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Police Lieutenant Colonel Grit from Pattaya Police Station was called to a house in Soi Bongkot, Central Pattaya, Thailand just after daybreak on the morning of August 23, 2007 after …
Norwegian-Owned House Has Been Ransacked Read MoreMandatory pictures indicating the dangers of smoking which are already in use in Thailand, are to be included on cigarette packages in Finland. Social Services Minister Paula Risikko will sign …
Finland to Follow Thailand in Using Pictures on Cigarette Packages Read MoreTesar Jazz Band from Finland will perform in Bangkok on Wednesday, 24th of October. The concert will be held at the Thailand Cultural Centre, Small Hall. The programme includes timeless …
Tesar Jazz Band from Finland Will Perform in Bangkok 24th October Read MoreThe Finland-based world market leader, Nokia expects strong sales growth up to nine million new handsets to be sold in the Thai market in the year 2007, driven by high …
Nokia Strong Sales in Thai Market Read MoreVolvo, The Swedish auto-maker, having suffered a slump for lack of new products, is set to recover with the introduction of the C30 at The year 2007’s 28 Bangkok International …
Volvo at Bangkok International Motor Show Read More153 weddings and 21 deaths so far. Yet Tove Wihlborg-Andersen (56) is not to scare away by this year’s statistics, which indicates that the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok is …
From Denmark to Thailand and somewhere in between Read MoreThe first implementation of the system, Bombardier’s Leading-Edge ERTMS Level 2, including technology transfer between Thailand and Sweden will be developed at Bombardier Transportation Rail Control Solutions sites in both …
Bombardier’s System in Thailand and Sweden Read MoreWith the more charter flights from Scandinavian countries, the tourism in Phuket enjoys strong tourist ‘low-season’ and has been gradually improving since the tsunami, and will be even better in …
Phuket’s Charter Flights From Scandinavia Read MoreThailand is one of the markets with highest growth in the month of July in terms of its export of seafood from Norway, reported by The Norway Post on 14 August, …
Norway Exports Seafood To Thailand Read MoreThe one-stop service centre that makes foreign-film approval easier than ever, with its staff drawn from agencies that have regular contact with film producers, including the Department of Employment, the …
Swedish Producers Spent 57 M For Films Shot in Thailand Read MoreThe biggest growth markets in July were those of Portugal, the Netherlands and Thailand. In Portugal, the biggest growth was in salted fish and clipfish, while in the Netherlands growth …
Record Summer for Exports of Norwegian Seafood Read MoreSpeaking to The Nation from an undisclosed location in Sweden, Pattani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo)’s foreign affairs chief Kasturi Mahkuta, maintained that it was not entirely out of the question …
From Sweden, Bangkok and Phuket Could Come Under Attack Read MoreIn the Norwegian Grand Travel Awards 2007 held in Oslo, the capital city of Norway, on 8 January, 2007, Thailand was voted by more than 300 traveling companies as “The …
Norwegian Magazine Awards Thailand Read MoreMalene Mortensen, young Danish Jazz singer will be accompanied by one of Denmark’s leading young talents, the pianist Kasper Villiaume who has won several prizes in Denmark and internationally with his …
Malene Mortensen Performs Live in Bangkok Read MoreTeam Precision, a contract electronics manufacturer headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, has established a presence in Sønderborg in southern Jutland. It is the first time that the company has located premises …
Thai electronics manufacturer Team Precision sets up in Denmark Read MoreA Thai woman, Pornsiri Semitlow, has been found dead on August 7, 2007 in the house where she lived with her Swedish husband, Jesper Eugen Semitlow, in Chonburi province. The …
A Thai Woman Married to a Swedish Man Found Dead in Their Home Read MoreTo help manage Thailand’s international reserves, like Norway, Thailand should form and independent unit, investing in private equity that provides high returns in the long term, which may entail hiring …
