Vietnamese conservatory students will be awarded with Norwegian scholarships provided by the Norwegian music organization, Ultima Oslo, which will also sponsor contemporary music festivals, and build international standard recording studios for traditional music, the Scandinavian music council announced at a press conference on December 31, 2007.full news..

A Norwegian man, Mr. Sorgard Terje Andreas, 71, was found dead in Pattaya's Ping Pong Beer Bar on January 5, 2008 after he had two bottles of beer. Cause of death is still under investigation.full news..

A Norwegian advocacy group, FIVAS, made a report claiming that the Theun-Hinboun Hydropower Project co-owned by the Lao government, a Thai company and Statkraft, Norway's state-owned power utility which holds a minority shareholding of 20% in Lao's Theun Hinboun Power, has ruined the ecology of two rivers in Laos.full news..

The Travel News magazine in Norway named Thailand "the Best Tourist Country in the World," Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman Tharit Jarungwat said on January 9, 2008. Thailand had received the award for five consecutive years.full news..

Ending on Febuary 29, 2008 Malaysian seafood lovers will be drooling over the Norwegian seafood promotion held in Malaysia by the Norwegian Seafood Export Council, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Crown Princess Kuala Lumpur.full news..

Indonesia participated in the recent Reiseliv tourism fair, Norway's biggest annual international travel and tourism trade fair, which was held in the town of Lillestorm from January 10-13, 2008 to put Indonesia back on the destination radar of Norwegian tourists.full news..

The Embassy of Sweden Vientiane is closing down in August 2008. Consequently Norway will have to find another contact for visa and consular issues.full news..

Nearly 175 guests attended this year's annual ball arranged by the Scandinavian Expat's Club in Pattaya. During the event, this year's citizen of the year was announced: Lars-Erik Olsson was given the honorable title for his involvement in getting the first Swedish local radio in Pattaya on the air.full news..

President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has accepted the offer of the Norwegian government on January 23, 2008 to host the talks on restarting peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF).full news..

Norwegian Ambassador, Stale Torstein Risa was a keynote speaker of the the two-day International Maritime Conference hosted by John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University (JLFMU) in the Philippines which started on January 29, 2008 to stress the importance of quality-based maritime education and training to meet the demands of the global shipping industry.full news..

At the invitation of the International Peace Foundation's "Bridges - Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace", Professor Finn Erling Kydland of Norway, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2004 for economics, who is based at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, will deliver a keynote speech on the topic of Peace & Economic Development in the Age of Globalization at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce on Feuary 4, 2008.full news..

First Secretary Birgitte Hygen from the Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta together with the Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia and the Head of Legal Bureau of the Indonesian Department of Defence on February 5 2008 launched a series of workshops supporting the implementation of Indonesia's National Plan of Action for Human Rights (RANHAM), in Banda Aceh in west Indonesia.full news..

Submarine cables from Norway will provide a number of islands in Krabi Province in southern Thailand, on the shore of the Andaman Sea with new power interconnections. The 33.3 km of Norwegian submarine cables will provide power to Koh Siboya, Koh Pu, Koh Phi Phi Don, Raile Bay and Koh Lanta in Krabi province.full news..

Norwegian company Thome Ship Management, one of Singapore's leading mangers specialising in oil and gas (LNG and Lpg) tankers, has with immediate effect appointed 39-year-old Bjorn Hojgaard as managing director. Hojgaard comes from the AP Moller Group.full news..

Norway has concluded an Open Skies Agreements with Singapore giving airlines of both countries the rights to fly between Singapore and any point in Norway, via and beyond to any third country, without restrictions in capacity, frequency or aircraft type. Singapore has entered a similar agreement with Sweden and Denmark.full news..

The Vietnam Selection Committee recently introduced the 2008 United World Colleges (UWC) Scholarship competition for Vietnamese pupils to study at top universities around the world including Norway.full news..

The European Commission plans to spend 5 million kronor to bring the Nordic site-blocking technique to other EU member states. The move was met with enthusiasm by ECPAT, an anti-child pornography organization based in Thailand.full news..

A Danish tradition in a tropical setting proved to be a successful combination on Sunday, February 10, when Danish Women's Network in collaboration with Scandinavian Society Siam and sponsored by SAS Cargo celebrated fastelavn. More than 60 adults and children participated in the fun event in the heart of Bangkok, and despite the heat the kids really gave the barrels a good and thorough workout.full news..

Digi.Com Bhd. Chief Executive Officer Morten Lundal stepped down after quadrupling profit at the Malaysian mobile-phone operator and overseeing a sixfold jump in its stock price.full news..

Baan Sabaijai, the Norwegian nursing facility in Pattaya, celebrated on the Sunday the 10th of February its fourth anniversary. About a hundred people, mainly Scandinavian residents in Pattaya, gathered in the beautifully decorated patio by the pool in celebration of four successful years of caring for disabled and handicapped Scandinavians.full news..

Norway has agreed to contribute NOK60 million for 2007-2009 to two special funds set up under the Asan Development Bank, headquartered in Manila, Philippines. One trust fund finances water projects and the othert clean energy projects. Both with special attention to benefitting the poorest and most disadvantaged population groups in the region.full news..

The Makassar Strait Explorers Consortium, including StatoilHydro, has leased Transocean's ultra deep-water drill ship GSF Explorer to conduct a drilling campaign on the Karama block off west Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The two-year contract starts late 2009.full news..

The Norwegian ‘fjorde’ and ‘Wonderful Copenhagen’ amongst others must become coveted destinations for Asian tourists in the future. That is one of the goals of the workshops held by the Scandinavian Tourist Board.full news..

