Millicom International Cellular S A, a Swedish controlled cellular operator company, reports a 45 percent increase in Asian subscribers since year end 2002 up to year end 2003.full news..

Sweden extends its ban on imports of poultry meat and products made of poultry from certain countries to 15 August 2004, reports the National Food Administration of Sweden. full news..

“While markets remained challenging through 2003, we improved our position in several market segments,” says Bjørn Ove Skjeie, CEO of Nera ASA.
     “Nera’s agreement with Nortel in Q4, our strengthened market positions in Southeast Asia and the Americas and its global leadership in broadband satellite solutions are examples of this.”full news..

The Danish Biotech company Aresa has invented a gene manipulated plant that can detect landmines. The invention can possibly revolutionise the hunt for landmines in Southeast Asia
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Danish exports to Cambodia - although only 10 mill. DKK - showed a significant increase in 2003 of 50 percent. Also Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand had growth while exports to Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines declined.full news..

Ericsson South East Asia predicts that telecom operators in 13 countries of its coverage, including the ten South East Asian countries, will be investing about US$4.5 billion in existing second-generation (2G) networks and for third-generation (3G) deployment over the next two years. With this prediction, the company hopes to secure a sizeable chunk of the forecasted spending.full news..

Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, has just announced that there will be a temporary reduction of frequencies on the service Copenhagen – Bangkok – Singapore.full news..

A new evaluation report concludes that Denmark has made a lasting finger prince on the environment in South East Asia full news..

The Royal Danish Embassy in Bangkok will lead the first ever Danish business delegation to Cambodia on May 17 and 18, 2004. Danish Ambassador Ulrik Helweg-Larsen will himself be leading the delegation together with Commercial Counsellor Tine Hylleberg.full news..

The Swedish Stenbeck family controlled mobile operator company Millicom International Cellular reports a 54 percent jump in South East Asia subscribers for first quarter 2004.full news..

After five years at tremendous pace and with extraordinary results, Ivar Hoff, regional head of the Norwegian Trade Council since 2002, leaves his Bangkok base, and returns to new adventures in the Norwegian Mountains.full news..

Norwegian paint manufacturer Jotun is setting up dealer networks in both Cambodia and Laos. At the same time the company is expanding with factories in Jakarta, Shanghai and Dubai and doubling the capacity at their factory in Vietnam. full news..

Next week the first ever business delegation to Cambodia is launched. A wide variety of companies will join the trip to get an exclusive insight on the growing Cambodian markets.full news..

On Sunday, 13 June, 2004 election of members of the European Parliament will take place. Danish, Swedish and Finnish citizens may vote in this election provided they are registered and eligible to vote in national parliamentary elections back home.full news..

The first ever Danish business delegation to Cambodia left Phnom Penh on Tuesday 19 May with a sense of mission completed. The 17 companies taking part in the ‘fact finding mission’ were a mixed bag of Danish companies operating out of Denmark, Thailand or Vietnam. On Sunday night, they met a selection of the Danes working in Cambodia including Danida representative Mogens Laumand Christensen, agricultural advisor Helge Brunse, water quality expert Henrik Garsdal and social researcher Christine Nissen. full news..

Two students from Danish School of Journalism received scholarship from DANIDA and will set off to shoot a documentary in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.full news..

Ericsson has appointed Kristian Tear, previously Head of Ericsson Germany, Austria and Switzerland, to head its South-East Asian operations. Effective July 1, 2004, Tear will take on the role of President of Ericsson South East Asia and Country Manager for Ericsson Malaysia, succeeding Mats H. Olsson, who assumes a new position as President of Ericsson China.full news..

Jotun’s idea that paint should be produced locally and sold by locals is considered necessary in order to gain access to the local markets. In Southeast Asia the paint market is growing intensively, so Jotun is not sitting idle. However, in Cambodia where the market is not fully ready they find a collaborator, the Norwegian paint manufacturer is setting up a dealers’ network with ISI Limited to meet the demand for premium-quality paint from, for example, all the hotels springing up in Siam Reap.full news..

Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications undergoes sales increase after focusing on product designs and user friendly and trendy features.full news..

The bloody rule of Khmer Rouge wiped out most of knowledge about agriculture in Cambodia. With Danish funds and the expertise of Helge Brunse, an agricultural school is re-establishing the science and technology of farming. But from September the school is on its own.full news..

Danish supplier of medicine and hospital equipment, Missionpharma, pioneered on the Cambodian market seven years ago, and today their 15 million kroner export accounts for 95 percent of the total Danish export to the country. Country manager Mikkel Wakefield told about the company’s successful adventure in Cambodia when ScandAsia caught up with him during the first Danish business delegation to Cambodia in May.full news..