Thailand Like Norway Should Form an Independent Unit Read MoreThe leading Danish container shipping company, A.P. Moller – Maersk announced the appointment of Thomas Gullacksen as Thailand Country Manager, effective 1 August 2007. As Country Manager for Thailand, Thomas …
Maersk Announced Thomas Gullacksen as New Country Manager for Thailand Read MoreAre you tired of dark, cold Scandinavia? Or merely lonely? Then why not go to Thailand and enjoy your self with the young beautiful Thai woman?This is what the Norwegian …
Love Sex and Fidelity in the Country of Smiles Read MoreIn January 2008 a Danish school will open in Koh Lah in the Andaman See in Thailand. The school follows the Danish curriculum and is open for children from 1st …
Danish School Opens in Koh Lanta Read MoreChildren of Norwegian fathers and Thai mothers in Thailand often end up as social losers. In many cases the Norwegian father is 30 or 40 years older than the mother. …
Norwegian Children in Thailand Become Social Losers Read MoreAs of December 3, Finnair’s flights to Bangkok will operate twice daily in response to Thailand’s guaranteed warm weather and swimming waters which are attractive to tourists throughout the year, …
Finnair’s Strong Demand in Bangkok Read MoreTom Olafsen, a 47 years old man, who was staying at Thianthong Condominium on Jomthien Soi 7 in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district, Pattaya, Thailand, collapsed and died early on …
Norwegian Tourist Collapses and Dies in Pattaya Read MoreHRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand was on His visit to Sweden in July 2007, accompanied by his wife, HRH Princess Srirasmi, and their son, HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti.The …
The Royal Family Visit to Sweden Read MoreThe Bangkok Flying Farangs Ice Hockey Club will be hosting its 4th annual charity golf tournament on Saturday, August 25th, 2007 at the Phoenix Golf & Country Club in Pattaya. …
The 4rd Annual Flying Farangs Open Charity Golf Tournament Read MoreThe popularity of Thailand as a holiday destination has exploded in Finland, a Statistics Finland (SF) statement revealed on July 27, 2007.According to SF figures, Finns have had some 90,000 …
More Finnish Holidaymakers Travel to Thailand Read MoreNorwegian telecommunications company Telenor on July 24, 2007 reported higher net profit for second quarter 2007, and an increase in turnover. Net profit for Telenor was 3.25 billion kroner (568 million dollars), …
Telenor Gained Higher Second-Quarter Net Profit Read MoreThis year it is 110 years ago King Chulalongkorn visited Sweden. To commemorate this visit a Thai Cultural Week is organised in Sweden 14-22 July.During the Thai Cultural Week an …
110 Year Anniversary of King Chulalongkorn’s Visit to Sweden Read MoreCrown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand paid a visit to Sweden and resided at the Royal Thai Embassy in Stockholm and has returned to Thailand safely on July 26, 2007. The …
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn Visited Sweden Read MoreThis summer a major reshuffle of Swedish Ambassadors will take place in South East Asia. Here’s the summary:Jonas Hafström, Swedish Ambassador to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Burma, has been appointed as …
Swedish Ambassadors’ Rotation In S.E.Asia Read MoreECCO shoes, international brand from Denmark, has opened its first “Arena” shop, a global concept shop in Thailand in July 2007 at Central City Bangna. The interior design of the …
ECCO Opened Its First “Arena” Shop in Bangkok Read MoreA new trade policy strategy from the Government of Denmark called “An Assertive Trade Policy Strategy – Danish Trade Policy in a Globalised World” aims at supporting international trade liberalisation …
New Danish Strategy Targets Free Trade With Asia’s Markets Read MoreThe 3rd World Vovinam (Vietnamese martial art) Championship 2007 will take place in HCM City on July 20-21 at the Phu Tho Sports House with the participation of 215 athletes …
Vietnam to host World Vovinam Championship Read MoreSwedish anti-paedophile police trying to stop child sex tourism have opened an email address for tourists in Thailand to report child sex abuse. The email address, [email protected] , has been …