Malaysia is the best vacation destinations world wide for Scandinavians in terms of cost of living for tourists and Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand are among the top ten on the list. Malaysia came out 29 percent cheaper than a domestic vacation in Scandinavia.full news..

The Norwegian Peace Facilitator, Ambassador Hans Brattskar, visited former President Fidel Ramos during a recent visit to the Philippines. According to news published by the Royal Norwegian Embassi in Manila, the two men met to discuss the history of the peace process between the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.full news..

Singapore-based artist, Oistein Kristiansen from Norway, is spreading his love for drawing to children in China.
His hands-on exhibition in Shanghai has proved to be such a hit that it is now being extended.full news..

During a selling mission to Norway, Sweden and Denmark this March, the Department of Tourism (DoT) in the Philippines is set to present the country’s culture, natural attractions, tropical beach- and diving destinations in a Business-to-business exchange.full news..

Scandinavian residents in Singapore will have a unique opportunity to witness the first ever Youth Olympics, when the country will host the inaugural Youth Olympics in 2010.full news..

A campaign aimed at raising awareness among young people about condom use is underway in Hanoi, part of a 20 million USD project funded by Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UK Department for International Development.full news..

Norwegian Electricity Cooperation has joined with the Asian Institute of Technology and Vietnam Electricity to establish a three-year cooperative program for MBA graduate education, research, training, and consultancy activities designed to support the development of human resources in Vietnam.full news..

The Norwegian manufacturer of solar panel components, NorSun, will start building a wafer plant in Singapore this year, the company said Tuesday.full news..

Malaysian CIMB Private Equity has invested RM12 million to acquire a stake in Norwegian TraceTracker Innovation ASA, paving the way for a joint venture that will provide food traceability solutions to global halal producers and exporters.full news..

The Philippines will host this year's International Conference on Gender, Migration and Development. The Philippines came in 6th on an international list of countries that have successfully closed the gender gap in education and health. The four Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) holds the first four spots on the list.full news..

The New People’s Army in the Philippines attacked the Masara mine, jointly operated by Crew Minerals of Norway and the local Apex Mining Corp., near Maco town late Thursday, a military report said.full news..

The Norwegian Maritime Business Delegation (NMBD) was in Hanoi this week to attend the 4th international exhibition on shipbuilding, marine technology and transportation, Vietship.full news..

The mother of missing Alicia, Maria Elfversson, held a press conference in Bangkok at the Rembrandt Hotel on Monday March 17th, trying to raise awareness of the situation in the hopes that somebody will recognize her little daughter and her father, Torgeir Nordbo, who are believed to be in Cambodja or one of the surrounding countries.full news..

Oil could turn Cambodia into Asia's Norway. That was the word in a UN-sponsored conference to discuss strategies to deal with the country's expected offshore petroleum reserves held this Wednesday.full news..

Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce will from 1 July 2008 discontinue the current office sharing agreement with the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.full news..

Two leading employers associations in Indonesia and Norway will conduct brand leadership training for small and medium scale entrepreneurs and facilitate exports of their products to Scandinavian countries.full news..

An annual bilateral dialogue on human rights will be held in Jakarta 15-16 April 2008. At this 7th Dialogue, the Indonesian and Norwegian delegation will respectively be represented by officials from government, military and police, religious and academic leaders, as well as civil society.full news..

In a statement prepared for publishing on the website of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, President Axel Blom explains the reasons behind the decision to cancel the current office sharing contract with the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce. The statement confirms that the Chamber aims at a cut over date by 1 July 2008. Currently, interviews are taking place with a number of identified potential Executive Director and Chamber Secretary.full news..

Tunisian oud player and vocalist Dhafer Youssef and his Norwegian backing band received massive praise for their performance at the Java Jazz Festival on Sunday 10 March.full news..

Norwegian related Thai-Scandic Steel is market leader in the design and manufacture of galvanized steel structures in Southeast Asia. Now the company aims to supply entire global market.full news..

TForeign Ministry State Secretary Elisabeth Walaas held a political consultation wit the Foreign Ministry of Vietnam in Hanoi on April 17 to boost relations between the two countries.
The event, co-chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung and of Norway, also discussed regional and international issues of mutual concerns.full news..

Ambassador Hans Brattskar, visited former President Fidel Ramos during a recent visit to the Philippines.full news..

Despite backing from donors including the European Union, the pageant has drawn howls of protest from rights activists and feminists, who brand it colonialist, racist, sexist and exploitative.full news..

The extraordinary Norwegian project called “The Beach” and will consist of two twin towers with 50 and 60 floors each. The sale is going great with more than 130 apartments sold, scheduled to be finished in the summer of 2011. Behind “The Beach” is the 40 year-old Norwegian billionaire, Arne Hvidsten who admits that doesn’t look like your typical, Norwegian business man. “I could easily have short hair, glasses and sit behind my office desk every day. But I want to do things different,” he says.full news..

Indonesia and Norway jointly organized the 7th annual Human Rights Dialogue meeting in Jakarta 15-16 April 2008. State Secretary Elisabeth Walaas of Norway headed a delegation of 25 Norwegians from civil society, government and NGOs.full news..

Stolt-Nielsen SA said it has been given the permission of the Singapore Economic Development Board to build a chemical storage terminal in Singapore.full news..

The Indonesia Norway Business Council (INBC) and the Danish Business Association (DBA) have decided to join forces and cooperate.full news..

Norway and Indonesia have co-organized the Global Intermedia dialogue (GIMD) since the cartoon crisis in 2006. GIMD has become a venue for journalists from all parts of the world to discuss freedom of expression.full news..

Norwegian Seadrill has been awarded a four-year contract by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd in Malaysiafull news..

