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Finnish corporation Solar Finland Ltd, a Finnish solar energy corporation, has signed an agreement to establish a joint venture in Thailand, the company recently announced. The announcement says that the investment …
Solar Finland establishing a production facility for photovoltaic modules in Thailand Read More
On 7 December, the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok officially opened its 400-year photo exhibition at Bangkok Art and Culture Center with Danish Ambassador Jon Thorgaard giving the welcoming speech. …
Ambassador Jon Thorgaard officially opened the 400-year photo exhibition in Bangkok Read More
The Danish – Thai Chamber of Commerce invites you to the DTCC Reunion – Meet the Danish Export Association and the DASN on 9 December. More about the event, DTCC …
Meet the Danish Export Association and the Danish Asian SME Network Read More
Three months ago, 10-year-old Wasuthon Guide Nielsen was told he had to travel back to Thailand because the family’s application for a residence permit for him had been rejected …
Agency of Family Law formally launch Wasuthon’s Danish adoption case Read More
As part of the 400-year celebrations of Thai-Danish relations, the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok is displaying a photo exhibition at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, 3rd floor, from 7 …
Embassy of Denmark launch 400-year photo exhibition at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Read More
Sweden supports three United Nations agencies’ initiatives to help everyone in the ASEAN region protect and respect the rights of children to a healthy environment, the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok states. …
Sweden supports children’s rights to a healthy environment in the ASEAN region Read More
TopEngage recruits patients for different specialized hospitals/clinics and medical companies in Asia. In year 2016, the Latvian born Oksana Petersen decided to start her own company, TopEngage. At this time …
Oksana and her company TopEngage Read More
The Embassy of Finland in Bangkok is inviting you to join their upcoming online event titled ‘Business opportunities in Cambodia’ on 8 December. More about the event, the Embassy of …
Learn more about business opportunities in Cambodia for Finnish companies Read More
In a new book titled ”G som i gärningsman” (P as in perpetrator) the now 75-year-old Swedish director and writer Staffan Hildebrand admits to having sexually abused two younger boys …
Director admits to sexually abusing young boys and forging documents to take Thai boy to Sweden Read More
Did you know that a Danish woman founded one of the first birth clinics in Thailand? Her name was Johanne Christensen and as the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok shines …
History fact: The first birth clinic in Thailand was founded by Danish Johanne Christensen Read More
On 28 November, the travel company TUI sent its first charter flight from Copenhagen to Phuket in 21 months, JydskeVestkysten writes. TUI operates in many countries and not only was the flight …
The first Danish charter flight in 21 months arrive in Phuket Read More
Norwegian seafood exports reached a historic milestone in November with an increase of 28 percent compared to the same month last year, according to the latest data from the Norwegian Seafood …
Export of Norwegian seafood hit new record a month early Read More
The legendary German restaurant BEI OTTO opened on 1st December 2021 in its new location on Petchaburi Road, after having been located on Sukhumvit soi 20 for many years. Upon …
German restaurant BEI OTTO celebrated 1st December at new location Read More
Thailand will be easing entry rules for international arrivals, including returning Thais and foreign residents, under all three schemes – TEST & GO, Sandbox Programme, and Quarantine – from 16 …
Thailand ease and update entry rules for international arrivals amid reopening Read More
Scandinavian Society Siam invites you to join the Scandinavian Christmas Service on Christmas Eve, Friday 24 December, at 1.00 pm at Christ Church located at the intersection of Sathorn Road …
Join the Nordic Christmas Eve Service 2021 in Bangkok Read More
More than 300 applications from Asian au pairs are pending with the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI) due to entry restrictions. At the same time, the Ministry of Justice is …
Hundreds of Asian au pair applications unprocessed in Norway due to entry restrictions Read More
Leading the Thai football league at the moment is the capitals True Bangkok United. Standing between the sticks for the top side is the half Danish and Filipino goalkeeper Michael …
Danish footballer is top league goalkeeper in Thailand Read More
Of the many things Thailand is known for Coffee is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Nevertheless, half Finnish-half Thai founder of the new “Coffee Culture Thailand” …
Half-Finnish Susan is trying to cultivate the Thai coffee culture with her new store Read More
On Friday November 26th 2021, the latest Fitness studio 24/ Seven opened on Sukhumvit Road near Nana Bts station. The first was established in 2018. Who stands behind this gym? …
New Fitness studio 24/Seven opened in Nana area on Friday the 26th of November Read More
The small Danish railway town of Vejen in the south of Denmark now has a Thai massage clinic – SaligThai.dk. The new clinic is run by two Thai women Sawan …
Small Danish railway town gets a Thai massage clinic Read More
Danes in the area are invited to meet the Embassy of Denmark in Pattaya on 7 December, the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok shares. The Embassy of Denmark’s two consuls, Charlotte Lykkegren …
Meet the Embassy of Denmark in Pattaya on 7 December Read More
Finland’s first county elections will be held in January 2022. Within the Embassy of Finland’s jurisdiction in Thailand and Cambodia, the advance voting will take place only at the Embassy …
Advanced voting for Finland’s first country election will take place at the Embassy in Bangkok Read More
In Denmark, Sawaeng Kongpetsak worked in the dairy business for thirty years and founded the Thai-Danish Association. In Thailand, he worked for another twenty years in the Thai dairy business …
Sawaeng Kongpetsak returns to Denmark Read More
Swedish-Swiss Tetra Pak, a world-leading processing and packaging solutions company, together with the Royal Chitralada Projects has introduced the world’s first congee in Tetra Recart®, a paper-based carton package from …
Tetra Pak and the Royal Chitralada Projects Launch the World’s First Congee in Carton Package Read More
A Swedish family with two children wants to spend three winter months in Thailand, but the municipality says no, media Aftonbladet reports. The family from the Swedish city of Ystad, a town …
