported by the governments of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. “Capacity building of Myanmar journalists …
Scandinavia to strengthen journalism in Myanmar Read More
Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab Group emphasised recently that it has found a reliable Malaysian partner in DRB-HICOM, which utilises local content and capabilities for its Gripen aircraft and …
DRB-HICOM: Saab Group’s Malaysian partner Read More
Chalmers Challenges you! Are you ready to pull up your socks and show us what you are made of? Bachelor’s engineering students from Thailand and Indonesia can compete in the …
The Chalmers Challenge competition: Indonesia, Thailand Read More
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s visit to People’s Republic of China on 27-28 March marks the start of an anniversary year, highlighting the fact that it is 65 years since …
Sweden – China: 65 years of diplomatic relations highlighted in 2015 Read More
The programme for the Prime Minister of Sweden, Stefan Löfen’s visit to China is now official, as follows: Beijing Embassy of Sweden 11.50 Volvo demonstrates the ‘Volvo Drive Me’ project, …
Programme for Swedish Prime Minister’s China visit 27-28 March Read More
“The Prime Minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General …
Singapore’s founding father and first PM Lee Kuan Yew passes away Read MorePrime Minister Stefan Löfven will visit China on 27-28 March 2015. The Prime Minister has been invited to participate in the Boao Forum for Asia in Hainan. He will also …
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven visits China Read MoreHelena Gabrielsson is a Swedish show jumping rider in Thailand. She won Southeast Asia World Cup jumping league and other international events during the years. Today she still competes, while being …
Swedish show jumping rider trains Thai racehorses Read More
People from the Nordic countries living in Malaysia or visiting from Southeast Asia and beyond can look forward to the 2015 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix (27-29 March) with …
Nordic drivers to follow in Formula One 2015 Read More
During the first week of March 2015 Sweden’s Ambassadors to Southeast Asia went on a road show together with Business Sweden to make their cause for increased Swedish trade and …
Ambassadors on road show to Sweden Read More Defence and security company Saab has announced that it will take a number of initiatives in order to strengthen the Sweden Malaysia Innovation Initiative (SMII). SMII is an effort to …
Saab Strengthens the Swedish Malaysian Innovation Initiative Read More
Sales of tickets for SAS’ new direct flight route between Stockholm and Hong Kong are open (since 29 January.) SAS will depart five times a week from Stockholm with good …
Tickets on sale for new Stockholm – Hong Kong SAS direct route Read More
On 12 March 2015 Sweden’s Ambassador to Cambodia, Ms. Anna Maj Hultgård, attended the signing Ceremony for the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance (CCCA) – phase 2. Cambodia’s efforts to tackle …
Sweden extends support for climate change programme CCCA in Cambodia Read More
The Swedish bank Handelsbanken’s new Representative Office in Jakarta was inaugurated on Mach 12 by Sweden’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Johanna Brismar Skoog. Handelsbanken is the first Scandinavian Bank to open …
Handelsbanken opens Representative Office in Jakarta Read More
The strike is finally over within the Scandinavian entity of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded “Norwegian”. Norwegian has gone to great lengths to reach an agreement to resolve the …
Norwegian Air’s Scandinavian pilot strike ends Read MoreThe finalists for the 2015 NBCP Awards have been selected, ahead of the awards ceremony taking place at the Annual Northern Lights Dinner & NBCP Awards. The Board of Judges …
NBCP Awards 2015 finalists chosen Read More“Men and boys, along with women and girls, should be engaged in advancing the rights, health and well-being of women and girls”, writes Sweden’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, …
Open letter from Sweden’s embassy Cambodia promoting the champions of gender Read More
At the eleventh hour the organizers of the Future Music Festival Asia 2015 (FMFA) have been forced to cancel the event for 13-14 March after failing to obtain the license …
Singapore music festival with Swedish dance star Avicii cancelled Read MoreThe countries in Southeast Asia run world economy. But despite this, Sweden’s export to the region decreases. This trend has to stop, the Swedish ambassadors in Southeast Asia writes. These days we visit …
Weak Swedish interest for hot Southeast Asia Read MoreHe started to fill up suitcases with things every time he visited Thailand. One day at the office in Sweden he thought; ‘Why not do something in a larger scale?’. Today …
Swede dedicates his life to children in Thailand Read MoreFollowing on the pilot strike on Thursday 6 March the conflict has remained unsolved, with continued strikes throughout the weekend. On Sunday 8 March almost all domestic flights in Norway …
Norwegian Air Norway strike continues Read MoreThe Port of Gothenburg will be the new export port for Volvo cars to China, as well as Finland and Russia, with an estimated volume of around 30,000 cars each …
Volvo Cars selects Port of Gothenburg for China exports Read MoreMar 5th 2015, 12:10 BY R.L.W. & D.H. Where is the best place in the world to be a working woman? IN SOME countries International Women’s Day on March 8th …
Finland is the best place for a working woman Read More
SKF has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Chinese wind power gearbox manufacturer Chongqing Gearbox Co., Ltd., strengthening the relationship between the two companies. “We are welcoming the strategic partnership …
Swedish SKF enters partnership with Chongqing Gearbox in China Read More
Vietnam’s travel and tourism agencies have actively promoted Vietnam as a peaceful, hospitable and attractive destination to tourism markets around the world through a number of international tourism fairs. From …
Vietnam promotes tourism in Scandinavia Read MoreNo news regarding the recently announced midnight curfew, one of the most popular night clubs in Bangkok tells. The curfew has a big impact on the clubs’ revenues. Bangkok police …
Midnight curfew starts this weekend Read More
The Swedish Church in Bangkok and SWEA (Swedish Women’s Educational Association Bangkok are together with Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok inviting to celebrate Easter, on Sunday 5 April, between 11 am to …
Swedish Easter celebration at Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok Read More
Sweden’s top diplomat in Hong Kong, a 19-year veteran in foreign affairs, has apologised for verbally abusing staff at the exclusive Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Central during a heated argument …
Sweden’s top diplomat in Hong Kong insults bar staff Read More
On 5 March 2015 a pilot strike within Norwegian Air Norway (NAN) is affecting 35 000 customers. The flights between Scandinavia and Thailand (just as between Scandinavia and USA) are …
Norwegian Air’s pilot strike not affecting Thailand route Read MoreOn the 7th of March, world’s first MAYA MUSIC festival will be held in Bangkok. Among the artists, Swedish famous Steve Angello is represented. The world’s first MAYA will be held in …
World’s first MAYA MUSIC festival in Bangkok Read More
One of the most successful pop groups ever in the planet, Ace of Base, has announced the worldwide release on 6 March 2015 of album titled Hidden Gems, consisting in …
Famous Swedish pop stars Ace Of Base releases new album Read More
When Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) announced its financial results for the previous year 2014, it was clear that China is playing a key role. As the company’s largest market, …
Records sales for Volvo Cars, largest market China exceeds 80,000. Read More