Jorgen Udvang was elected the only Norwegian Board member at the Annual General Meeting of the Scandinavian Society Siam. Another Norwegian, Dr Kristian Bø was elected substitute board member as the only re-elected board member. Around 40 members showed up to the event which was held at Hotel Grand Millennium in the heart of Bangkok.full news..

A show for their money, that’s what 32 participants got Wednesday night April, 30th 2008, when the Indonesian Norwegian Business Council (INBC) and the Danish Business Association (DBA) held their first joint event, according to Michael Lundager, Chairman of the Danish part of the cooperation.full news..

From 1 May 2008 the Swedish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur will represent Denmark and Norway in matters concerning visa, residence and work permit matters.full news..

A new SSM SNOFIDA Team 2008-2009 was eælected at the Annual General Meeting of the Scandinavian Society Malaysia on the 29 February 2008 at The Royal Lake Club in Lake Garden.full news..

The local police got the call about a young Indonesian woman’s death around 10 am, local Norwegian time, May, 1. And they consider the case as very suspicious.full news..

15 Adults and 3 children joined the Viking Wheelers weekend arrangement in Khao Yai on May 3 and 4, out of which 12.5 participated in the bike rides. Morten Luxhoi from Eco Valley Lodge, where the team stayed, had planned the routes, which took the team through the very scenic areas at the foothills north of the Khao Yai Park.full news..

INTERPOL is requesting the public's assistance to identify this man, assumed to be a Scandinavian, pictured in a series of child sexual abuse images posted on the Internet.
The man has been found in about 100 images in a series of around 800, which are believed to have been taken in Southeast Asia. They depict the sexual abuse of at least three boys aged between six and 10 years old.full news..

Hukum Hak Asasi Manusia is the title of the new text book on Human rights in bahasa Indonesia, financed by the Norwegian Center for Human Rights (NCHR) in Oslo.full news..

US authorities on Thursday arrested a 58-year-old man accused of sexually abusing young Asian boys, ending a two-day global manhunt sparked by a rare public appeal from Interpol.full news..

A Vietnamese man in Norway lost around 35,000 dollars after he was led to believe that mixing the cash with a special liquid would double its value, Norwegian media report.full news..

The organisers of the World Golfers Championships (WGC) Singapore tournaments have decided to open the event to also green (employment) pass holders in Singapore.full news..

Norwegian Deputy Minister for Culture and Church Affairs Wegard Harsvik said the Norwegian government was keen to support independent media efforts in fighting corruption, promoting democracy, good governance, diversity and cultural tolerance.full news..

Administrative court has ordered TOT Plc to negotiate an interconnection agreement with DTAC, a pleased CEO Sigve Brekke told a packed business dinner with 120 Scandinavian businessmen in Bangkok on Tuesday 13 May.full news..

Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd. ordered a second newbuild accommodation barge from Malaysian shipbuilder NGV Tech Sdn Bhd.full news..

Scandinavia countries reflected double-digit growth ratesfull news..

Members of the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have been holding more peace talks in Norway this week.full news..

A Norwegian nautical firm has opened a training school at the Clark Polytechnic here for ship crew to support the growing manpower demand of international shipping companies.full news..

The third HUGIN in Fugro's AUV arsenal will be based at the company's Far East facilities in Singaporefull news..

On the occasion of Norway’s National Day on Saturday, Viet Nam News spoke to Norwegian Ambassador Kjell Magne Storlokken.full news..

Mountain Bike Association with Pattaya city joining to organize Koh Larn Mountain Bike 2008, June14- 15 2008, in the patronage of His Majesty the King to promote tourism of Koh Larn.full news..

"The course was in superb condition, and the greens were super fast. We played the normal monthly tournament on Saturday, and after adjusting handicaps we then played the Club championship based on Sundays scores counting alone”full news..

Vietnamese State President Nguyen Minh Triet will pay state visits to Norway, Austria and Greece from June 2-10 to foster friendly and all-round cooperative relations between Vietnam and the three foreign countries, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Thursday.full news..

An SAS airplane scheduled for Bangkok last night had to be on the ground at Copenhagen Airport after the pilot found an error in one of the engines.full news..

"It is not necessarily a blessing for a country to be endowed with petroleum resources", Arne Walther, a Norwegian diplomat said.full news..

A plan to provide more people with access to clean water in Lai Chau town, northern Lai Chau Province is set to wrap up next week.full news..

The plan involves a new international passenger terminal, the upgrade of the domestic terminal, construction of additional taxiways and parking space for 11 more aircraft, up from eight currently.full news..

Norwegian chefs demonstrated several ways to handle seafood in the best possible way, and gave the audience examples such as getting the scallop out of its shell, how to make fillet from fresh salmon as well as how to take the crab meat out of its back and legs. The guests were encouraged to interact with the chefs during the presentation and from this we could learn that every day 27 million dishes are made from Norwegian seafood all worldwide.full news..

The rig, Seadrill's fourth identical order from SembMarine, is schdeuled for delivery in December 2011, the company said in a statement.full news..

Under the baton of Hannu Lintu, the MPO will perform Franz Joseph Haydn's Symphony No.103 in E Flat and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.10.full news..

”Indonesians are within their comfort zone with Norwegian Salmon” says Stig Drageide and Jostein Medhus who are responsible for the culinary execution of the event "The Best of Norway" which was held at C's Steak and Seafood restaurant, Grand Hyatt Jakarta 21-24 May.full news..

After two years of research the Norwegian professor Ellen Hertzberg is in the final stage of finishing her extensive study. She is about to find out what makes a Nordic company successful when it moves to Thailand.full news..

The Thai Oil Company PTTEP is one of the largest corporations in Thailand – and they keep growing. But they can’t do it alone and are seeking expatriates to jump on the wagon.full news..

