The DTCC annual Christmas Lunch has been postponed from 25 November 2016 until 27 January 2017. In a statement, DTCC and The Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok write that this was a hard decision to make. But after thorough considerations and consultations with the Thai government institutions and related stakeholders, the Embassy and DTCC have…
From Beijing to New Dehli, then home to Denmark for six years and now back again; the region of Asia is not an unfamiliar place to Peter Sand, the new Trade Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission to the Danish Embassy in Thailand. Starting in the private sector, he moved to the Danish Foreign Ministry in 2002, where…
Thailand is having a referendum on a new constitution on Sunday 7 August 2016. The Danish and Finnish Embassies in Bangkok advice citizens living in or visiting Thailand to be alert and take precautions prior to, and during the referendum. Because of current political tensions in Thailand, unrest might occur up to, and during the polls, both embassies warns. Foreign citizens in…
For the very first time in his soon six years’ ambassador period, Mikael Hemniti Winther, officially met the Danish expat community in Udon Thani and the nearby regions of Northeast Thailand. The ‘meet and greet’-arrangement took place at the Good Corner, a Danish-owned restaurant owned by 4-years Udon-resident, Jytte Rasmussen. The ambassador was flanked by…
