Tsunami Memorial One Year After
Thailand marked the one year anniversary of the tsunami in a number of locations along the Andaman coast. The day, which was meant to mark the tragedy which took the …
Tsunami Memorial One Year After Read MoreDanish Embassy Accused of not Preventing Child Labor in Tsunami Aid Project
According to the Danish daily, BT, 10 year-old children are working as construction workers 7-8 hours each day at a Danish-funded building site outside the village of Bahn Nam Khem …
Danish Embassy Accused of not Preventing Child Labor in Tsunami Aid Project Read MoreHandover ceremony of three tracked vehicles
The Swedish government donated three all terrain tracked vehicles to Thailand in a ceremony held at the Royal Thai Army headquarters Friday 23 December. General Vichit Jatip, deputy army commander, …
Handover ceremony of three tracked vehicles Read MoreAdvance Voting Abroad of Finnish Presidential Elections 2006
In Finland, the round in the Presidential Election is held on 15 January 2006 and the possible second round on 29 January 2006. Meanwhile, Finnish Expatriates can vote for their …
Advance Voting Abroad of Finnish Presidential Elections 2006 Read MoreDanes to Attend Official Tsunami Memorial
On Monday December 26 – exactly one year after the Tsunami killed 46 Danes – several memorial ceremonies will be held in Thailand with other visiting Danish tourists among the …
Danes to Attend Official Tsunami Memorial Read MoreFour Arrested for Beating Dane to Death in Thailand
Four Thai men aged 28-36 are now arrested and charged with non-intentional violence causing death after turning themselves in to the Cha-Am police Thursday afternoon. A crime that is punished …
Four Arrested for Beating Dane to Death in Thailand Read MoreSoccer: Denmark to Play Singapore
In a rare visit to Southeast Asia, the national Danish soccer team has accepted an invitation to play an official friendly match against Singapore in connection with the Danish team’s …
Soccer: Denmark to Play Singapore Read MoreDane Beaten to Death by Thai Neighbours
A dispute over parking cost a 54 year-old Dane his life Tuesday evening at around 6pm (local time). The drama unfolded in the Thai vacation area of Cha-Am, when the …
Dane Beaten to Death by Thai Neighbours Read MoreDigital Signature Becomes Global
“Denmark is internationally ahead offering digital services and digital signatures, and now Danes abroad can also benefit from this. No matter where in the world Danes are living, they will …
Digital Signature Becomes Global Read MoreFinland Presents Its Tsunami Early Warning System to Thai
A consortium of Finnish research institutes and companies presented its study and recommendations on a tsunami and disaster Early Warning System to members of the Thai government, authorities and research …
Finland Presents Its Tsunami Early Warning System to Thai Read MoreSIDA Supports Vietnam’s National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Control
Sweden’s International Development Authority (SIDA) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) supported Vietnam’s National Strategy on HIV/AIDS control. The valued of supporting is not disclosed. An agreement was signed by …
SIDA Supports Vietnam’s National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Control Read MoreThailand’s Training on Tsunami Warning System
Thailand tested its Tsunami Warning System on Friday 16 December. The training aims to ensure that people are well trained to handle the possible incident. The test covered 6 …
Thailand’s Training on Tsunami Warning System Read MoreNorwegian Delegates Attend Tsunami Memorial
Norwegian former Foreign Minister Jan Petersen on behalf of Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was at time of press scheduled to attend the ceremony to mark the one year …
Norwegian Delegates Attend Tsunami Memorial Read MoreDanish Christmas Calendar Supports Burmese Refugee Children in Thailand
The Danish Burma Committee has been named as this year’s recipient of all the proceeds from the annual, traditional Christmas calendar. The calendar will be sold across Denmark in connection …
Danish Christmas Calendar Supports Burmese Refugee Children in Thailand Read MoreSENSA Supports “Sustainable Mekong”
On 16 December 2005, an agreement to support a “Sustainable Mekong” program was signed between SIDA and SEI. The agreement, a three-year collaboration between SENSA and SEI, aims to help …
SENSA Supports “Sustainable Mekong” Read MoreSwedish Pop Star to Sing at Tsunami Memorial
In the 1990s, she proudly represented Sweden in the Eurovision European Song Contest, and now Carola Häggkvist has agreed to sing during the upcoming Tsunami memorial ceremony in Khao Lak, …