The exhibition by Manuel Baldemor is also aimed at celebrating the 60 years of Philippine-Norwegian diplomatic relations.full news..

Nammo is jointly owned by Norway's Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Finnish defence company Patria. Nammo have licensed production in Malaysia and several other countries. It is the largest exporter of civilian and military ammunition from Norway, Sweden, and Finlandfull news..

The Norwegian and Vietnamese flags flew side by side along Oslo's main boulevard on Thursday, in honour of a state visit by the president of Vietnam. The visit featured plenty of pomp and some protests.
Norway's King Harald and the president of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet, reviewed the royal guards outside the palace in Oslo.full news..

The Norwegian Royal Family greeted the president of Vietnam yesterday June 5, 2008 during his state visit to the European country.full news..

They're catching local criticism for it, but officials at both telecoms firm Telenor and the Norwegian government – which controls Telenor – continued to do their best on Friday to flatter and impress a top delegation from Vietnam. Telenor has been trying for years to break into the increasingly attractive Vietnamese market.full news..

Norway has tried to initiate a resumption of talks between the Philippine government and the rebels. The talks broke off in 2004, after the rebels accused Manila of instigating their inclusion on U.S. and European Union terrorist lists.full news..

About 50 local and foreign experts and representatives from a cross-section of the civil society, government, non-governmental organisations and think-tanks will participate in the strategy sessions.full news..

Finlandia (Op. 26), which opens with a brass theme, is a stirring patriotic hymn composed during the Russian occupation of Finland. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 (Op. 46), one of Grieg’s most famous works, is based on Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt about a good-for-nothing country boy’s escapades before he returned home to Norway older and wiser.full news..

The goal of the project is to make use of and create opportunities for building a truly gender sensitive pluralistic nation that protects, promotes, celebrates and practices its diversity.full news..

Q-Free vice president of sales Per Fredrik Ecker said an ERP system project could cost up to US$980 million in initial investment in London, England, and around $155 million in initial investment in Stockholm, Sweden.full news..

Initial Environmental Examinations on two hypropower plants in Laos done by Norconsult in 2007 are criticized for not focusing enough on the downstream effects in Cambodia. Cambodia may end up shouldering the environmental burdens of the Laotian hypropower dams, local NGO's say.full news..

President Nguyen Minh Triet arrived back in Hanoi on the morning of June 11, 2008, after successfully concluding his official visit to Norway, Austria and Greece. In a statement released upon the return of the President, his wife and an accompanying delegation, Nguyen Minh Triet said the visit made a contribution to promoting friendship and co-operative ties between Vietnam and Norway, Greece and Austria.full news..

Ola Ree, Head of Norway’s Telenor Representative Office in Vietnam, told TMCnet Editor Michelle Robart during the International Telecommunications Conference in Hanoi earlier this month, that the Vietnamese telecommunication market, mainly mobile phone business, is rapidly moving ahead, beyond his company’s expectation. Telenor began its operation in Vietnam in 2005, and expects to become a strategic partner of one of the Vietnamese mobile phone businesses.full news..

Scandinavians have flocked to the white beaches and crystal clear waters of Krabi for well over 30 years. Andaman Camp and Cruise has become something of a Scandinavia expert for Thailand, with a Swedish website and many returning customers from the Nordic countries.full news..

The Danish UEFA football school coach Peter Rasmussen will head the coming course in football in BangkokPeter Rasmussen, 42, is one of the most recognized Internationals in his trade.full news..

Renewable Energy Corp (REC), one of Norway's most-watched companies, has warmed up to Singapore, where it plans to move forward with major investment in a new production facility.full news..

With great pleasure and gratitude to Dagfinn Misje, are three large beautiful Glass Mosaics The three mosaics symbolizing The resurrection, The Easter Gospel and, The Holy Communion finally in place in The Norwegian Seamen’s Church in Pattaya in Thailand.full news..

Under the terms of the deal, Norway's Aker Solutions said it will deliver a complete drilling system for an ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling platform.full news..

Masterbulk and Greig said that the decision to split the company stemmed from diverging views on future strategy.
Ragnar Nielsen, president of Singapore-based Masterbulk, told Lloyd’s List that views differed on whether to concentrate solely on the industrial shipping business as they have in the past, or to become a more market orientated company.full news..

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Department of Transportation and Communications of the Philippines (DOTC) have entered into an Agreement on the Formulation of an Omnibus Philippine Merchant Shipping Act.full news..

"The money is not going to come easily," Knut Rosandhaug, the court's Norwegian deputy director of administration, told reporters. "We have to work for the money."full news..

Fuel surcharges on all but one domestic route are to rise by 100 baht to 850 baht per leg. But the rate on Chiang Mai-Mae Hong Son doubles to 600 baht per sector. The fuel surcharges on international routes vary from one geographical area to another.full news..

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila recently organised a one-day work environment seminar at the Filipinas Heritage Library as part of the Embassy’s Action Plan to improve the office work environment, create synergy, and enhance the job satisfaction of its employees.full news..

The face and chest were dark blue, the skull was fractured, both hands were flexed, and there were several needle marks from injections on the arm. There was no trace of fighting in the room.full news..

The purchase follows the exercise of a put option by SAS pursuant to the Shareholders' Agreement entered
into between SAS and ST Aerospace on 15 March 2006.full news..

Executive search firms in India now traverse the map to identify and hire expat talent from Vietnam, Malaysia, Finland, and other contries, to take the country into the next level of growth.full news..

The statistics are clear: Thailand is the country where most Norwegian men infected with the HIV-infection. Last year, nearly 40 Norwegians were infected by HIV during travelling abroad. Around 80 people caught gonorrhoea.full news..

