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Mogens Sørensen, the head of investigations at the Copenhagen police station in Bellahøj, Denmark, will be liaison officer for the five Nordic countries and coordinate investigations in Southeast Asia and …
New Scandinavian Police Coordinator Read MoreTore Johnsen, the new head of Total Access Communication (DTAC), intends to make his company a successful wireless-broadband player by capitalising on third-generation (3G) technology and enthusiastic staff. During an …
New DTCA Boss Going All Out For 3g Read MoreIn the third game of the season Vikings faced the BSL Youth. This was a special game since Vikings have given BSL some heavy defeats in the last couple of …
Vikings – BSL Youth 4-3 Read MoreSince 1996 TAT has presented the Friends of Thailand Awards to international individuals/organizations, international tour operators and international airlines every two years. The 2nd Awards were presented in 1998, the …
Many “Friends Of Thailand” Awards To Scandinavia Read MoreIn the early hours of Monday Morning, Police Lieutenant Egadit from Dongtan Police Sub-Station based on Jomtien Beach was called to the Grand Jomtien Palace Hotel to investigate a suspected …
Danish Tourists Caught Up In Hotel Room Theft Read MoreA 22-year-old Thai man who lives in Mors, Denmark is charged with attempted murder after he early Sunday October 12, stabbed his 16-year-old Thai girlfriend several times in the neck …
Thai Charged With Attempted Murder Read More16 CCTV cameras in Patong will be supplemented with 26 more units, 16 of which will be provided by the Savoey Seafood restaurant on Thaweewong Rd. All of the new …
Candid Camera, Phuket Style Read MoreFinnair Leisure Flights has leased an Airbus A330-200 long-haul aircraft from the leisure flight company Air Europa for the coming winter’s holiday flights to Thailand . The aircraft will be …
Finnair Leisure Flights To Thailand Ensured Read MoreIntegration Minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech (Lib.) admits that her ministry has failed in its duty of information to a Danish-Thai couple. ”Sorry,” she said following an appearance in Parliament. The …
Minister: Sorry! Read MoreNorway and Sweden are among 10 countries which have issued warnings about travelling to Thailand have raised the level of alarm following the government’s bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. The rest …
Norway And Sweden Have Issued Warnings Read MoreThe old Danish trading company EAC revised its expectations upwards for the overall year result of 2008. This was stated by the company in a stock exchange announcement. Pre-tax profit …
EAC Raises Its Expectations Read MoreThe Danish band will play live at Impact Exhibition Center Wednesday, November 26, 2008 in cooperation with The Royal Danish Embassy and TV Direct. With global record sales of …
Michael Learns to Rock- Live in Bangkok Read MoreVikings Bangkok played their second game of the season against the new Div. 2 team Siam Celtic (SC). Most experts had Vikings as the solid favorites to collect their first …
Vikings – Siam Celtic FC 1-2 Read MoreDid you Hit the family unification wall too? Scandasia.com would like to hear from Scandinavians, who feel they have been inadequate treated or directly mislead by their country’s immigration [email protected]
Family Unification: Please Tip The Editor Read MoreDenmark get 90,000 visa applications every year. The Danish Foreign of foreign affairs has “privatized” preliminary investigations of visa applicants from India and Russia. The last six months, The Danish Foreign …
Subcontractors Screen Visa Applications Read MoreThe Danish Parliament’s Ombudsman, Hans Gammeltoft-Hansen, gave harsh criticism of the Ministry of Integration, which he directly finds have broken the law because a Danish-Thai couple were denied proper information about their …
Danish Ombudsman: Ministry Broke The Law Read MoreIt can be dangerous to travel to Thailand. This year alone already 60 Danes has returned from the Asian country in a coffin compared with last year. It shows figures, …
60 Danes Died In Thailand This Year Read MoreThe Thai Tourism TAT in Bangkok has decided to open a tourist office in Copenhagen. It shall cover Iceland, Norway and Denmark. “TAT has already a tourist office in Stockholm, which covers …
Thailand Plans To Open Tourist Office In Denmark Read MoreLast year 30 Danish men came back home from Thailand with gonorrhoea, a sexually transmissible illness, which is nearly extinct in Denmark, writes the Danish newspaper Politiken. “It is a …
Danish Tourists Get Gonorrhoea In Thailand Read MoreNovember 16th is the day when SWEA in Bangkok offers you the opportunity to present and sell new products. Maybe you products you would like to sell. And now is …
SWEA In Bangkok Gives You New Opportunities Read MoreThe Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs have reported that Fagbladet Travel News, a Norwegian travel trade magazine, selected Thailand for its “World’s Best Tourist Country” award for 2008, this being …
Scandinavian Awards To Thailand Read MoreThe municipal elections will take place in Finland on 26 October 2008. The advance voting in Thailand will take place in Bangkok (15.-18.10) and Pattaya (17.-18.10).Entitled to vote in municipal …
Finnish Citizens Can Vote Inn Bangkok And Pattaya Read MoreFor the first time in six years a Danish travel agency a special award from Thailand’s ministry of tourism. Sales manager at Profil Rejser, Frederick Wagner, recently received the “Friends …
Danish Profil Rejser Gets Award In Thailand Read MoreThree men are still suspected of the murder of Simen Sparre Knudsen at Phuket in Thailand. But the police lacks technical evidence linking them to the crime scene, writes the …
The Thai Police Lacks Technical Evidence Against Murder Suspects Read MoreEvery year, thousands of Thais comply with the often humiliating scrutiny of their financial situation when applying for a Schengen visa to Europe, believing that the hassle is necessary in …
Schengen Countries Have No Overstay Control Read MoreThe long processing time for Thai tourists to be granted a visa to Denmark is not because the Danish Immigration Authorities in Copenhagen now scrutinize all the applications, as opposed …