Swedish Pop Star to Sing at Tsunami Memorial Read MoreA Growing Viking Creates Jobs in Thailand
Since its opening just 4 years ago, Viking Life-Saving Equipment’s factory in Thailand has boosted its work force from 100 employees to 400. With this rapid development, the Danish company …
A Growing Viking Creates Jobs in Thailand Read MoreEAC-Boss gets Standing ovations
More than a 1000 stockholders turned up at Bella Center in Copenhagen for the EAC extraordinary general meeting. The main issue on the agenda was a vote whether the stockholders …
EAC-Boss gets Standing ovations Read MoreSweden donates USD 2.5 million to tsunami trust fund
On 6 December, Sweden’s Minister for International Development Cooperation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ms Carin Jämtin visited Bangkok where she presented the United Nations Economics and social development in Asia …
Sweden donates USD 2.5 million to tsunami trust fund Read MoreDirect Flights from Billund to Thailand
So far all overseas flights from Denmark have been offered from Copenhagen, but due to the Danes’ growing interest in Phuket, Thailand, Denmark’s largest travel agency – MyTravel – will …
Direct Flights from Billund to Thailand Read MoreDouble Opening at Christmas Bazaar in Bangkok
The Christmas Bazaar at the Scandinavian Church on Sukhumvit Soi 33 in Bangkok was more crowded this year than ever. The family day on Sunday 27 November started with a …
Double Opening at Christmas Bazaar in Bangkok Read MoreNokia Wins USD 55 Million Network Expansion Deal in Thailand
Nokia and Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS), one of Thailand’s leading mobile phone service operators, have signed a deal worth over USD 55 million to expand Thailand’s AIS GSM network …
Nokia Wins USD 55 Million Network Expansion Deal in Thailand Read MoreExpensive Scandinavia
Norway is the most expensive country in the world according to a survey brought in the Danish newspaper, Jyllandsposten. The annual survey done by the analysis company ECA International shows …
Expensive Scandinavia Read MorePublisher Gets Pleasure Pleasing His Public
Accustomed to the pace of life in Thailand himself and looking for a new channel for his skills and energies in the publishing business, Håkan Wallenius was well aware that …
Publisher Gets Pleasure Pleasing His Public Read MoreTsunami Sirenes Ready for New Tourist Season
Three Tsunami sirenes have already been set up at Patong Beach, and the entire island of Phuket will have 18 sirenes installed in tall towers along the coast. The local …
Tsunami Sirenes Ready for New Tourist Season Read MoreFinland leads Nordic entries to tsunami memorial design competition
The Nordic countries had submitted 21 entries out of a total 679 to the official Thailand tsunami memorial design contest when the deadline for proposals was crossed 15 November. Finland …
Finland leads Nordic entries to tsunami memorial design competition Read MoreNew Playground at the Church
The Scandinavian Church’s playground has been renovated to new equipment. The new playground will be opened on 27 November. A group of Scandinavian women comprising Gitte Svantemann and Gitte Holm …
New Playground at the Church Read MoreThe Blue Jazz Orchestra plays charity concert in Bangkok
Jazz lovers in Bangkok should mark the evening of 3 December in their calendars because then the Blue Jazz Orchestra of the Stockholm Concert Hall Foundation gives a two hour …
The Blue Jazz Orchestra plays charity concert in Bangkok Read MoreNiels H Jensen to Turn The Lights Off
With the sale of EAC Nutrition to the Dutch company Numico, Niels Henrik Jensen, the current Vice President at EAC’s Group Operational Centre in Singapore, will be promoted CEO and …
Niels H Jensen to Turn The Lights Off Read MoreErik Winther Opens His Own Restaurant
Erik Winther – also known affectionately as ‘Budda’ by his many friends – was one of the three owners of Stable Lodge and Check Inn 99 until an accident in …
Erik Winther Opens His Own Restaurant Read MoreDanish Days Fondly Recalled
As a one-year AFS exchange student to Denmark in 1988, Watinee Kharnwong was supposed to speak English to facilitate communication there, but after three short months she found herself speaking …
Danish Days Fondly Recalled Read MoreLeaving Without the Last Tsunami Victim
The technical police staff from Denmark has been working to identify all the Danes who were reported missing in connection with the Tsunami on December 26 2004. Based out of …
Leaving Without the Last Tsunami Victim Read MoreHistoric Sale Sends EAC Toward its Grave