On the 10th of June, the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (TNCC) announced the future Executive President of the TNCC in a press release. Starting her new job on August 1st of this year, Ingeborg Steinholt, 43, will succeed the current Executive Director of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce as well as the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce (TSCC), John Svengren, in overseing the tasks of the TNCC.full news..

Singapore shipyard operator SembCorp Marine Ltd. said on Monday its wholly-owned unit Jurong Shipyard has won a $640 million deal to build a semi-submersible drilling rig for Larsen Oil & Gas.full news..

Tourist from Sweden, Finland and Norway have their share in the newest record in Vietnamese tourism, when the country welcomed 2.5 million foreign tourists in the first half of the year, Vietnam News Agency said quoting a report in the Government's web portal.full news..

Norwegian Per Arne Solheim, who has been wanted in Thailand since April 18, 2008 took yesterday contact with the police in Norway writes the Norwegian newspaper VG Nett.
"I can confirm that Solheim is safe and sound. He called yesterday ", says police attorney in Sunnmøre police district Yngve Skovly to VG Nett.full news..

Eight months after the Thailand-holiday disappeared 18,000 kroner from the account. While the card holder was in Norway, the VISA cards information’s were misused in Cologne in Germany, writes the Norwegian tabloid VG.
“It’s a terrible surprise! I do not understand is how criminals may have received it. We have been extremely cautious, "says Frode Sitter.full news..

The Indonesian embassy in Oslo joined an international cultural festival called "Stoppested Verden` which was held in Hamar, Norway.full news..

Mr. Sigve Brekke takes up the position as head of Telenor Region Asia and joins Telenor's Group Executive Management on September 1st 2008. Brekke succeeds Mr. Arve Johansen, who returns to the Telenor Headquarters in Norway as a special advisor to the CEO. Mr. Tore Johnsen will take over as new CEO of DTAC.full news..

TAC, controlled by Norway's Telenor has said it expects to launch the service using HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) in early 2009.full news..

Scorpion Offshore Ltd. said it has ordered a new deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig from Keppel shipyard in Singapore, at a cost of approximately $700 million.full news..

The Filipino community and friends of the Philippines in Norway and Denmark have donated a total of P565,840 to victims of Typhoon "Frank," Malacañang said Monday.full news..

Mr Brekke, who will become the CEO of Telenor Asia on Sept 1, said that Tore Johnsen, his successor at DTAC, would need to systematically follow up the three-year business plan for fiscal 2008-10 of the Norwegian parent Telenor Group. The plan includes financial targets, business direction, corporate culture and people at Thailand's second-largest mobile operator.full news..

"Of all trained working dogs, the most difficult job is being a mine-detection dog. These dogs need to be at the top every day," said P.A. Bergstrom, a canine expert with Norwegian People's Aid who is developing the program for Cambodia Mine Action Center, a nongovernmental organization.full news..

Sasha Gabor came to Bangkok at the beginning of June. The man who has played in a long series of porn movies celebrated his 63-anniversary. June 27, 2008 he was found dead, according to Robert Kristensen (40), which has been one of the Gabor closest friends in the last few yearsfull news..

The Philippines and Norwegian governments have signed an agreement for the latter to provide a $300,000 grant for the drafting of an omnibus maritime and merchant marine modernization bill.full news..

A 69-year-old man from Bergen would move to Thailand together with the mother of the girl he should have molested. Then the police in Norway went into action, writes Bergenaviserne.full news..

Einar Stenstadvold, executive vice president for Asia at SN Power, said: "We will start rehabilitation of the plants immediately after the take over, and will ensure that the two plants become major suppliers of renewable energy into the Luzon grid in the coming years".full news..

Norway's Stolt-Nielsen has announced plans to build a 325,000 cubic mtr chemicals storage terminal on Jurong Island by mid-2010. The terminal is estimated to cost over $100m and is slated to be a regional distribution hub for chemical products and feedstocks from the Middle East, as well as for chemical products ex-Jurong Island.full news..

Ultra-low power RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA will be setting up a regional supply chain headquarters in Manila, the Philippines. This will later be expanded to include a regional RF test-engineering group to support local backend test development and subcontract partners in Asia.full news..

The GSM operator, controlled by Norway's Telenor, also reported a 45% year-on-year rise in second-quarter EBITDA, and a 181% increase in EBIT.full news..

“I can confirm that the man appeared so aggressively against passengers and crews that came to a point where the captain had no choice but to handcuff the passenger ", says KLM’s spokeswoman Marisca Kensenhuis to VG.full news..

John Dang, a Norwegian man with Vietnamese origin, has been caught by the Tourist Police in Thailand in front of Sintanee Village, in Chiangrai in the North of Thailand. John Dang was sentenced in Norway to 3 years and 5 months imprisonment for committing several mini-mart robberies together with his gang. Then, since 14 of April, 2008, he escaped to Thailand.full news..

The girls 47-year-old norwegian father has been internationally wanted suspected of kidnapping his own daughter. He is now arrested in Cambodia, and is expected to be extradited next week.full news..

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A customer became acutely ill after eating a filet of fish, bought at a Rema 1000 store in Haugesund. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority found dangerous bacteria and toxins from bacteria in frozen fish from the shop.full news..

August 3, 2008 the go-kart people from Kartthai will drive around them self´s once again. The great event will be held at Pattaya’s Bira circuit, wich is situated beside the Pattaya-Rayong highway.full news..

Tour agents in Thailand have found ways to handle the trouble in getting visa to Scandinavia for their customers. But with the rising cost of visiting Scandinavia, most Thai tourists prefer more attractive destinations.full news..