Swedish municipality say no to Swedish family spending 3 months in Thailand Read More
On 22 November, Telenor Group and C.P. Group announced that they have agreed to explore the creation of a new telecom-tech company comprising dtac and True. According to a company statement, the …
Telenor and C.P. Group support dtac and True in exploring the creation of a new telecom-tech company Read More
Four Finns were recently convicted of procuring Thai prostitutes in a ruling in Helsinki District Court, Swedish YLE reports. Procuring, also known as pimping out, is the facilitation or provision of …
Four Finns convicted of pimping out Thai prostitutes in Finland Read More
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and partners in Asia set out to explore pathways to enhance the protection of Rohingya in the Asia region. According to this press release, the project …
DRC and partners set out to protect Rohingya refugees in Asia Read More
Norway’s Telenor is considering merging its mobile operations with Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) , Telenor recently said in a statement. The two parties are exploring a merger of their …
Telenor in talks about a possible merger in Thailand Read More
Is there something you’ve always wanted to ask a representative from the Embassy of Finland in Bangkok? Now is your chance! The Embassy of Finland in Bangkok is organizing a questionnaire with …
Sign up for a questionnaire with Ambassador Jyri Järviaho Read More
In the evening on the 16th of November, SWEA Bangkok Professional, gathered together for an evening at our president Eva Steinbach’s home at Baan Kapi. This evening we had the …
An interesting and pleasant evening with SWEA Bangkok Pofessional Read More
Thailand’s iconic Maya Bay is set to reopen at the turn of the year after being closed in 2018 to restore coral reefs that were damaged by the major flow …
Danish Professor: Countries with tourism magnets such as Maya Bay face a dilemma Read More
A delegation from the Embassy of Denmark in Bangkok including Ambassador Jon Thorgaard and the embassy’s two consuls, Charlotte Lykkegren and Alice Rosengren Skov, are coming to Phuket on 30 …
Meet the Embassy of Denmark in Phuket on 30 November Read More
The Covid crisis and its subsequent lockdown and restrictions have kept the tourism industry of Thailand in a stranglehold. Numerous hotel buildings are up for sale or rent and an …
Danish entrepreneur plays monopoly in Thai hotel market Read More
Earlier this month, two people connected to the now-closed three Swedish schools (Römosseskolorna) in Gothenburg, were accused of having embezzled SEK 13 million of the school’s money. Now a review …
Employees at Swedish schools used embezzled money on the adult industry in Thailand Read More
The Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok is now handling Schengen visa applications from applicants legally residing in Singapore, the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore shares. Applications for Schengen visas are …
Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok now handles Schengen visa applications from applicants in Singapore Read More
Are your future plans green? Are you building a career around sustainability? Finland is a global superpower in some of the key scalable technologies in cleantech, recycling, and renewable energy. …
Sign up for Future is Made in Finland – Episode V on Sustainable Solutions Read More
As the Embassy of Denmark in Thailand continues the celebrations of the 400 years of relations between Denmark and Thailand, the Embassy highlights 14 November 1618 as a very important day. In …
A trip down memory lane: 14 November 1618 marks an important day for Thai-Danish relations Read More
Telenor employees across the Nordics and Asia prove they intend to remain at the forefront of upskilling to meet the rapidly changing demands of global customers by setting a new …
Telenor employees across the Nordic and Asia write e-learning history Read More
Discover a new experience in education at Meet the Heads event ‘The Beginning of a Great Heart’ at King’s College International School Bangkok on 11 December 2021. King’s College International …
Discover a new experience in education at King’s College International School Bangkok Read More
Denmark and Thailand have strong historical collaboration within education and science and through decades many Thais have studied in Denmark while Danish science expeditions have traveled to Thailand to conduct …
Denmark and Thailand have strong historical collaboration within education and science Read More
St Andrews School Sukhumvit 107 (S107) would like to welcome prospective parents and pupils to an EY Online Open House Event on Thursday 25th November at 4 pm. More about …
St. Andrews School Sukhumvit 107 invites to Virtual Early Years Open House Read More
The shared history between Denmark and Thailand has seen strong diplomatic collaboration which continues to this day and last week Ambassador Jon Thorgaard hosted a meeting with a delegation from …
The shared history between Denmark and Thailand has seen strong diplomatic collaboration Read More
In the first week of Thailand’s reopening to quarantine free travelers, the country welcomed over 20.000 international travelers including 724 Swedish travelers. According to the Department of Disease Control, most …
Thailand welcomed 724 Swedish travelers in the first week of the country’s reopening Read More
The Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce invites you to the Crisis Management Webinar Series on 11 November and 25 November. More about the event series: The Great Resignation Trend is affecting …
Invitation: Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce’s Crisis Management Webinar Series Read More
Meet Sara Soto Guzman from Caracas, Venezuela, who has lived in Bangkok Thailand for 18 years. As a member of the TPF (Thai Powerlifting Federation) she went all the way …
This is heavy … Read More
On a rainy afternoon, I had the pleasure to sit down and talk to a Swedish man who knows a lot about coffee. We met at the Café ARTIS at …
COFFEE is not just COFFEE! Read More
A Royal Copenhagen vase portraying the little mermaid has been the genesis of this current research. The vase was presented to Tan Heng Soon, the father of my late husband …
Travels in Siam and Laos: a lost photo album Read More
The Thai-Finnish Chamber of Commerce invites you to join their co-branded event on Labor Trends: Why you should be recruiting right now that is organized by CanCham on 17 November. …
Learn more about labor trends and why you should be recruiting right now Read More
This autumn many exchange students at the Thai universities have been travelling the country while attending school. One of the students who has set out on such a journey is …
Covid benefit: Travel around while studying Read More