Slow Visa Processing Not Our Fault Read MoreThe Finnish Meteorological Institute has relaunched the development of its LUOVA early-warning system for natural disasters. The project was first mooted in late 2004 in the wake of the Indian …
Meteorological Institute In Finland To Revive Tsunami System Read MoreThe Swedish furniture retail giant Ikea has signed a five-year production contract worth 15 billion baht with S.P.S. Group, a Thai furniture maker, and plans to open a store in …
Ikea Names Thai Supplier Before Opening Its First Store In Bangkok Read MoreInvitation to join Cruise and cocktail reception on Chao Phraya with H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK and H.R.H. CROWN PRINCESS MARY of Denmark. Corporate member of the Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce …
Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce Invite Its Members To Join Cruise With H.R.H Crown Prince Frederik And H.R.H. Mary Of Denmark Read MoreSKOV, through its sales office in Bangkok, has made agreements about supplying climate controllers to 450 broiler houses in Thailand. SKOV A/S in Denmark will supply climate controllers to …
Danish SKOV Installs Over 400 Climate Controllers In Thailand Read MoreEven though the global outlook is very bleak, there are still good opportunities for investing a part of your finances in assets around the globe. That was the main lesson …
SEB Seminar On Investing In The Midst Of The Credit Crunch Read MoreA Thai temple from Thailand is at the moment on its way from Thailand to Billund in a container on its way from Thailand. It must be assembled again at …
A temple From Thailand As A Tourist Attraction In Danish Billund Read MoreA Dutchman who had fled to Thailand to escape drug trafficking charges in Normay was yesterday captured in the Chon Buri resort town of Pattaya. Johannes Cornelis Smeding, 50, …
Dutch Drug Suspect Detained In Pattaya At Request Of Norway Read MoreAsia remains a primary focus for SAS Scandinavian Airlines as the airline enjoys some of its strongest growth over the summer. According to Hakan Ollson, SAS General Manager for Southeast …
Scandinavian Carriers Upbeat On Asia’s Potential Read MoreThe 42nd Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair opened yesterday September 11 2008 at the Impact Exhibition & Convention Center in Bangkok. Among the exhibitors is the Norwegian jewelry company A …
Norwegian Company at Bangkok Gems Fair Read MoreThe weather was dreadful on the night of the 10th September. But Mr. Tuomo Karvinen and his wife Onanong did not despair of the downpour and soon their latest restaurant venture …
New Finnish Restaurant In Pattaya Read MoreThe Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce held a breakfast seminar on Wednesday September 10 2008. And despite the early start at 7.30 in the morning, the conference room at the …
Popular Headhunter Talk in Bangkok Read MorePeople who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami or lost loved ones in the disaster went through a complex process of trauma and grief, according to research in Sweden published in …
Swedish Tsunami Survivors Experienced Complex Trauma And Grieving Process According To Research Read MoreA new Danish grant of 3.6 million USD to MRC Fisheries Programme in 2009-2010 will enable the MRC to continue to facilitate sustainable development of fisheries in the Mekong River …
Danish Grant Keeps Mekong River Commission Afloat Read MoreAstudo Hotel & Resort Management has announced the appointment of Juhani Sotka as Resort Manager for Away Resort Koh Kood.Juhani, a Finnish National, will supervise the entire operation of Away …
Juhani Sotka Appointed As Resort Manager At Away Resort Koh Kood Read MoreThe new Danish company Seafood Flavours A/S presents their very first product in Bangkok at the Food Ingredients Asia 2008. A representative from the Royal Danish Embassy in Thailand therefore …
The Royal Danish Embassy in Thailand Tastes Soup for New Danish Company Read MoreFigures show tourism being decimated by continuing crisis. International arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport have dropped 30 per cent, while average hotel-occupancy rates in Bangkok and Phuket have plunged 40-50 per …
Airport Arrivals, Hotel Occupancy Fall Sharply Read MoreSo far 12 countries, including Denmark and Sweden, have warned their citizens about to travel to Thailand because of the growing tension between the People’s Alliance of Democracy and the …
Tourism Business Jolted by Declaration of State of Emergency Read MoreYesterday there was no sign of resignation from neither the government nor the demonstrators lead by People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD). After the death of a demonstrate Monday night, and …
The Demonstrators Continue Their Blockades in Bangkok Read MoreBankruptcy for Canadian Zoom Airlines, which is used by several Danish charter companies, may affect Danish holidays in Thailand.Danish charter companies who have used Zoom Airlines to ferry holidaymakers to …
30.000 Danes Uncertain about Thailand Vacation Read MoreAs more signs of violence keep emerging in the political clash between the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the administration of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, members of the diplomatic …
Nordic Diplomat Find The Impasse Alarming Read MoreThailand‘s telecoms regulator said on Friday it expected to issue new licences for third-generation mobile services by the end of 2009, seen as a key step in reforming the competitive …
Thai NTC Plans To Issue New 3G Licences By End-2009 Read MoreThe police in the Danish town Fredericia were visiting a local brothel. A lady from Thailand, 38, was arrested. And will be confronted with a judge soonest possible. She …
Thai Lady Arrested in Danish Brothel Read MoreScandinavian Airlines System International targets Asia. SAS therefore offers a promotional fare on the Bangkok-Stockholm route of Bt22.000 for the first eight flights from October 28 to November 14. From …
SAS offers promotional fares from Stockholm to Bangkok Read MoreThe last summer meeting at restaurant “Green Tree” managed to attract 55 people Saturday August 23. And they were there to socialise and not to forget, to get the latest …
One Bottle Of Beer – And 55 Scandinavians Read More