Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard spoke Monday in Bangkok to delegates from 190 countries at the opening of a new meeting under UN auspices. The 2500 guests are assembled …
Danish Climate Minister on Urgent Mission to Bangkok Read MoreThe Nordic police in South East Asia cover crime areas such as drugs, financial crimes, human trafficking and sexual abuse against children. According to police officer Annethe, who deals a lot with …
Fighting Crime in South East Asia Read MoreJonas Anderson, popular Swedish singer in Thailand, will perform in his first ever concert in Sweden on Thursday 15 & Friday 16 October at 20:00, on Södra Teatern, Stockholm, and …
Swedish-Thai Singer in Concert in Sweden Read MoreThe body of the 65-year-old woman was found about 1pm at Ao Yon beach, a secluded strip of sand on Cape Panwa, on Phuket’s east coast, Phuket Wan reports on …
Norwegian Woman Mysteriously Dead in Phuket Read MoreHis Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand is in Siriraj Hosptal in Bangkok, according to Manager online. The website shows PM Abhisit Vejjajiva visiting the hospital and signing a visitor’s …
His Majesty King Bhumibol in Siriraj Hospital Read MoreThe first Gripen fighter for Thailand completed its maiden flight in Linköping, Sweden, today. The flight took off at 14:50 local time and lasted for 80 minutes with Saab test …
First flight for Royal Thai Air Force Gripen Read MoreScandinavian tourists will return to Thailand in the coming high season as their currencies are getting stronger, says TUI Nordic, a tour operator in Scandinavia, according to bangkokpost.com. To accommodate …
Scandinavian Tourists Now Return to Thailand Read MoreScandinavian Airlines in Thailand has launched special prices of 49,000 baht for a roundtrip Economy Extra and 69,000 baht for Business Class to 36 northern European cities. The prices exclude …
SAS Launches Special Fares Today Read MoreTwo Danish guys, Thomas Skyum and Christian Bjerrum Hansen now kick start a new ambitious project in Thailand, the online computer store, invadeIT. The company aims to be the leading …
Danish Owned Online Computer Store Hits Thailand Read MoreSamui Airport and Samui Park Avenue are organising Swedish jazz singer Jonathan Fritzen and Thailand’s leading jazz guitarist Changton Kunjara, The Bangkok Post reports on Friday. The free concert will …
Swedish Jazz Phenomenon Plays in Samui Read MoreWhile several local parishes of the Church of Sweden are advocating the use of fortified wine to prevent the spread of swine flu during communion, a Swedish politician is proposing …
Swedish Politician Mulls Thai Bows to Counter Swine Flu Read MoreGonorrhoea is on the rise in Sweden and in many other European countries. The majority affected are heterosexual men who often get gonorrhoea abroad, especially in Thailand. The present report …
Watch out for Gonorrhoea in Thailand! Read MoreMr. Otto Kreuger, the Swedish businessman who was convicted to one year imprisonment in a trial involving the transportation of a submarine from Sweden to Thailand, has issued a pressrelease …
Convicted Swedish Businessman Explains His Case Read MoreThe Danish Energy Agency has entered an agreement with Thai company Sima Interproduct Co. Ltd. on a biogas project in the Kalasin province in northern Thailand, writes the Danish Energy …
The Danish Energy Agency to Start Biogas Project in North Thailand Read MoreDABGO is an online networking targeting specifically Danish business people all over the world. In Singapore, there are currently 80 members, In Vietnam 29 and in Thailand 27 members.Jesper Løvendahl, …
DABGO Coming to Asia? Read MoreAndreas Hall 30 and Ruben Ludwigsson 33, two Swedish tourists, were on Monday 24 August at around 11pm arrested in Khao Lak and put in the detention in Phang Nga, …
Sex on the Beach – or Scam Victims? Read MoreTrading with carbon credit is big business. It is like a stock. Buy a carbon credit and sell it to a higher price and we are talking billions of dollars. …
How to invest in CDM-projects in Thailand Read MoreA Universal Player is a person who is enjoying his life, good with women, smart, self-confident, likes fashion and travelling, well-connected, loves to party and is always looking for more …
Mr. Universal Player Read MoreA list of the most popular searches within the last 30 days on the website Viviro.com – the intelligent search engine for cheap flights online – shows that when Danes …
Danes Prefer Thailand Read MoreThey borrowed several years of salary, and came to Sweden with the promise of hard work and good pay. But the blueberry harvest failed and now thousands of berry pickers …
Thai-workers in Sweden Work for Slave Wages Read MoreA whooping 125 Danish students in Singapore had Thursday their first day of school. The brand new Danish Supplementary School in Singapore thus exceeded its own wildest expectations. “We thought …
First Day at School in Singapore Read MoreWednesday morning members of the Nordic Chambers of Commerce gathered for a breakfast seminar about negotiating techniques at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in Bangkok. The presentation – an interactive video …
How to Get What You Want When Negotiating Read MoreA Swedish man, presumably in his twenties, was arrested yesterday in Thailand by the Thai police. According to Jan-Olof Ahlenius from the Swedish consulate in Thailand the man, accused of fraud, …
Swedish Man Arrested in Thailand Read MoreThe water experts are these days meeting at an UN-sponsored conference, the World Water Week 2009, an international gathering of policy makers and experts in Stockholm. A study was released …
Experts Gathered in Sweden Warn South East Asia Read MoreMosquito bites are annoying – they itch, sting and hurt, so naturally many people apply repellent to get a holiday free from itching. But not all mosquito repellents are as safe …
Danish Scientist Warns Against Popular Mosquito Repellent Read MoreWhile the financial crisis is still damaging sales and earnings of Pressalit Group A / S, the group domiciled in Ry strikes back offensively and opens its first production of …