Nordic Semiconductor in Trondheim Norway intents to set-up a regional supply chain headquarters in Manila, the Philippines. This will later be expanded to include a regional RF test-engineering group to support local backend test development and subcontract partners in Asia.full news..

A Norwegian father wanted by Interpol over allegedly abducting his six-year-old Swedish daughter arrived Tuesday in Sweden after being deported from Cambodia, police and local media said to DPA.full news..

Opened after the airport shift, Bakery House, the airline's bakery facility at Don Mueang, which covers a total area of 14,500 square metres, is underutilised. Bakery House now produces nearly three million pieces a month, compared to its monthly capacity of six million.full news..

A Norwegian officer drank an entire bottle of liquor and went amok on a KLM aircraft on its way to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. And now he has been fired by his Norwegian employer.full news..

BI Norwegian School of Management is launching a new Executive MBA in Shipping, Offshore and Finance. Half of the programme to take place in Singapore.full news..

Sandy Nicholas Stuvik, Norway/ Thailand wins the 4th round and qualifies for World Championship. Yes. It was all to go for this weekend as Sandy again was very fast in early practice and the kart set up was perfected for wet, intermediate and dry conditions. The newly renovated Bira Circuit would though be sunny and perfect for intense racing all of Sunday.full news..

Majuikan Sdn Bhd, which is wholly owned by Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (LKIM), has established a RM10mil eco-friendly farm to produce fish fry. The project is 100% Malaysian-owned but operated on Norwegian technology.
The Norwegian experts would design, test and run the farm for a certain period as a part of the technology-transfer process.full news..

Cosco expects to deliver its first Sevan 650 drilling unit for Norwegian Sevan Marine this December, Li said today at the sidelines of a financial results briefing in Singapore. Sevan recently exercised the options with Cosco for the construction of the hulls of two drilling units with Cosco. A formal agreement on the two orders valued at a combined US$500 million will be signed later this year.full news..

Thailand Elite, a subsidiary of Tourism Authority of Thailand. Specially designed for friends of Thailand, the members can enjoy unprecedented access to benefits including expedited immigration, privilege on Visa (life time and multiple entry) and passport control, high-end health and leisure activities, business connections and a whole range of dining, shopping, sports and vacation packages.full news..

Danish Software Company manages the production of giant cranes for the offshore industry in Kristiansand (Norway), Singapore, China and Malaysia.full news..

Norway and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will fund US$5.2 million to help Vietnam accelerate business administration reform, according to the Norwegian Embassy in Vietnam.full news..

The travel agency Exotissimo Travel has made a group on Facebook. The purpose is to make a forum, where Exotissimo travelers can connect and exchange experiences. There will also be advice from the agency on the webpage.full news..

The red and white colours of the Viking Wheelers, the DTCC and SSS cycling team, again dominated the landscape near Pattaya during the weekend of August 9 and 10.
Four nationalities were represented among the 11 cyclists participating in this event.full news..

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS), Trondheim Norway, has been awarded a contract worth more than USD 5 million by a repeat customer in Malaysia. The work has commenced and EMGS is using new technology in water depths of approximately 60 meters.full news..

H.E. Eivind S. Homme handed over his credentials to His Excellency President Susilo Bambang Yudhojono during a state ceremony at the Presidential Palace on August 12.full news..

Ingeborg Steinholt has been appointed Executive Director of the Thai-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce on August 11 2008. She is the successor of John Svengren, who will continue as executive director of the Thai-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.full news..

The Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta has decided to give financial support to Jakarta International Film Festival (jiffest). The festival will last from 5 - 14 December 2008.full news..

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has noted a growing interest for its upcoming winter program, which offers a new route to Delhi and the return of two popular seasonal routes: Copenhagen-Dubai and Stockholm-Bangkok. This follows a strong summer Where SAS' Asian routes generally performed better than last year, and cabin factors well over 80% were noted on most routes.full news..

Norway`s Red Cross is providing Rp15 billion of Rp18 billion needed to build much-needed facilities at Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD)`s Mental Hospital, NAD Deputy Governor Muhammad Nazar said.full news..

TAC, controlled by Norway's Telenor, planned to spend 5 billion baht to upgrade the 3G services on its existing 850 MHz frequency as part of its move to tap new revenue in a nearly saturated sector.full news..

The mosquitoes carried virus dengue fever, is raging with massive force in Thailand and Southeast Asia. In Thailand especially Koh Samet, Koh Mun and Koh Kodi devastated by dengue fever writes writes several Scandinavian newspapers in nearly identical articles. This article from ekstrabladet.dk gives a general understanding of the issues of dengue fever.full news..

Scaberia, a Norway-based Technology and Innovations Consultancy firm, announced on August 20 2008 that it has extended its strategy with a new concept called “Business meets Technology”. Part of the strategy is the opening of an office in Singapore.full news..

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DiGi.Com Berhad ("DiGi") has announced the appointment of Sigve Brekke as its Chairman, and Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director with immediate effect succeeding Arve Johansen who returns to Telenor Headquarters in Norway as a special advisor to the President and CEO.full news..

The 4th ECCP SOCCER CUP is Kicking into Gear Again!full news..

"We're fully aware that we don't have all the answers or are experts on climate change, but we believe we can make a difference within our sphere of influence through the Deep Green programme," Johan Dennelind, DiGi's Chief Executive Officer shared.full news..

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It's getting tougher, and more expensive, to get a Norwegian passport. Starting September 1, 2008 persons applying for Norwegian citizenship will have to prove their proficiency in the Norwegian language. That's in addition to paying a fee of NOK 2,500 (nearly USD 500).full news..

Ola Ree, chief of Norway’s Telenor representative office in Vietnam, said that the domestic mobile telecom market has seen spectacular progress and his company is eager to expand its investment in the market.full news..