Swedes in Thailand Asked to Report Paedophiles Read MoreAs from Friday, 15 June 2007, a new EC Regulation on controls of cash movements became effective in all EU Member States. In accordance with the Regulation, travellers entering or …
Passengers Carrying 10,000 Euros or More in Cash Must Declare the Cash at External Border of the EU Read MoreAn Oslo court on June 29, 2007 sentenced a Norwegian man to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting six Thai children aged around 11 to 15 in 2004 and …
Norwegian Jailed for Sexual Assault of Thai Children Read MoreThe famous actor and billionaire Klaus Pagh has marries a Thai woman by the name Nancy. The fact that Klaus Pagh was already 44 years old when Nancy was born, …
Klaus Pagh Marries Young Thai Woman Read MoreThe Universiade is an international sports event for university students that is organised every other year. This year Thailand and Bangkok will host the games. The theme for this year’s …
Sweden Participates in Bangkok Universiade Sports Game Read MoreThis year it is 110 years ago King Chulalongkorn visited Sweden. To commemorate this visit a Thai Cultural Week is organised in Sweden 14-22 July.During the Thai Cultural Week an …
Thai Cultural Week in Sweden Read MoreThe sun, the beach and a tighter stomach. That is what Health Care Denmark (HCD) offers in a combined solution. Plastic surgery and a luxury holiday in one convenient package. …
Thai Plastic Surgery Hospital Critical of Its Danish Agent Read More”Where were you last Wednesday? Are you having an affair?”. This is not marital problems, but the conversation in the ‘locker room’ of The Flying Farangs – Bangkok’s very own …
Flying Farangs – Expat Ice Hockey in Bangkok Read MoreMaersk Logistics announced on July 9, 2007 that they have integrated the Dutch freight forwarding company Damco Sea & Air with Maersk Logistics forwarding activities. The combined business will trade …
Maersk Logistics Damco and Sea & Airforwarding Services Integrate to Form Damco Read MoreInternational conference on poverty reduction and forests tenure, market and policy reforms will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 3-7 September, 2007 which is organized by the Regional Community Forestry …
International Conference on Poverty Reduction and Forests Tenure, Market and Policy Reforms Read MoreJoining 21 countries including Denmark, Japan and Singapore, Thai cabinet has approved ban on motorists using mobile phones on July 10, 2007 with aim to reduce traffic accidents.“The cabinet banned …
Using Mobile Phones While Driving to Be Banned on Thai Motorists Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand has come up with the marketing strategies for 2008 with wedding couples and young travellers as the target groups from places like Japan, Scandinavia and …
Thailand Looks to Quality, Trendy Tourists to Boost Tourism Revenue Read MoreABB Norway has supplied control systems, equipment and services to two major bio-ethanol plants in Thailand, supporting the country’s efforts to reduce its reliance on oil imports and to mitigate …
ABB Control Systems Help Bio-Ethanol Production in Thailand Read MoreThailand appears to be on the verge of buying six Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, according to the Bangkok Post. On 4 July 2007 the government gave the go-ahead …
Thailand May Order Swedish Fighter Jets Read MoreTG Building System has launched a two-years project to develop advanced low-energy housing in close collaboration with EnergiMidt and Esbensen in Denmark. Energy savings of more than 30% and advanced use …
Low Energy Housing Soon Available on the Thai Market with Danish Help Read MoreIt was just another Wednesday night in Bangkok, but if you were invited to Dream Hotel at Sukhumvit, you had the pleasure of experiencing a true diva. Caroline Henderson, who …
Interview with Caroline Henderson: Swedish-Danish Jazz Diva Visiting Thailand Read MoreThailand will charge a unit of Finnish Poyry with colluding on bids for work at Bangkok’s new multi-billion dollar Suvarnabhumi airport, a Thai official said on June 27, 2007. The head of …
Finnish Poyry Faces Thai Airport Charges Read More