Danish Pressalit Looks Towards South East Asia Read MoreFrederik Härén is the charismatic Swedish lecturer and author of the international bestseller “The Idea Book”, which aims to “entice out ideas” and help people develop their creativity. And now …
Singaporean Swede Launches Book in Manila Night Club Read MoreSo far two Scandinavian movies are on top of the list, when Bangkok International Film Festival promotes itself prior to the seventh edition of the event in late September, The …
Danish and Swedish Movies Promoted in Thai Festival Read MoreAt a press conference Thursday in Bangkok The Body Shop announced its launch of a worldwide campaign against sex trafficking of children and young people. The campaign’s goal – to …
The Body Shop Fights Back on Sex Trafficking Read MoreAccording to the Thai news website phuketwan.com the man was on holiday on the island of Phuket with his son. The accident happened when the 57-year-old man was out Sunday swimming …
Dane Drowned in Thailand Read MoreSwedish businessman Otto Kreuger was on 14 August sentenced to a one year prison term by a court in Nonthaburi and ordered to pay the plaintif 10 million baht. The …
Swedish Businessman Sentenced to Prison Read MoreDespite the Influenza A scare and the economic slowdown, the number of tourists last month in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia increased compared to last year. Danish tourists visit more and …
Tourism Boom Despite Financial Crisis Read MoreThai Airways has recently offered 3.9 million air-miles to HRH, the late Princess Galyani Vadhana’s Tipitaka Endowment Project. The donated miles will be used to transport a 40-volume set of …
Thai Airways Donates Air-miles to Norwegian Buddhists Read MoreMr. Jan Olav Johannessen has been appointed as the new priest at The Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Pattatya. He is replacing the former priest Mr. Lars Haugen who has been …
Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Pattaya Gets New Priest Read MoreA Bangkok Airways flight with 68 passengers and 4 crew members travelling from Krabi to Koh Samui Airport skidded on Tuesday off the runway and crashed at landing. The plane …
No Scandinavians Injured in Samui Crash Read MoreTo be eligible, the adults must sign up at the SAS booth at the Home, Health and Family show at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center 10am-9pm, Thursday 30 July-Sunday …
SAS Thailand: Free travel to Scandinavia for children Read MoreThe European Union met with nations of the Asia-Pacific to discuss security policy in the region at the ASEAN regional forum on July 22-23 in Phuket, Thailand. On the agenda …
EU at ASEAN regional forum in Phuket Read MoreDiplomats from the embassies of Norway, Britain, France, Germany and Italy have been permitted to attend the hearing of Aung San Suu Kyi although most of the trial has been …
Norwegian diplomats to attend Suu Kyi trail Read MoreTwo joint meetings between EU and ASEAN on the problems connected with fossil fuels are planned to take place in Bangkok and Hanoi in September. The foreseeable depletion of fossil …
EU-ASEAN Expert meeting on fossil fuel planned in Bangkok and Hanoi Read MoreWhat began as a two mouth internship for the Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commence has now turned into a permanent relocation to Bangkok, where she now has made successful modelling career …
Much more than a Barbie Read MoreOriginally Vibeke Eidsaae Corneliussen had intended to spend her time with her five-year-old twin sons, when the family decided to move to Bangkok, where her husband Snorre’s dream-job at Telenor …
New Executive Director Thai Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Read MoreThe Burmese migrants in Thailand livelihood is hopefully about to improve. The NGO ADRA has launched a project focusing on civil rights for the Burmese minority in Thailand. The project, …
ADRA Norway funds Burmese migrants in Thailand Read MoreThe small university in the third biggest city of Denmark is among the few European Universities, who now will receive EU-support on around three million Euros to their Erasmus Mundus …
Aalborg University joins Erasmus exchange program with Asia Read MoreNorwegian telecommunications group Telenor, which has operations in both Thailand and Malaysia, reported Thursday that its second quarter net profit halved from last year’s levels, as it said the global …
Telenor’s profits halve in second quarter Read More‘Take a break and spend quality time with your family on a bounty-island – without you children missing out on school’. This suggestion seems harder and harder to resist for …
Swedish Curriculum on a Bounty-Island Read MoreThe Danish newspaper Politiken has warned its readers to be wary of discarded cigarette ends at train-stations and airport tax-free shops in Thailand since officials are on the take and …
Danish newspaper warns: Beware of Thai extortionists Read MoreLow costs, relaxed atmosphere and an incredible amount of sunny hours, to many people there are several good reasons to move to Hua Hin when retiring. But like most other …
A home away from Sweden Read MoreLast year Marianne and Robert Franson from Slangerup decided to realize their lifelong dream of showing the world to Cecilie and Julie, their daughters on eight and six respectively. The …
An experience of a lifetime Read MoreKhmer Krom monk Tim Sakhorn has gone to Sweden after the approval of his application for political asylum, but uncertainty surrounds the fate of 56 Khmer Krom refugees deported by …
Khmer Krom Monk Granted Political Asylum in Sweden Read MoreImprovements are needed for Denmark to be perceived as a forthcoming and advanced tourist destination, writes Lars Bernhard Jørgensen, Managing Director of Wonderful Copenhagen, the official tourism and congress organization …
Danish Tourism Organization: “Visa Improvements Needed” Read More