The Swedish Women’s Educational Association Internation, Singapore (SWEA Singapore) is hosting SWEA’s regional meeting for Asia on October 6-9 this year. The meeting will be followed by an optional one-week after-trip to Malaysia, where participants will among others join Swedish women in Malaysia in celebrating the inauguration of SWEA in Kuala Lumpur.full news..

After years of building up competences in the Cambodian ministries, Danida is now expanding support directly to poverty reduction of the people. Mogens Laumand Christensen is the man in charge and ScandAsia caught up with the visionary Dane to learn about the challenges in re-habilitating the traumatised nation.full news..

Norway´s healthy NOK 662 million trade surplus with Asean´s ten member nations the first half 2003 has turned to a NOK 607 million deficit för the same period this year.full news..

Revenues down but subscribers up for Millicom, the Swedish Stenbeck family controlled cellular phone holding company, in South East Asia first half 2004.full news..

The “missing” magazine in the ScandAsia family, the ScandAsia.fi directed towards serving the Finnish residents in South East Asia, is now coming. The magazine has been a planned expansion ever since the start of the current three ScandAsia magazines serving the other Nordic residents in the region – but practical problems have been in the way of its realizationfull news..

Crown Prince Haakan of Norway will pay an official visit to Cambodia on 4 – 7 October 2004 as goodwill ambassador for United Nations Development Program, UNDP. HRH will visit UNDP projects in Phnom Penh, Kampong Chnang, Siem Reap and areas around the great Tonle Sap lake.
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Finnair announced that its business class cabins on MD-11 aircraft will be renewed.full news..

Finnair has announced that from October onwards its passengers will be able to check-in in advance with only a text message sent from their mobile phones. full news..

The Finnish Volunteer Program has expanded its operations to include Cambodia. full news..

Finnair launches faster and more frequent flights from Asia to Europe to serve the fast-growing business from the East. full news..

On 12th September, Finnish and Swedish embassies and the Literacy Academy Cambodia-Sweden organized a reception for over 200 guests. The event, celebrating the publishing of Swedish and Finno-Swedish poetry translated into Khmer, was held in the French Cultural Centre in Phnom Penh.full news..

Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Per Stig Moller, will preside at a Danish-Southeast Asian roundtable conference on October 7, which is a sideline activity towards the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be held on October 8-9.full news..

HRH Crown Prince Haakon of Norway on October 4 in Phnom Penh began his trip to Cambodia as a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to advocate for bridging the poverty gap in Cambodia. During his four-day trip, the Crown Prince met with local people from grass root to top leadership level.full news..

A demerger in March 2004 segregated Norsk Hydros agricultural division from the rest of the company. Since then, the agricultural division has been operating independently under the name Yara. According to Terje M. Tollefsen, Vice President at Yara, there was no drama at all involved in Norsk Hydro’s decision to let their agricultural division go its separate ways, but a belief that division would be better off operating on its own.full news..

Have you encountered an obstacle when trading with Sweden? Or have you got suggestions how to get rid of unnecessary or stupid Swedish trade regulations? Whatever trade issue you like to raise with Sweden, please contact Open Trade Gate Sweden, a new service from the National Board of Trade in Stockholm.full news..

Two economic crime investigators from Sweden recently taught colleagues from over 90 countries the basics of money laundering techniques at a workshop held at the UN regional headquarters in Bangkok. A third Swedish officer took part as a student.full news..

Professor Said Irandoust from Sweden has been appointed the next President of Asian Institute of Technology, AIT. full news..

The Rasmus continues a triumphant journey across the world. The Finnish band has been nominated in two categories, Favorite Rock Act and Favorite Breakthrough Artist.full news..

During the Finnish six month winter the visitor is offered a choice of a quiet holiday or days packed with action. The coming winter will see record breaking numbers of foreign visitors heading to both Helsinki and the Northern resorts in Lapland. full news..

Many would never dare to find so many lively Finnish gatherings on the other side of the globe. Although the Finnish population in South East Asia is strongly outnumbered by the other Scandinavians, ScandAsia has found the Finns to be more socially grouped than expected. Vibrant Finnish social groups certainly can be found in the area! ScandAsia has always strived to serve local Scandinavian communities in South East Asia. We have listed a few contacts for you to unite and heal that homesickness that we experience all to often.full news..

Jarkko Härmälä, Finnair’s sales director for South East Asia and Australia, has made South East Asia one of Finnair’s most profitable destinations. full news..

Norwegians growing up outside Norway must live two years in Norway before their 22nd birthday or they will loose their Norwegian citizenship.
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Scandinavian Airlines International, will be the first airline to introduce onboard wireless broadband internet on all of the airlines long-haul aircraft. full news..