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Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf said he valued Sino-Sweden relations highly, and would keep supporting bilateral cooperation when he accepted on Thursday credentials from the new Chinese Ambassador to Sweden. …
Swedish king lauds Sino-Swedish ties Read More
The Indonesian-Swedish Initiative for Sustainable Energy Solutions (INSISTS) will be working to assist the Indonesian government in developing its renewable energy policy, including reducing the damage to tropical forests caused …
Sweden, Indonesia to develop renewable energy solutions Read More
After 31 December 2013, you will no longer be able to pay with the older versions of the 50-krona and 1,000-krona banknotes that do not have foil strips. The reason …
Old Swedish banknotes not valid in 2014 Read More
Swedish company Midroc Automation has been requested to deliver a fully automated system to manage the World’s largest gold mine in Papua, Indonesia. The client is the American mining company …
Swedish Midroc gets 800 Mil. SEK order in Indonesia Read MoreOn Saturday November 30 Swea Bangkok held its annual Christmas Party at Rembrandt Hotel. It was a traditional Swedish Christmas party with all what it takes to get in the …
Swea Bangkok held well-attended Christmas party Read MoreOn 6 November, the Nordic Golf Tournament took place at the newly refurbished Jurong Country Club in Singapore, SBAS (the Swedish Business Association Singapore) said on their website. The Golf …
Nordic Golf Torunament held at refurbished club in Singapore Read More
Volvo just unveiled plans for the world’s first large-scale trial of self-driving cars. The ‘Drive Me’ project will see 100 autonomous vehicles take to the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden in …
Volvo: self-driving cars to hit Sweden’s roads in 2017 Read MoreA SWEDISH man jumped from the elevated highway close to Pudong International Airport’s Terminal 2 at 9am on 2 December. He was declared dead on the way to hospital. The …
Swede leaps to death at China airport Read MoreSWEDISH ENGINEERING group Sandvik recently inked a deal with Inframachineries, a leading Filipino provider of construction tools and equipment. The brand will be the exclusive distributor of Sandvik’s mobile crushers. …
Sweden’s Sandvik enters Philippines market Read More
It’s the brainchild of two women in Sweden and their creation that has been nicknamed the “invisible bicycle helmet” is going viral. Their concept took the internet by storm after …
Swedish women design ‘invisible’ bike helmet Read MoreABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has appointed Chunyuan Gu as head of its business in China and the North Asia region as of Jan. 1, 2014. Gu, …
Chinese robotics expert leads ABB China operations Read More
National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB has started the production of the Saab 9-3 Aero Sedan with a petrol powerhouse. The first car will roll out of the assembly lines in …
Saab cars to roll out of reopened plant in Sweden Read More
Swedish fashion giant H&M said on Wednesday it would stop making clothing containing angora hair after an animal rights group released video showing fur being plucked from live rabbits on …
H&M halts angora products after rabbit torture video Read More
PHUKET: Big Phuket waves at Karon Beach claimed another tourist’s life Wednesday afternoon November 27. Swedish national Ann Gorli Teres Fjellner, 59, was knocked over and dragged out by heavy …
Swedish tourist drowns at popular Phuket beach Read MoreSTOCKHOLM, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese scientist Dr. Qin Dahe was awarded here the 2013 Volvo Environment Prize Tuesday night for his outstanding scientific contribution in the field of climate …
Chinese scientists awarded Volvo environmental prize Read MoreJanitor gifts fortune to ‘coloured kids in need’ Despite their meagre salaries, a janitor and his wife, who worked in a Swedish school kitchen, left 2.5 million kronor ($380,000) in …
Swedish janitor gifts fortune to ‘coloured kids in need’ Read MoreHONG KONG, Nov. 26 — Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive CY Leung met visiting King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at Government House here on Tuesday. Leung welcomed the king, …
Swedish king visits Hong Kong Read MoreSweden Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Visits Jakarta Zoom Out Zoom In Normal TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Swedish Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank Belfrage starts his two-day visit to Jakarta today, …
Sweden’s Vice FM visits Jakarta Read MoreA team led by the Swedish Global Health Ambassador Dr. Anders Nordström together with Ann Måwe and Ulrika Ferenius from the Swedish Foreign Ministry accompanied Tomas Lundström from the Swedish …
Swedish envoy assesses Myanmar’s healthcare Read MoreVolvo has officially pulled the wraps off the 2014 S60L during the 2013 Guangzhou Motor Show, in China. The Swedish based automaker’s Volvo latest creation is named the S60L and …
2014 Volvo S60L unveiled in China Read MoreH&M has pledged to pay a living wage to 850,000 textile workers after expressing frustration over a lack of action by governments to address working conditions in Asian factories in …
H&M to pay ‘living wage’ in Cambodia, Bangladesh Read More
World’s first IKEA Pop-Up store opens in Siam Square IKEA’s world-first pop-up store opened in Bangkok’s Siam Square fashion district over the weekend. “Bangkok is an amazing international city, well …
IKEA “Pops-Up” in Central Bangkok Read MoreJOHOR BARU: IMMIGRATION officers are dusting off a provision in the law books to deny unsavoury characters from setting foot in the country. They have alerted all personnel at air, …
Malaysia to clamp down on ‘visa runs’ Read More
[wzslider] On Wednesday 13 November, MASBA held yet another of its successful events, the Ambassador’s Dinner, a tradition since many years. Apart from the delicious menu presented to the 60 members …
Annual Ambassador’s Dinner held in Kuala Lumpur Read MoreBeardy Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg will be extradited to Denmark next week to face hacking charges, after a long journey which has already seen him deported from Cambodia …
