Nordic News, Business and Life in Asia
Illicit financial flows hamper development in poor countries. A government-appointed commission proposes a number of measures to reduce the adverse effects of tax havens. The Commission on Capital Flight from …
Solheim will fight tax havens to help developing countries Read MoreBill and Melinda Gates visited Norway in the beginning of June. They held an open meeting at the Opera House along with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to discuss cooperation between …
Bill Gates: Norway has become our development-fund’s best partner Read MoreSida and The Program on Humanitaran Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University (HPCR) has presented new platform for the Advanced Training Program on Humanitarian Action (ATHA).According to Sida’s homepage, …
SIDA releases new platform for conflict and humanitarian work Read MoreA month after announcing a 10-billion-baht megamall project in the Bang Na-Trat area, Siam Future Development Plc is already seeking a site for another major mall, which will feature the …
Yet another IKEA planned in the Bangkok area… and more to come Read MoreAks Ammundsen passed away very peacefully on June 21th 2009. Aks came to Thailand in 1979 when she married her former teenage boy friend Dr.Einar Ammundsen. Both he and Aks …
Aks Ammundsen Has Passed Away Read MoreNokia, the world’s biggest phone maker has stated, that thau intends to stay ahead of its rivals in Asia with a new range of handsets aimed at the region’s increasingly …
Nokia eyes Asia’s untapped markets Read MoreThe economic slowdown has badly hurt not just businesses but also non-governmental organisations, as donations dry up. “The situation is grave. In sending out 20 letters to companies, asking for …
NGO: Denmark stopped funding due to Financial downturn Read MoreThere is a growing consensus that the worst is over for Asia and the rest of the world, but many risks remain, said leaders at the 18th World Economic Forum …
WEForum: Worst of economic crisis over, but Asia still facing risks Read MoreOn the 15 May, Pol.Lt.Col. Sawai Ong-art, Pattaya Police Investigator [Dong Tan Branch] was notified that a foreigner had taken off his clothes, was standing on the second-floor balcony of …
Naked Norwegian arrested in Pattaya Read MoreThe 2004 Tsunami left both coastal areas and people in ruins, now a book on the people is being published. Danish Church Aid (DCA) is behind the book, which is full of …
DCA publishes book on Tsunami Read MoreThe Australian online magazine eurekastreet.au has met Behnam Moafi in prison. The Iranian-Swede born is currently serving a 22-year sentence in a Thai prison for extortion, blackmail and armed robbery …
Swede in Thai prison tells his story to Australian newspaper Read MoreDanish documentary film maker Tom Heinemann is awarded the price of 13.500 € for his many critical journalism on developing countries. The Jury’s justification for the choice of Tom Heinemann …
Danish Burma-filmmaker rewarded Read MoreAccording to the Danish newspaper Politiken the Danish authorities are now to check those involved in corpse identification after the 2004 Thai tsunami Denmark is to check 166 police officers …
Tsunami work gave Danish police asthma Read MoreLennart Avnby, Managing Director of Herkules Crane Co., Ltd., passed away on Tuesday 09 June 2009 after suffering from a heart attack. The 56 year old well known Danish crane …
Lennart Avnby Passed Away Read MoreA fresh pledge from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will ensure that all the stops are pulled out in order to entice visitors back to the country. This includes …
Thailand plans to re-energise tourism Read MoreA delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway visited the ASEAN Secretariat on 4 June 2009. Led by the Director General covering Asia and Oceania, Mrs. Aud Marit …
Norwegian delegation discuss cooperation with ASEAN Read MoreA lethal cocktail of war, natural disasters and economic volatility led the international Red Cross to paint a picture of rising global instability Wednesday as it announced record annual expenditure. …
Red Cross Reports Record Outlay Read More“The community supplies us with material nourishment” explained Samsok, one of the five monks of the temle, ‘and in return we offer them spiritual sustenance.’ And that community is a …
Thai temple in Copenhagen a popular turistspot Read MoreA pathologist hired to investigate the mysterious death of the Norwegian and American women in Phi Phi Island now states that the lung tissue from the women has gorne missing. …
Phi Phi deaths: Lung tissue dissapered Read MoreKimball Electronics Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Kimball International, Inc., has signed a long-term partnership agreement to manufacture electrical devices for Grundfos. The long-term agreement was awarded for assemblies that …
Kimball Assembles Electronic Pumps for Grundfos Read MoreASEAN and the European Union (EU) have temporarily halted negotiations for a planned free trade agreement after two years of talks, Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said Monday. The decision …
ASEAN and EU suspend free trade talks Read MoreMinister of European and Migration Affairs Astrid Thors (Swedish People’s Party) and Minister of the Interior Anne Holmlund (Nat. Coalition Party) are concerned with reports that Thai women married to …
Finnish ministers: NGOs must help Thai victims of domestic violence Read MoreAccording to the Thai newspaper Poochadkjan the Swedish carmaker Volvo’s sales figures from 2009 has dropped 48 percent in Thailand, compared with the first five months of 2008. That is …
Volvo sales drops by 50 percent in Thailand Read MoreScandinavian Airlines in Thailand launches discount for a roundtrip to 36 northern European cities – mainly the Scandinavian. The 36 destinations include major urban gateways in North Europe, including Oslo, …
SAS in Thailand Launches Special Premium Class Fares to Scandinavia Read MoreThe foreign ministers of 45 Asian and European countries met in Hanoi Monday for talks on the global economy but found themselves wrapped up with the issues of Burma. The …
