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Sapparot Group, looking to strengthen its team of skilled bartenders, as the owners increasingly have to manage, and let go of their favourite function of being hands-on cocktail shakers, has …
Sapparot Group’s Swedish bartender team reinforced with Sebastian De la Cruz Read More
[sliderpro id=”20″] Sapparot Group could very well be the name of a producer and exporter of Thailand’s tropical fruit pineapple. But no, we are talking restaurateurs, where the three Swedes …
Swedish bar trio brings international café culture to Bangkok Read More
Monday the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand will screen the Danish film ‘The Look of Silence’, a riveting, award winning documentary about an Indonesian optometrist, still tortured by the loss …
Danish documentary film in Bangkok Read MoreThe Danes in Pattaya met the Ambassador Mikael Hemniti Winther with lots of questions, when he visited Café Kronborg yesterday. The meeting comes after the decision to close the Danish …
Pattaya welcomed the Ambassador and said goodbye to their Consul Read MoreMay 9 it is the official Europe Day. EU institutions open their doors to the public and EU Delegations around the world organize activities on the theme of Europe in the World. “Europe …
Asian countries celebrate Europe Day 2015 Read More
On 20 April the Embassy of Sweden in Bangkok hosted a meet and greet with KTH, The Royal Institute of Technology and its KTH Bangkok alumni where about twenty new …
Former and new KTH students meet at alumni event with Swedish Embassy in Bangkok Read More
GPV – the Danish mechanical and electronic EMS partner established in Thailand since 1998 – celebrated the opening of its new factory on 23 April 2015. The guests included the Danish …
GPV opens new factory Read More
Palle Borgselius passed away on 23 April 2015. Palle was fighting a lengthy battle against cancer. His last weeks were spent at the hospice Djursland in Denmark, where at 2.30 …
Palle Borgselius passed away Read More
Lars Andersson was elected as new Chairman of Scandinavian Society Siam at the AGM on Wednesday 25 April 2015, replacing outgoing Chairman Christer Holmvall who, however, remains on the board. …
Lars Andersson new Chairman of SSS Read More
While Southeast Asia is eagerly awaiting the XC90’s arrival, Volvo Cars has unveiled “the most luxurious vehicle ever built by the Swedish company in its 88 year history” at the …
Asia launch: XC90 ‘Excellence’ – Volvo’s most luxurious car model ever Read MoreThe dream of living an easy life away from the cold North can become a nightmare, if you get sick and do not have a health insurance. ‘There is no financial …
Trading Danish health care for a carefree life in Thailand Read MoreJeff Thomsen, the legendary Danish blues musician and businessman, passed away on Wednesday 22 April 2015 by a heart attack only 54 years old. Jeff, whose real name is Jesper, came …
Jeff Thomsen has passed away Read More
Danish Thai Chamber of Commerce held its most exciting Annual General Meeting ever on Wednesday night, 22 April 2015, as usual at the Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok. The excitement culminated when …
Contested elections in Dancham Read More
[wzslider] Sweden’s hip factor somehow displayed itself in Bangkok on Wednesday 22 April, when the country’s Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr Klas Molin inaugurated what has become an annual signature …
Ambassador Klas Molin inaugurates the Swedish Film Festival 2015 in Bangkok Read More
While the Philippines has been cleared the European Commission decided on 21 April to put Thailand on formal notice for not taking sufficient measures in the international fight against illegal …
European Commission issues Yellow card to Thailand, approves the Philippines Read More
All four editions of the ScandAsia magazine was distributed to all subscribers of the e-magazines today. The four editions cover the China Edition, the Thailand Edition, the Singapore Edition and the South …
ScandAsia April magazine distributed Read MoreSource The Local se Almost eight out of ten Swedes are either “not religious” or “convinced atheists”, according to a new global study that concludes the Nordic nation is the …
Sweden the ‘Least’ and Thailand the ‘Most Religious’ In The World Read More
Yesterday United Nations in Thailand wrote on their Facebook: Ban Ki-moon has designated actor Daniel Craig as the first United Nations Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive …
James Bond star to raise public awareness of mine action Read MoreIt is dangerous to go to school in Southern Thailand, Danish media DR reports yesterday. The teachers are terror targets. Separatists in Thailand are attacking schools and teachers because they …
Dangerous to go in school in Southern Thailand Read MoreBangkok: – Thailand’s capital is the hotbed for domestic violence and sees a highest number of suicides in comparison to the rest of the country. To mark Family’s Day on …
Bangkok has highest rate of domestic violence Read MoreWhile the Finnish and Swedish Embassy in Bangkok have had a steady amount of Schengen visa applications during the past few years, both the Danish and the Norwegian Embassy experience an …
Embassies experience increase of visa applications Read MoreSince the Danish Consulate in Pattaya has been closed down, citizens from the area have been frustrated about the decision. The Danish Embassy in Bangkok now promises to visit Pattaya at …
Embassy in Bangkok promises to visit Pattaya Read More
The Danish Embassy in Bangkok experiences that many parents are very eager to register their child in the Civil Registration System in Denmark to get a personal identification number. The …
Confusion about Danish citizenship Read MorePHUKET: A Norwegian man was arrested in Talad Neua today (April 1) for staying in Thailand illegally after his visa had expired. At 1 pm Immigration police arrested Hermansen Arnt …
Norwegian arrested in Phuket for visa overstay Read More
Invited by Saab AB Indonesian media visited a number of cities in Sweden to see what the Swedish defense giant could offer, especially in terms of modernizing the Indonesian Air …
