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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 MorePattaya’s sex tourism has created headlines again. This time the Danish morning paper Jyllands-Posten is running a front cover story on Sunday 5. July with the headline ‘Danish pimps are …
Danish Newspaper: Danish sex-pimps in Jomtien Read More”It is total nonsense. It is drunken rubbish from an old pensioner. Actually, it is harrassment.” There is no mercy when ScandAsia is speaking to the Dane, Eli Pedersen, who …
Drunken Rubbish! Read MoreWhy spend your retirement living as a henchman in Europe when you can go to Thailand living a life suitable for a king asks Jens Brochner Nielsen. During the last …
Thailand -The new Costa del Sol Read MoreHumanitarian design organization TYIN Tegnestue from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology conceived the project in response to a need for more dormitories for Karen refugee children in the …
Norwegian University designs houses for the Karen-people Read MorePattaya City Council and tourism-related business in the city are now making all out efforts to woo tourists back to the resort-city in time for this year’s high season, following …
Pattaya launches ambitious tourist campaign Read MoreWhat was intended a holiday in paradise after a semester in Australia turned fatal for twenty-two year old Drammen-native Julie Michelle Bergheim. Along with fellow tourist Jill St. Onge …
Mystery surrounds Julie’s death Read MoreUNHCR spokesperson William Spindler has said that resettlement in a third country had become the only viable option for Burmese refugees in Thailand’s camps, given problems settling permanently in Thailand …
Finland, Sweden and Norway offer asylum for Burmese refugees Read MoreAn increasing number of tourists has been subjected to a very severe scam in Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, where they are accused for theft and held back until a considerable …
Warning: Suvarnabhumi-Scam with terrible consequences Read MoreAccording to the Danish police 43-year old Keld Wulff is arrested in Thailand on suspicion of cheque fraud for more than five million Danish Kroner. Keld Wulff has been waiting …
Dane Arrested on Fraud Charges Deported to Denmark Read MoreSEK (Short for Krone, the Swedish currency) has executed two bonds totalling 4 billion Thai baht, and thereby enabling Swedish companies with production facilities in Thailand access to an important …
SEK executes Thai Baht bonds Read MoreAccording to the Oslo-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), which agitates against Burma’s military government, between 600 and 800 underground facilities and tunnels are in various stages of construction, although …
Norwegian Burma-exiles reveilles the militaries secret tunnels Read MoreThe €230 billion (£195 billion) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, also known as the Norwegian Oil Fund, has opened a new tender for external managers to run a range …
Norway seeks managers to run £200 billion Oil fund Read MoreIllicit 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 More