At the annual meeting of Filipinos in Scandinavia “Pulong ng Nayan”, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry promised to lower the remittance fees for immigrants.full news..

The doctors didn't know what was in the tanks being sprayed on the corpses and on them. The Norwegian Newspaper Aftenposten reported that as many as 30 percent of forensic specialists and others sent to identify bodies are now suffering asthma-like ailments.full news..

Tore Naerland and his friends from the Bike For Peace organisation will now push their pedals harder than ever before to get trough with the group’s biggest event, a double tour of travel in both Thailand and Vietnam.full news..

The last summer meeting at restaurant “Green Tree” managed to attract 55 people Saturday August 23.full news..

There’s demonstratons in Bangkok against the government today August 26 2008. The Norwegian Embassy in Bangkok advices Norwegian citizens to stay alert.full news..

In the afternoon August 26 2008 demonstrations held by the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) were peaceful. The two largest gatherings were at the Government Building and at the occupied TV station NBT.full news..

An ecumenical delegation of prominent church leaders from the Philippines is set to arrive in Oslo in September to meet with Norwegian church leaders to advocate the resumption of peace talks between the Government of Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and National Democratic Front (NDF).full news..

A Nordic ambassador said it was still too early to draw conclusions regarding the medium- and long-term impact on the FDI. For now, foreign investors are following Thailand's political situation very closely and will in due course make up their minds whether Thailand is still a good country for them to invest infull news..

Both AIS, 21.4 percent owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, and TAC, controlled by Norway's Telenor , plan to launch 3G services on their existing frequencies in Bangkok by the first quarter of next year. Suranan said the NTC would also issue licences for the WiMax wireless technology service next year. WiMax is a new super-high-speed wireless technology that allows users to surf the Internet and download data, sound and movies at considerable distances.full news..

Figures show tourism being decimated by continuing crisis. International arrivals at Suvarnabhumi Airport have dropped 30 per cent, while average hotel-occupancy rates in Bangkok and Phuket have plunged 40-50 per cent from last month.full news..

Aker Solutions, the Norwegian international oil and gas engineering service company, opened a new operation centre in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, yesterday.

Located within the State-owned base of Petroleum Technical Services Corp (PTSC), the new centre will provide strategic and effective support services for Aker Solutions’ on- and offshore oil and gas customers.full news..

Free tickets can be collected at Goethe Institute in Hanoi from September 15 and Ho Chi Minh City from September 19.full news..

The country's finance minister Kirsten Halvorsen said the £500m stake held by the country's "oil fund" would be sold.
She said the ban stems from concerns over Rio's investment in goldmine in Papua, Indonesia, which was responsible for river pollution.full news..

After 20 years of success in the business, Gan was awarded ‘Jotun’s Penguin Award’ by Bohlin recently at UNF’s 20th Anniversary in Sunway Carnival convention centre.full news..

Singaporian brand consultancy BrandAsian has been appointed by Snorre Food to reposition its Norwegian seafood business in Southeast Asia.full news..

The 42nd Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair opened yesterday September 11 2008 at the Impact Exhibition & Convention Center in Bangkok. Among the exhibitors is the Norwegian jewelry company A & C, who is hoping to find new distributors at the fair.full news..

The Norwegian and Danish business association held their second shared event at the commercial club recently. The food was excellent and the 28 participants were spectators to an interesting speech by Andreas Julin from the European Committee.full news..

"This puts Noreq in an even stronger position with respect to capacity and delivery times vis-à-vis customers in Asia," said the company.full news..

Asia remains a primary focus for SAS Scandinavian Airlines as the airline enjoys some of its strongest growth over the summer. According to Hakan Ollson, SAS General Manager for Southeast Asia, SAS routes reached on average 80% load factor during the summer season and the winter season looks already very promising.full news..

The 3rd Annual Nordic Business Golf in Singapore took place yesterday Thursday 18 2008. The primary objective of the tournament is to encourage greater understanding and closer relationship between the Nordic business organizations and leading Singaporeans, both from the public and private sector.full news..

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has signed an agreement on technical support for reforming business registration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Royal Norwegian Embassy, the ministry said.full news..

SNAPB is a joint venture between Aboitiz Power Corporation and SN Power Invest AS of Norway, a global renewable energy company. The Ambuklao and Binga plants are part of the privatization program under the Philippines’ Electric Power Industry Reform Act. The transaction is IFC’s second loan to the Aboitiz Power Corporation-SN Power Invest consortium, as the same sponsors won the bid for the 360-megawatt Magat hydro project in 2007 through SN Aboitiz Power-Magat, Inc.full news..

Hanoi Telecommunications has confirmed that as from October 5, 2008, all fixed telephones in the city will be 8 digits, instead of the current 7 digits.full news..

Aker Solutions is celebrating production of first oil from Reliance Industries’ MA-D6 field, located in the Bay of Bengal offshore India. The record breaking project, which is a 100 per cent Aker field development, produced first oil at 17 September.Subsea trees for the project have been manufactured at Aker Solutions’ facilities in Port Klang, Malaysia, and Tranby, Norway.full news..

A Dutchman who had fled to Thailand to escape drug trafficking charges in Normay was yesterday captured in the Chon Buri resort town of Pattaya.full news..

The NorwegianSwedish Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, His Swedish colleague Carl Bildt hosted a seminar September 25 at the international Peace Institute in new York with the topic “the State of Freedom of Expression: Access to Information as a driver of Social Development”, which Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda participated in.full news..

Norway is financing the initial phase of the initiative, which will be carried out by three UN agencies. Indonesia is one of nine countries that have already expressed formal interest in receiving assistance from the so-called UN-REDD Programme, that was announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Norwegian Prime Jens Stoltenberg on 24 September 2008. The Norwegian contribution to the first phase will be USD 35 million.full news..