Carl Bildt: Aung San Suu Kyi must be released Read MoreFriday the 30th of May is the last chance for Southeast Asian based Greenlanders to vote for the upcoming election for the local parliament (Landsting) in Nuuk. Every Danish embassy …
Friday last Chance for Greenlandic Voting on the Danish Embassies Read MoreOn June 7, 2009, Denmark elects its members to the European Parliament and a referendum on changes to the constitution regarding succession to the throne. Danes abroad can participate in …
Constitution and EU-parliament election on the Danish Embassies until June the 4th Read MoreEuropean and Asian foreign ministers meet in Vietnam from Monday with the global financial crisis top of the agenda–but with differences over Burma threatening to steal the headlines. The two-day …
Burma main subject at Europe-Asia meeting Read MoreThailand’s Siam Future Development Pcl. and Ikano Pte. Ltd. of Sweden on Monday signed an agreement to invest together in building a shopping centre on the eastern outskirts of Bangkok …
Ikano plans Asia’s largest shopping centre in Bangkok Read MoreLongtime Bangkok resident Anders Normann celebrated his recent birthday with a special announcement to his friends. He is now the official “caretaker” of the beautiful and historic Thai-Danish icon, the …
Royal Thai decoration presented to Danish admiral returns home Read MoreEven though the low populated Norwegian city of Stjørdal, close to the Arctic Circle and the tropical metropolis of Bangkok doesn’t seem to have much in common, but recently the …
Stjørdal – Bangkok’s new friendship-city Read MoreOn the 12th May 2009 Pattaya police arrested three men (two Swedish and one British), all in their 60s, on charges of sexually abusing minors. The Police Colonel Suwitpol Imjairat, …
Swedish men arrested for paedophilia in Pattaya Read MoreMs. Anne Gitte Rugaard, current Executive Director of Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce, will move back to Denmark in July due to a change in her husbands business plans. The Danish-Thai …
Danish-Thai Chamber Looking for New Executive Director Read MoreNorway has been elected as a member of the UN Human Rights Council together with the US. “I am pleased that Norway has now been elected as a member of …
Norway elected to UN Human Rights Council Read MoreThai Airways in Sweden has entered into a four-year IP telephony contract with Swedish IT company Carl Lamm under the agreement the IT company will provide Thai Airways with hardware, …
Thai Airways contracts Carl Lamm for IP telephony Read MoreAs many as half of women who have moved from Thailand to Finland are believed to be living “underground”, beyond the reach of social safety nets, according to a fresh …
Violence and Residence permit drive Thai women underground in Finland Read MoreChurch of Sweden on Thursday 14 May hosted an evening for the Nordic community in Thailand to explain its decision to terminate renting its current villa on Sukhumvit Soi 33 …
Church of Sweden to Terminate Permanent Place in Bangkok Read MoreRecent theories are emerging in the mysterious death the Norwegian Julie Michelle Bergheim and American women Jill St. Orge who were vacationing in Thailand. Now the boyfriend of Jill St. …
New theories and questions on women’s death in Phi Phi Read MoreNew Swedish movie discuss globalisation, and its winner and losers. It is directed by Lukas Moodysson, who is behind international successes like ‘Fucking Åmål’, ‘Tilsammans’ and ‘Lilja 4-ever’ The movie, …
Moodyson makes movie on Philippines maids and Thai prostitutes Read MoreThe former winner of the Danish singingcontest ‘Stjerne i aften’ (star for one night) and participant in the eurovision songcontest, Malene Mortensen is coming to Thailand to perform at the Hua Hin Jazzfestival …
Dane sings at Hua Hin Jazzfestival Read MoreDue to a downturn in luxury good sales the Danish pocelain-producer Royal Copenhagen is reducing its Danish based workforce by as much as a quarter. Over a quarter of Royal …
Royal Copenhagen reduces national workforce in favour of Thai production Read MoreTwenty one members assembled at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 7 May 2009 decided to change the bylaws of the Society so that they now stipulate that the Board …
Scandinavian Society to Employ Executive Director Read MoreKlaus Bøge, who was the handball coach for the women in Bjerringbro FH until very recently, is now appointed the new coach for the national women’s handball team. His first …
Dane new coach for Thai national handball team Read MoreOlof Ohlsson, the Swedish priest at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok from 1995 – 2000, his wife Marie and two children Filippa and Kajsa, have been assigned to establish a Church of Sweden in Florida. Olof and Marie moved from Bangkok first to Halmstad …
Former Scandinavian Priest Moving to Florida Read MoreThe Norwegian medias suspect cassava, a very common vegetable in the Asian kitchen, to be the killer of the two tourists on Phi Phi. The plant has previously caused the deathe of …
Cassava-Poisoning Could Explain the Death of Norwegian Read MoreA 22 year old woman from Norway died on Monday after falling ill on Phi Phi Island over the weekend. This happened a few hours after an American woman suddenly fell …
Norwegian Woman Dead of Poisoning on Phi Phi Islands Read MoreAccording to The Jakata Post, at the annual meeting at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Bali, the members from developed countries, primary the scandinavian group, have asked the bank to channel …
Scandinavia wants’ climate and clean energy while Southeast Asia wants’ development funds Read MoreA Swedish woman was shot last night in Bangkok popular tourist street Khao San Road. She is in stable condition and staying in a Hospital in Central Bangkok. The shooting …
Swedish Woman Shot in Bangkok Read MoreEurope offers ‘great potential’ for Singapore food business, according to Lewis Cheng, general manager of Prima Food. ‘As Asian food is growing rapidly in terms of popularity and acceptance level, there …
Great potential for Singapore cuisine in Scandinavia Read MoreThree Swedish peace activists from the group Avrusta (Disarm), whose mission is to stop Sweden from exporting weapons, have been sentenced to prison for their attempt to destroy three warplanes …
Sentenced for Attempting to Damage Warplane to Thailand Read More