Sweden to deport Pirate Bay co-founder Warg to Denmark Read MoreThe Chinese government’s latest move to streamline company registration is an important step in line with international standards that will encourage social investment, according to Danish and other foreign experts …
China’s ease of company registration is good for business Read MoreOn November 20, Ambassador Klas Molin together with parts of the Swedish support team went to Ormoc and Tacloban with a Swedish Hercules Plane. Three Norwegian aid workers accompanied him …
Swedish envoy on typhoon relief mission Read MoreSAS continues to improve its customer offering by launching new routes. From four Scandinavian airports SAS is opening seven new routes in the summer 2014 timetable. Today, SAS announces the …
SAS to offer 7 new routes in summer 2014 Read MoreSingapore Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) have agreed to extend their codeshare arrangement. The increased codeshare will apply to SAS flights from Copenhagen to Berlin and Hamburg in Germany, Palanga …
Singapore Airlines, SAS extend codeshare Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) — Swedish aerospace and defence company, Saab International Malaysia Sdn Bhd, is keen to establish smart partnerships with local companies to venture into areas such …
Saab, Malaysia mull weapon tech collaboration Read MoreA Swedish Business Delegation comprising high-level representatives from ten companies, largely based in Singapore, visited Hanoi on 17-19 November 2013.The event was organised by the Embassy of Sweden in Hanoi …
Swedish firms assess Vietnam’s business climate Read MoreKUCHING: Swiss-based NGO, Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) wants Swedish-Swiss power and technology group, ABB, to withdraw from all dam-related activities in Sarawak. In making the call, BMF criticised the Zurich-based …
Sweden’s ABB urged to abandon Malaysian dam projects Read MoreVice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden HE Mr Frank Belfrage starts his two-day visit to Jakarta on 20 November 2013 with a special mission to reinforce the already strong …
Sweden, Indonesia bolster bilateral cooperation Read MoreAn ageing population and care for the elderly were discussed at a conference in Hanoi on November 19. The event was co-organised by the Ministry of Health, the Hanoi University …
Sweden shares elderly care experience with Vietnam Read MoreFast fashion retailer H&M has teamed up with three of its best suppliers in Bangladesh and Cambodia to create model factories where it can test new ideas and standards before …
H&M to test ‘model factory’ concept in Cambodia Read More(VOV) -Many Swedish businesses have expressed their keen interest in the Vietnamese market, especially in the fields of banking, financing, recycle technology, transport, and support industry. At a reception hosted …
Swedish firms keen on Vietnam Read More
A famous hotel rebuilt every winter in northern Sweden using only ice said Thursday it would install fire alarms this year. The hotel, located in the small Arctic town of …
Sweden’s ice hotel to install fire alarms Read MoreA YouTube video featuring Hollywood veteran Jean-Claude Van Damme performing an “epic split” between two moving Volvo trucks left news about nearly 500 job cuts at the Swedish truck maker …
Van Damme’s stunt eclipses Volvo layoffs Read MoreIKEA’s store in Xuhui District was forced to remain shut until after noon yesterday after a man threatened to jump from the top of storage racks, the company said in …
Suicidal Chinese forces IKEA store closure Read MoreThis morning, Ambassador HE Ewa Polano had a meeting with HE Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, Prime Minister of Timor Leste, in connection to the Bali Democracy Forum. The meeting took …
Swedish envoy, E Timor PM discuss cooperation Read More
On November 17 Scandinavian Society in Malaysia held the annual Family Christmas Party at the Tropicana Golf and Country resort. More info on the event will follow. See the photos …
Christmas Celebration with the Scandinavian Society in Malaysia Read MoreThe outpouring of international aid to the Philippines makes China’s contribution for typhoon relief look like a trickle: even Swedish furniture chain IKEA and beverage giant Coca-Cola have done more …
IKEA outdoes China in Philippines relief Read More
Prime Minister Yingluck and Baroness Catherine Ashton, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, discussed on 13 November 2013 the possibility of …
EU may remove Schengen Visa requirement for Thais Read MoreFormer Swedish PM Praises Malaysia’s Innovation Initiatives KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) — Former Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson has praised Malaysia’s innovation initiatives, saying Malaysia is developing tremendously in …
Ex-Swedish PM lauds Malaysia’s innovation initiatives Read More
As many as 20 Swedes are feared missing in the Philippines in the aftermath of the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan, which is estimated to have killed up to …
Swedes feared missing after Philippines typhoon Read More
The music concert of “The music of ABBA by Arrival from Sweden” will be held at the People’s Square in Yangon on November 30 according to the event’s organizer, Pee …
Swedish band to perform ABBA music in Yangon Read More
Super Typhoon Haiyan that hit Philippines with a devastating fury on Friday may have left more than 10,000 deaths in its wake while hundreds of thousands of survivors were made …
Scandinavians still missing after Philippine typhoon Read MoreAccording to a survey by Bangkok’s The Nation newspaper, property companies are increasing their investment in Phuket, with plans to develop more than THB50 billion (USD1.6 billion) in residential and …
Scandinavians lead the charge in bullish Phuket property market Read More
The kingdom’s 2013 defense budget rose to US$5.7 billion, a 7% increase from the year before. Increased spending in recent years has allowed an already capable military to modernize and …
Modernizing the Royal Thai Air Force Read More
Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA opens its 14th store in China on Thursday, accelerating the retail expansion in the world’s fastest growing economy, said China Daily. The new store, also …
Beijing opens 2nd IKEA Read More