When EAC’s board of directors got together this Monday and decided to accept the offer of 9 billion DKK from Duth-owned Royal Numico, it marked the beginning of the end …
Historic Sale Sends EAC Toward its Grave Read MoreDanes turn down Tsunami memorial
The Danes have shown only little interest in participating in the memorial ceremony in Thailand on the anniversary of the Tsunami. On November 6th, the first deadline, only 18 Danes …
Danes turn down Tsunami memorial Read MoreFake Goods Flooding Denmark
A wave of fake branded goods from the Far East is flooding Denmark. In 2003, Danish customs nettet 20 mill DKK worth of counterfeit branded goods on their way to …
Fake Goods Flooding Denmark Read MoreNordic Charters Return to Phuket
Phuket based news agency Phuketgazette reported that the charter flights from Nordic countries flying to Phuket has made a good record on this high season. Mr. Torben Andersen, head of …
Nordic Charters Return to Phuket Read MoreVikings In Style
The glittering spectacle of Viking helmets and Scandinavian flags greeted the European Young Professionals on Wednesday as they descended on Stable Lodge on Sukhumvit Soi 8 in downtown Bangkok for …
Vikings In Style Read MoreDanes in Tour of Siam
Cyclists form Denmark will be among other 25 teams that have confirmed to compete in the 870-kilometer Bangkok-to-Phuket Tour of Siam 2006 bicycle race, to be held between 15-21 January. …
Danes in Tour of Siam Read MoreRetirement Is Not An Option
In his colourful shirt Ib Ottesen could look like any tourist sitting at the restaurant, while an elephant walks by behind him. Well he is not. He owns the Jomtien …
Retirement Is Not An Option Read MoreTwelve Nordic entries to tsunami memorial competition
Finland has submitted seven entries, most of all Nordic countries, to the official Thai tsunami memorial design competition. Sweden comes second with three entries followed by two from Denmark. Norway …
Twelve Nordic entries to tsunami memorial competition Read MoreAir Finland to Fly to Bangkok
The Finnish airline Air Finland is launching low-cost flights to Bangkok, Thailand every Monday during the winter season. Earlier, Air Finland arranged charter flights to Bangkok.It will be on a …
Air Finland to Fly to Bangkok Read MoreSanta Claus Takes Flight
Santa Claus takes flight on the flanks of Finland’s national airline Finnair’s long-haul boeing MD-11 fleet. A happily waving Seven-meter high Santa will be attached onto all Finair long-haul aircraft …
Santa Claus Takes Flight Read MorePhuket is Booming
To the surprise – and relief – of both the Danish travel industry and Phuket’s tourist vendors, last year’s Tsunami has not destroyed the Danish desire to go to Thailand. …
Phuket is Booming Read MoreEcco Expands Production in Thailand
Risk of EU taxes on Chinese shoes is creating a boom in Thailand’s shoe-production. As a result, Ecco is now expanding their production capacity at their factory in Thailand. With …
Ecco Expands Production in Thailand Read MoreNorwegian Solo Dance in Bangkok
The Royal Norwegian embassy in Bangkok presents a solo dance “SLOWFLY/V.i.c.t.o.r.i.a” performed by Monica Emilie Herstad at the Patravadi theatre in Bangkok on 16 December. The performance is based on …
Norwegian Solo Dance in Bangkok Read MoreDenmark’s Carbon Credit Agreement With Thai Company
H.E. Ulrik Helweg-Larsen, Danish Ambassador to Thailand, has on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed agreements with a Thai private enterprise on the purchase of carbon credits, …
Denmark’s Carbon Credit Agreement With Thai Company Read MoreSENSA Appoints New Officer In Bangkok
The Bangkok offices of SENSA, the Swedish environmental secretariat in Asia, have welcomed Stuart Ward as its first information and communication officer. This is a newly-created position reflecting the increasing …
SENSA Appoints New Officer In Bangkok Read MoreDanish Sindie Jensen Miss Thailand 2005
Sindie Jensen, a lovely 21 year old half Thai girl from Frederiksberg in Denmark will represent Thailand in the Miss World finals to be held in China on 10 December …
Danish Sindie Jensen Miss Thailand 2005 Read MoreAn Evening at Pattaya’s Newest Church
“While there’s a large number of Scandinavian living in Pattaya and Rayong, there’s no center for them to get together”, Helde Sirnes openly says to ScandMedia. “Pattaya is already home …
An Evening at Pattaya’s Newest Church Read MoreAll That Jazz with The Piano and Malene Live in Bangkok
For the first time, The Piano, leading Scandinavian piano jazz trio band, and Malene Mortensen performed live exclusively together at a luxurious Bangkok Theatre on October 26, 2005. There were …
All That Jazz with The Piano and Malene Live in Bangkok Read More