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A number of Swedish citizens and dozens of tourists from other countries have the past week been rejected to leave Thailand when immigration staff has discovered fake Thai entry and …
Swedish embassy warns against fake Thai visa stamps Read MoreWallenius Wilhelmsen ASA, the world’s largest provider of vehicle and ro-ro (roll-on, roll-off cargo) transportation services, expects a 10-20 percent rise in cargo moved through Singapore this year from the …
Wallenius Wilhelmsen expects 10-20% rise in cargo moved through S’pore Read MoreA dispute between Thai berry pickers and the Swedish companies that buy the berries from them has begun in Fredrika, northern Sweden, reports the regional daily VK. The Thais have …
Thai berry pickers paid less than Swedish colleagues for same work Read More“This is completely unacceptable,” says Mr Arne Andersson, head of the National Food Administration’s, NFA, control unit to Swedish daily UNT in a comment to the findings on imported Thai …
Thai vegetables hit in Swedish pesticide analysis Read MoreEAC has signed an agreement with Alpharma ApS which is expected to lead to a legally binding agreement for the acquisition of the full ownership rights of the Dumex trademark …
EAC acquires the Dumex trademark on a global basis Read MoreTelenor’s mobile-phone operation in Thailand, DTAC, is confident that the company can keep its premium customers when mobile number portability (MNP) is launched in Thailand. MNP, which gives the possibility …
DTAC getting ready for mobile number portability Read MoreThey moved abroad because of the adventure: How would it be to live and work somewhere else? They are mostly well educated and thought it might strengthen their skills and …
Danes of no return Read MoreLuxcare Co., Ltd. is a new Thai-Danish joint venture set up this year between Loxley Utilities Services Co., Ltd., Thailand and Envicare Aps., Denmark. The main objective of the new …
New Danish-Thai joint venture within waste water Read MoreThailand is one of the most competitive countries in the world for mobile phone operators. There are not many places in the world, where you have five operators of whom …
Norwegian CEO in Thai mobile phone battle Read MoreJanus Kortsen is a 24 year old suburban Copenhagen-kid with a quick remark and a teasing smile. Early August he arrived Bangkok to take over the job as post graduate …
New Danish Chamber trainee in Bangkok Read MoreTrade consellors and export advisors from the Danish embassies in Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australien, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand will jointly visit five Danish cities from 10 -14 November this …
Asean/Oceania export counsellors on tour Read MoreNorway’s state-owned power company Statkraft confirmed on September 10 that a Laotian partnership in which it has a one-fifth stake is eyeing assets held by Electricite de France (EdF) in …
Statkraft’s Laotian partnership eyes major stake in Indochina’s biggest dam project Read MoreFor those who wish express their sympathy to Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Mrs Anna Lindh, who died Thursday 11 September, following a brutal stabbing attack in Stockholm the day before, books …
Book of Condolences opened at Swedish Embassies Read MoreThe Swedish IT company Vision House Co., Ltd. recently won the contract to be webmaster of www.norcham.or.th – the website of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce. Vision House won the …
New webmaster for www.norcham.or.th Read MoreMunching away on morning rolls and sipping coffee or tea, about eighteen members of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Tuesday 9 September listened to a presentation by Niels-Gunnar Hjellegjerde about …
First Thai-Norwegian Breakfast Read MoreThe new Norwegian priest in Thailand will be Mrs. Hilde Sirnes from Lista near Farsund in Norway. She replaces Mrs. Gro Haaversen Barth, who left for Norway by the end …
New Norwegian Priest in Thailand Read MoreMost Thai’s know who Peter Corp. Dyrendal is. If they don’t remember all his hits, at least they remember that the young half-Thai singer was three years in a row …
Peter Corp. Dyrendal Read MoreDanfoss has increased its profitability in Thailand every year since Mr. Prasansak Suwanpotipra five years ago was handpicked for the job as General Manager of the prominent Danish company in …
Danfoss Thailand increasingly profitable Read MoreThe Swedish Womens Group in Bangkok, SWEA, has recently visited Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, the hospital that is known for its services to expatriates living in Bangkok and South East Asia. …
SWEA Bangkok visits Samitivej Hospital Read MoreMedical tourism is one of the hottest terms in Thailand’s leisure and wellbeing industry. While many only talk about it a group of Swedish investors just do it. Land filling work …
Scandinavian Care launches medical tourism tours to Thailand late 2003 Read MoreElleven families gathered on Monday 23 June at the Scandinavian Church in Bangkok on the invitation of Margretheklubben – Danish Women’s Network – to celebrate a traditional Danish Sct. Hans …
Sct. Hans Feast in Bangkok Read MoreMargretheklubben – the Danish Women’s Network in Thailand – is considering a change of its name. The decission will be made on an extraordinary general meeting which will take place …
Margretheklubben considers name change Read MoreThe Swedish dehumidification solution supplier Munters saw its Asian operations for the first six months of 2003 negatively affected by SARS and the Iraqi war. Customers postponed investment decisions and …
Munters’ Asia sales first half 2003 hit by SARS Read MoreFive sawmills in Jämtland province, central Sweden, have reached an SEK 100 Million agreement to supply hardwood and semi finished wood products to a Thai company. “The customer is a …
Thailand places SEK 100 Million order with Swedish sawmills Read MoreA 45-year old Swedish man has been granted a transfer from Bangkwang Central Prison in northern Bangkok to Sweden where he will serve an 18 year sentence. The man was …