Indonesian media visits Saab Sweden Read MoreHe fought against cheap coffee machines and read up on old Einstein theories. Danish founder of Skandinavian Solar in the Philippines strongly believes that in a few years, alternative energy …
Danish solar ambitions in the Philippines Read More
Chalmers Challenges you! Are you ready to pull up your socks and show us what you are made of? Bachelor’s engineering students from Thailand and Indonesia can compete in the …
The Chalmers Challenge competition: Indonesia, Thailand Read More
On May 1st, Thai sex worker Thanta Laovilawanyakul enters the Danish stage in Copenhagen to add a new perspective to the question; why do Westerns travel around the globe to …
First Thai sex worker on Danish stage Read MoreHelena Gabrielsson is a Swedish show jumping rider in Thailand. She won Southeast Asia World Cup jumping league and other international events during the years. Today she still competes, while being …
Swedish show jumping rider trains Thai racehorses Read More
During the first week of March 2015 Sweden’s Ambassadors to Southeast Asia went on a road show together with Business Sweden to make their cause for increased Swedish trade and …
Ambassadors on road show to Sweden Read More
Rikke Jarvad Netterstrøm, MD at Helikonia Advisory in Malaysia, knows a great deal about corporate social responsibility issues and is a very experienced person to turn to for expertise within …
CSR: Going beyond nice and fluffy greenwashing Read MoreThe first weekend of March marked the Bangkok International Rugby Tens 10th anniversary. The rugby tournament successfully hosted 1,600 participants and many spectators. Celebrities spotted at the event were former …
Bangkok international rugby won by Southbridge Read MoreAround 300 guests attended the jazz on grass event this Saturday in the garden of the Danish Embassy in Bangkok. To hold an event in a city like Bangkok, where the …
Great interest for Danish jazz on grass Read MoreFINNWATCH and the Migrant Worker Rights Network (MWRN) have embarked on a three-year project to boost migrant workers’ bargaining power. “Migrants often lack accessible channels to voice complaints and have …
Finland to help migrant workers Read More
The strike is finally over within the Scandinavian entity of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, commercially branded “Norwegian”. Norwegian has gone to great lengths to reach an agreement to resolve the …
Norwegian Air’s Scandinavian pilot strike ends Read More
Telenor Group has announced the launching of company-wide retail roaming initiative in a move to eliminate high and unpredictable costs for data-hungry consumers using mobile services while abroad. The company …
Telenor starts introducing company-wide retail roaming service Read MoreThe countries in Southeast Asia run world economy. But despite this, Sweden’s export to the region decreases. This trend has to stop, the Swedish ambassadors in Southeast Asia writes. These days we visit …
Weak Swedish interest for hot Southeast Asia Read MoreHe started to fill up suitcases with things every time he visited Thailand. One day at the office in Sweden he thought; ‘Why not do something in a larger scale?’. Today …
Swede dedicates his life to children in Thailand Read MoreFollowing on the pilot strike on Thursday 6 March the conflict has remained unsolved, with continued strikes throughout the weekend. On Sunday 8 March almost all domestic flights in Norway …
Norwegian Air Norway strike continues Read MoreThis Friday The Kitchen opened up for a new concept. It is now both a restaurant, sports bar, delicatessen shop and a bakery. The Kitchen in Chonburi delivers home-made specialities …
Danish The Kitchen starts new concept Read MoreNo news regarding the recently announced midnight curfew, one of the most popular night clubs in Bangkok tells. The curfew has a big impact on the clubs’ revenues. Bangkok police …
Midnight curfew starts this weekend Read More
The Swedish Church in Bangkok and SWEA (Swedish Women’s Educational Association Bangkok are together with Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok inviting to celebrate Easter, on Sunday 5 April, between 11 am to …
Swedish Easter celebration at Rembrandt Hotel Bangkok Read MoreGet your blanket, grab a free beer and lean back to one of the most prominent and active musicians in Danish jazz, Jakob Dinesen. The Danish Embassy in Bangkok aims for introducing …
Authentic Danish jazz concert on grass Read More
On 5 March 2015 a pilot strike within Norwegian Air Norway (NAN) is affecting 35 000 customers. The flights between Scandinavia and Thailand (just as between Scandinavia and USA) are …
Norwegian Air’s pilot strike not affecting Thailand route Read More
The Danish Consulate in Pattaya will be closed down on 10th March 2015. According to the Embassy, the closing is part of an overall adaption of the structure and tasks …
Danish Consulate in Pattaya closing Read MoreOn the 7th of March, world’s first MAYA MUSIC festival will be held in Bangkok. Among the artists, Swedish famous Steve Angello is represented. The world’s first MAYA will be held in …
World’s first MAYA MUSIC festival in Bangkok Read More
When Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) announced its financial results for the previous year 2014, it was clear that China is playing a key role. As the company’s largest market, …
Records sales for Volvo Cars, largest market China exceeds 80,000. Read More
[wzslider] On Thursday 26 February 2015 the Annual General Meeting of the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce (TSCC) was held, traditionally at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in Bangkok, which saw two veterans …
Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting 2015 Read More
A dream has come true for 35 years old Savija Pannark Korslund, who is the owner of Dexter Cafe & Bar located in Bangkok. In few months the place has become a …
Popular Scandinavian cafe rocks on TripAdvisor Read MoreDanish investors are calling for a solid flood protection plan in Ayutthaya, among the worst-hit provinces in the 2011 floods, to secure their investments worth a combined 5 billion baht. …
Danish Ambassador wants to prevent flooding Read More