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In the hilly terrain in tourist resort Pattaya hinterland is a lot about the sport. Next to Siam Country Golf Club, and here at the Bira Circuit, comes this story …
The Finns And Their Kin’s Enjoy The Life In Pit Number 10 Read MoreIf you’re having children while studying abroad, you are still entitled to child allowance. The rule also applies to diplomats, state-employees and social security workers.This was decided by the High …
Swedish Expat Receives Retroactive Child Allowance after Verdict in High Court of Sweden Read MoreThe Swedish Trade Council will move into their office at Anthenee Tower at Wireless Road on 1 September 2008. It will be a light beginning with only two staff members, …
The Swedish Trade Council Is Soon to Move into Their Office in Bangkok Read MoreSandy Nicholas Stuvik Norway/ Thailand wins the 4th round and qualifies for World Championship. Yes. It was all to go for this weekend as Sandy again was very fast in …
Norwegian Sandy Nicholas Stuvik Qualifies For World Championship Read MoreThailand Elite, a subsidiary of Tourism Authority of Thailand. Specially designed for friends of Thailand, the members can enjoy unprecedented access to benefits including expedited immigration, privilege on Visa (life …
Invitation To Join Thailand Elite Read MoreDuring this summer Sweden has completed some changes in their representation in South East Asia. This means changes of the staff at the Embassy in Thailand as well. Since the …
New Staff at the Swedish Embassy in Thailand Read MoreOn Friday August 1, 2008 a young Finnish man was being held at the Tourist Police station on Pratumnak Road since he had no money and no recollection of his …
Young Finn Tourist Mystery In Pattaya Read MoreIn the link below you will find the programme and the registration sheet along with other information for the official Danish business delegation to Bangkok headed by Their Royal Highnesses …
Invitation To Official Danish Export promotion In Thailand Read MoreWhen Micks Guesthouse on Friday 1 August opened in Cha Am, many friends and colleagues from other guesthouses and bars dropped by to enjoy the buffet, play pool and congratulate …
Danish Guesthouse Opened in Cha Am Read MoreDeavy lift specialist Dockwise says logistical flexibility were the keywords in the recent delivery of flexible flowline and umbilical reels to Technip’s/Subsea 7’s offshore construction vessel CSO Venturer. Six 300 …
Dockwise Delivers Danish Flowlines And umbilicals To Technip Read MoreThe global container shipping traffic is expected to grow by five to six percent while the traffic between Asia and Europe is expected to grow by eight percent. Maersk …
Maersk Line Will Deploy Larger Vessels Read MoreDanish-foreign couples, who have received incorrect or unclear guidance on family reunification, could get compensation for the economic losses they have suffered following the wrong advice on EU laws. …
Family Reunification: Rejected Couples May Get Compensation Read More“Gate Gourmet told us the taste of our bread is good, the texture is right and overall quality is up to the high European standards,” said Odd Gunnar Engebretsen, the …
THAI: Our Bread Is Tasty And Cheap Read MoreWaraporn was visiting Denmark for the third time when in 2005 she met Martin van der Muts in Copenhagen. Soon their relationship became more serious and before Waraporn returned to …
Denied Wedding in Denmark Read MoreThe Danish Immigration Service is trying to get an overview of the impact of an EU Court ruling this past Friday which might make it easier for families to seek reunification …
Danish Immigration Puts All Cases On Hold Read MoreBy Patcharee Lae-ya Thai tourists going to Scandinavia has dropped 20 percent this year. But the decline is mostly due to the increasing prices on airplane tickets and the cost …
Thai Tourists Drop Scandinavia Read MoreAugust 3, 2008 the go-kart people from Kartthai will drive around them self´s once again. The great event will be held at Pattaya’s Bira circuit, wich is situated beside the …
Go-kart Race At Pattaya´s Bira Circuit Read MoreThe owner of the brothel property with Thai girls at Ribevej in the Danish town Vejle, the 42-year-old Keld Wulff, is still enjoying his life in Thailand with the five …
Enjoying His Millions In Thailand Read MoreNo wonder if the Pattaya´s media king Niels Colov has problems with his hand, after having greeted at least one thousand welcomed guests. The reason was that the Dane turned …
Pattaya Media King Turn 60 Read MoreWhen a 42 year old Dane fresh out of a prison got away with cashing in a check of 5,6 million kroner and quickly moved the cash – and himself …
Got Away With 5,6 Million Kroner Read MoreA Norwegian man with Vietnamese origin, has been arrested by the Tourist Police in Thailand in front of Sintanee Village, in Chiangrai in the North of Thailand. He was sentenced …
Norwegian Robbery Suspect Caught in Thailand Read MoreThailand’s second largest cellco by subscribers DTAC has reported that its second-quarter net profits rose by 193% year-on-year to THB3.9 billion (USD117 million), up from THB1.33 billion a year earlier, …
DTAC Profits Up 193% Read MoreIt is easier to obtain a visa to North Korea than to Denmark, says Danish consul in Pattaya, Thailand, Stig Vagt-Andersen, to TV 2 Nyhederne. It is his experience that …
Danish Consul: It Is Easier To Get A Visa To North Korea Than To Denmark Read MoreThe sun will glimpse a bit here and there the next few weeks. But many have already given up and booked trips abroad. Are you one of those who opted …
SOS International: You Are Facing Greater Risk In Thailand Read MoreErnst Billgren has always been enticed of unexplored land. Now, he has taken the opportunity to shape a piece of land with his own ideas, as a builder in Thailand, …
Swedish Artist Create His Own Dream Town In Thailand Read MoreMaersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping firm and a unit of Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk, said the global shipping industry is expected to grow 7 to …