First Swedish prisoner gets transfer home under new rules Read MoreAn almost hour-long talk with Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a telecom tycoon turned politician, was one of the highlights when Ericsson’s new Chief Executive Officer, Mr Carl-Henric Svanberg, visited …
Ericsson’s new CEO says financial crisis over Read MoreBangkok’s new international airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport, which is scheduled to commence its operations in 2005, will feature a monorail system from MHE-Demag in Thailand (MDT), as part of the facade …
MDT secures maintenance deal for Suvarnabhumi Airport Read MoreThe recent dispute between Carlsberg Breweries A/S and Singapore-based Chang Beverages Pte. Ltd. over Carlsberg Asia Pte Ltd., which is the joint venture of the two companies, will have no …
Carlsberg production in Thailand continues Read MoreTwo Swedish players, Chris Stafford and Bjorn Richardson, will take part in the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament 2003, which is held from 16th to 21st September 2003 in Hua …
Chris and Bjorn Swedish players in Elephant Polo 2003 Read MoreJebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia (JJSEA) will on January 1 next year embark on a corporate realignment expected to sharpen its business focus and maintain its …
Jebsen & Jessen SEA to enhance focus and quality Read More“If an outsider had looked in on us, he would have seen 5 overgrown boys with huge smiles on their faces as they explained with arms and legs,” says Thomas …
Racing dream comes true in Pattaya Read MoreCharlotte Donvang Parks, one of the most high-profile Danish women in Thailand, is in September leaving for Malaysia, where she and her husband David lived before moving to Thailand six …
Charlotte Donvang Parks moving to Malaysia Read MoreCarlsberg Breweries A/S has decided not to continue its joint venture with its Thai partner, Chang Beverages Pte. Ltd., after the two sides failed to resolve their disagreement regarding the …
Carlsberg Breweries ends joint venture with Chang Beverages Read MoreAsian Workers’ Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Institute (OHSEI), which was set up three years ago with support from the Danish workers’ union LO-FTF, will organize a Theme Conference 3-5 …
Danish support for regional union’s meeting Read MoreDenmark this year strengthen its cultural ties with Asia through a major festival of art and culture Images of Asia, which will takes place from August 8 to September 26 …
Thai veteran artist gets big honour at Images of Asia Read MoreSome 120 participants joined the two-day Thai-Swedish conference on culture and sustainable development 17-18 July in Bispgården, Ragunda. Besides information exchange and strengthening of relations between Sweden and Thailand, the …
Pavilion conference produces cooperation agreement Read MoreDanish bakeries. You can find them all over the world. So why write about this guy, Kai, who together with his Thai wife over the past eight years has established …
Kai’s Danish Bakery in Nongkhai Read MoreThe largest Nordic travel insurance company, SOS International a/s warns of a dramatic increase in Nordic tourists injured in motorcycle accidents when on vacation in South East Asia. For Thailand, …
Don’t rent a motorcycle! Read MoreOne year after the implementation of a new Danish immigration law, pressure is mounting on Danish Minister for Integration, Mr. Bertel Haarder to revise parts of a law approved by …
Danes should not marry non-Danes Read MoreNorway’s trade of traditional commodities (all commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates) with Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia slipped in …
Norway’s half-year trade with major ASEAN countries slipped Read MoreHow to say and do ‘skål’ the proper way, and appreciate and understand Scandinavian food, was the theme of a recent dinner at the Admiral’s Restaurant, Bangkok, for a group …
Thai management students bound for Sweden Read MoreGeneral Johan Hederstedt, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, is making an official visit to Thailand between 31 July and 3 August 2003. He is invited by the Thai …
Supreme Commander visits Thailand Read MoreThe spectacular and beautiful shores of Flekke Fjord in Norway may seem light years away from the bustle of Bangkoks’ busy streets. But for one bright Thai student they will …
Slum Child wins Norway Scholarship Read MoreIt is six o’clock in the morning. The Bangkok-Chiangrai coach has just arrived at Chiangrai bus station. Many of the Thai and foreign visitors sleep-walk across the street into a …
Swedish Bakery brings “new life” Read MoreThe Swedish government has decided arrange referendum 14 September 2003 on the introduction of the euro. All Swedish citizens who, according to the Elections Act, fulfill the requirements to vote …
Sweden holds referendum on Euro introduction Read MoreBangkok Vikings, the football team of Scandinavian expatriates in Bangkok, will the end of August play against the national football team of Laos. The match will take place in afternoon …
Vikings to fight the National Team of Laos Read MoreSwedish-born EF Education will this year expand its network of EF English First schools in Bangkok and major provinces in Thailand to achieve a significant growth from the Thai operation. …
EF English First targets 80% growth in Thailand Read MoreAsian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific, will administer a new DKK20 million (US$3.2 million) cooperation fund financed by …
Denmark provides second technical assistance fund Read MoreDFDS Transport is about to deliver the last equipment from Danbrew A/S to Lao Brewery Co., Ltd. in Vientiane, Laos. DFDS Transport last year secured the contract from Carlsberg’s …
DFDS delivers Danbrew equipment to Lao Brewery Read MoreLars Olsson has passed away. A Swedish resident in Thailand since 1977, Lars died quietly in his home in Soi Watcharapol off Ramintra Road north of Bangkok on Sunday 15 …
Lars Olsson has passed away Read More