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Jeff 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
The Food Academy Bangkok (F.A.B), set up by a Swede only a few years ago, has come to an abrupt end. F.A.B suddenly closed down by the end of 2014 …
Food Academy Bangkok abruptly closed Read More
Aibel was awarded on February 24 the contract for engineering, procurement and construction for the deck of the drilling platform on the Johan Sverdrup field. The contract has an estimated …
Aibel to build drilling platform structures in Thailand, Norway Read More
As part of expansion in Asia and Europe, Thailand’s Central Group plans to spruce up the existing shop in Illum, Denmark, and open a new branch of its La Rinascente …
Thailand’s Central Group to spruce up Illum Read More
Danish investors are calling on the Thai government to honour its promise to complete a solid flood protection plan in Ayutthaya, among the worst-hit provinces in the 2011 floods, according …
Danish investors ask Thai govt to honour flood prevention promise Read MoreThis Saturday the annual MAMA CUP golf tournament takes place at the Royal Golf and Country Club in the Bang Sao Thong district. Both Swedes, Danes, Finns and Norwegians are represented on the field. …
All nations join the MAMA CUP 2015 Read MoreFilip Karlsson is from Sweden, but he lived in Dubai for seven years. One year ago he moved to Bangkok and it did not take him long to figure out, …
Golf your way to a new network Read More
A 60-year-old Danish man died of drowning in Pattaya in the early evening of February 21. According to Pattaya police, the man was brought ashore by other swimmers after he …
Elderly Danish tourist dies of drowning in Pattaya Read MoreThe annual garden party organized by Scandinavian Society Siam was held at the Danish Embassy this Saturday. Meet some of the people who joined the event and hear what they think …
Scandinavians Rocked through the Night Read MoreThe Norwegian Institute of Public Health has been informed that a woman from Oslo died in December 2014 after returning from Thailand where she had been infected with the Naegleria …
Oslo woman dies of rare amoeba infection contracted on Thailand trip Read MoreScandinavia and Thailand is in top ten, when it comes to adultery in marriage, a new survey made by Statista and with numbers from Match.com shows. Only Sweden stays out of …
The World’s most Adulterous Countries Read MoreScientists in Bangkok found out that snakes from Thailand produce the world’s best oil, when it comes to cosmetic production. Because of the tropical climate, snakes in Thailand have an anti …
Thailand has some of the best snake oil Read More