Maersk Line: Asia More Shielded From A Downturn Read MoreA 54-year-old man from Landskrona has been arrested in Thailand suspected of serious economic crimes. He has been internationally wanted since March this year. The man is the owner …
Swedish Swindler Arrested In Thailand Read MoreIt seems the latest craze for thieves is to go around in gangs on baht busses and hone in on a particular tourist in order to rob them of their …
Pattaya: Swedish Tourist Victim Approached By Pickpocket Gang Read MoreA 69-year-old man from Bergen would move to Thailand together with the mother of the girl he should have molested. Then the police in Norway went into action, writes Bergenaviserne. …
Norwegian Police Confiscated Passport Read MoreA 42-year-old man from Vejle is arrested in absentia in a preliminary examination Wednesday afternoon July 9, 2008. He is charged with serious fraud and forgery after he, Friday …
The Dane Who Cashed A False Cheque Will Be Jailed When He Return To Denmark Read MoreSasha Gabor came to Bangkok at the beginning of June. The man who has played in a long series of porn movies celebrated his 63-anniversary. June 27, 2008 he was …
Norwegian Porn Star Died During A Virtual Vacation In Thailand. Read More“Our cooperation with ECPAT means in particular that we inform and educate our staff in how to deal if the problem occurs. And our hotel contacts’ has a clause that …
Spies Join New Campaign Against Child Sex Tourism Read MoreThe Swedish official representation in Phuket does consist of a Honorary Consulate, instead of a General Consulate. The Embassy in Bangkok and the Honorary Consulate in Phuket has taken over …
Honorary Consul for Sweden In Phuket Change Status Read MoreMany are blaming the recent increase in crimes against foreigners here in Pattaya, Thailand, on the sharp rise in the cost of living which is especially hurting the Thai population, …
Danish Man Victim in Necklace Snatch In Central Pattaya Read MoreThe Football School witch should have been held over two weeks in early July, with two courses in each of the weeks, ended up as something of an anticlimax. Where …
Danish Football School Forced To Cancel 75% Of Its Courses Read MoreMore and more Finnish people celebrate their holidays in Thailand, while the attendance to leisure cruises to Sweden and Estonia decreased by seven percent. Leisure cruises does not seem to …
Finn’s Prefer Thailand For Long Distance Holidays Read MoreNew CEO to stick with strategic plan. The mobile operator DTAC expects no organisational changes and is preparing to move forward as planned after CEO Sigve Brekke leaves. Mr Brekke, …
Brekke: DTAC on right path Read MoreOne or more bankers in Vejle overlooked a false cheque, and were forced to wave goodbye to 5.6 million kroner. The 5.6 million is the figure at the check, a …
Cashed False Cheque – Went To Thailand With 5.6 million Kroner Read More“The Tiger Temple” in Thailand is a major tourist attraction, but the story behind the project are based on lies. The animals are imported to Thailand under the “highly dubious …
Danish Tour Operator Boycotts Well Known Thai Tourist Attraction Read MoreThai-Danish Club has a special ability. These guys can make people wake up at 5 in the morning to gather at 6.30 outside the main auditorium of Kasetsart University – …
Thai-Danish Club Did It Again! Read MoreMr. Sigve Brekke takes up the position as head of Telenor Region Asia and joins Telenor’s Group Executive Management on September 1st 2008. Brekke succeeds Mr. Arve Johansen, who returns …
Sigve Brekke Appointed New Head Of Telenor Asia, Tore Johnsen New CEO Of DTAC Read MoreTAC, controlled by Norway‘s Telenor has said it expects to launch the service using HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) in early 2009. HSDPA is an advanced 3G mobile technology …
TAC Has Said It Expects To Launch The Service Using HSDPA Read MoreSEK is one of only 15 foreign applicants who have been granted permission to issue Baht-denominated bonds in Thailand. The permission is important for Swedish companies wanting to make investments …
SEK One Of Only 15 Foreign Applicants To Be Granted Permission To Issue Baht-denominated Bonds In Thailand Read MoreHe has been active as an artist for more than 40 years, but Finnish painter and sculpture artist, Ilja West, is as creative as ever. At age 58 he is …
Finnish Artist Builds Bronze Sculptures In Thailand Read MoreThe festival arranged by the Royal Thai Embassy, and several thousand people took the opportunity to check up on Thailand in the past, present and future. And not to forget, …
Great Thai Festival In Copenhagen Read MoreAccording to the Tourism Authority of Thailand the country remains the top-choice long-haul destination for Swedish travelers accounting for 40 per cent of all travel packages purchased from Apollo, the …
Thailand Remains The Top Beach Destination For Swedish Travelers Read MoreEight months after the Thailand-holiday disappeared 18,000 kroner from the account. While the card holder was in Norway, the VISA cards information’s were misused in Cologne in Germany, writes the …
Norwegian Couple Lost 18,000 Kroner In Thai VISA Card Scam Read MoreFinnair’s long-haul destinations in the winter season 2008-2009 are the following: Bangkok 13, Beijing 7, Shanghai 7, Hong Kong 7, Delhi 6, New York 6, Osaka 5, Tokyo 4, Mumbai …
13 Finnair Departures A Week To Bangkok Read MoreThe Ministry for Foreign Affairs wants to enhance its consular services in order to be able to assist Finns travelling or residing abroad as efficiently as possible. If you have …
Client Inquiry About Finnish Consular Services Read MoreNorwegian Per Arne Solheim, who has been wanted in Thailand since April 18, 2008 took yesterday contact with the police in Norway writes the Norwegian newspaper VG Nett. “I …
Missing Norwegian In Thailand Safe And Sound: – Did Not Know That He Was Wanted Read More