AGR has opened a new office in Singapore. The opening was officiated by Ambassador of Norway Janne Julsrud and Johan Warmedal, CEO AGR Asia-Pacific.full news..

The student project is seeking partners from the business sector for funding of the report on market opportunities in Malaysia.full news..

The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs have reported that Fagbladet Travel News, a Norwegian travel trade magazine, selected Thailand for its “World’s Best Tourist Country” award for 2008, this being the fifth consecutive year that Thailand won this prestigious Norwegian Grand Travel Award.full news..

Sales manager at Profil Rejser, Frederick Wagner, recently received the "Friends of Thailand award the other day" award. It was presented by Thailand's Minister of Tourism and Sports in Bangkok.full news..

Three men are still suspected of the murder of Simen Sparre Knudsen at Phuket in Thailand. But the police lacks technical evidence linking them to the crime scene, writes the Norwegian Newspaper Aftenposten.nofull news..

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Singapore and Innovation Norway, in collaboration with the following partners: Energy Studies Institute, Norwegian Business Association (Singapore), ISEAS and SEAS organised The Norway Singapore Energy Conference: "Sustainable Energy Future" on 25 September. Ambassador Janne Julsrud opened the conference which took place at the Shangri-La Hotel. The all day event was attended by 320 participants – mostly Singaporeans. StatoilHydro and REC sponsored the event.full news..

The Royal Norwegian Embassy Manila participated in the inauguration of the new office of Odfjell Technology Manila Corporation recently.full news..

The Thai Tourism TAT in Bangkok has decided to open a tourist office in Copenhagen. It shall cover Iceland, Norway and Denmark. TAT currently has 21 offices worldwide and will over the next five years open 11 more.full news..

Vikings Bangkok played their second game of the season against the new Div. 2 team Siam Celtic (SC). Most experts had Vikings as the solid favorites to collect their first 3 points of the season in spite of some key players missing and no keeper available.full news..

Did you Hit the family unification wall too?full news..

The program in Vietnam is being implemented in partnership with and funded by MPDF, a private sector development initiative in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Lao PDR managed by IFC, among the donors are Norway, Sweden.full news..

Addressing the opening ceremony, Norwegian ambassador to Vietnam Skjoll Storlokken said the course marked an important advance of the cooperation between the PCCOC and the Norwegian embassy to promote the execution of the project.full news..

The Norwegian took his own child with him to Cambodia without the Swedish mother's consent and he is therefore charged with aggravated child abduction of his own daugther.full news..

From October 5th 2008, the number 3 is introduced at the beginning of all landline phone numbers in Vietnam.full news..

Norway and Sweden are among 10 countries which have issued warnings about travelling to Thailand have raised the level of alarm following the government's bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. The rest are y are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Japan and the United Kingdom, all of which account for a huge chunk of Thailand's tourism revenue.full news..

A delegation of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) led by VJA Vice President Le Quoc Trung paid a week-long visit to Norway.
During their stay abroad, the journalists met for working sessions with Norwegian press agencies, including the Norwegian Press Association, the Association of Editors, the Press Complaints Commission, the Fund for Investigative Journalism and the Oslo University ’s Press and Library Faculty.full news..

People in the formerly restive province of Aceh celebrated news Saturday that the man who helped end their decades-long civil war has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize - annonuced i Oslo, Norway.full news..

Sweden and Norway and denied issuing any travel advisories warning their citizens against travel to Thailand. Diplomats said their governments had only urged their citizens to exercise due care, keep away from demonstration areas and large crowds, monitor the media and listen to advice from local authorities.full news..

16 CCTV cameras in Patong will be supplemented with 26 more units, 16 of which will be provided by the Savoey Seafood restaurant on Thaweewong Rd. All of the new cameras, to be installed along Soi Bangla and the beach road, will show viewers around the world just how safe and friendly Patong is for tourists, writes phuketgazette.netfull news..

But will consumers care to splurge on 3G if the economic and political situation has not cleared up by the time the service is debuted?
"We don't foresee any impact on our plan. Instead, we think it is even more important for us to go ahead with our investment, to help stimulate the economy and boost investors' confidence in the country," Johnsen said.full news..

In the third game of the season Vikings faced the BSL Youth. This was a special game since Vikings have given BSL some heavy defeats in the last couple of seasons but with a strong start to the season and some impressive pre-season wins the BSL was out for revenge. Also this was Bjerner’s last game for the Vikings and the only acceptable going away present would be a win – so the stakes were high as kick off approached.full news..

Since 1996 TAT has presented the Friends of Thailand Awards to international individuals/organizations, international tour operators and international airlines every two years. The 2nd Awards were presented in 1998, the 3rd Awards in 2000, the 4th Awards in 2002, and the 5th and latest Awards were presented in 2004. For the past 9 years (1996-2004), a total of 356 awards were presented to recipients from 57 countries.full news..

The Norwegian father of Alicia Elfversson, the six year-old Swedish girl who he abducted and took to Cambodia, has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison by a district court in Gothenburg.full news..

Mogens Sørensen, the head of investigations at the Copenhagen police station on Bellahøj, Denmark, will be liaison for the five Nordic countries and coordinate investigations in Southeast Asia and Scandinavia.full news..

The Norwegian scholarship program for Filipino seafarers will be implemented over a six-year period. Favila announced the Norwegian assistance after the courtesy call of State Secretary Oyvind Slake of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry and Norwegian Ambassador Stale Risa on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.full news..

Norway-based Intex Resources ASA said it would spend as much as $2.9 billion to put up a high-pressure acid leach facility within the site of its Mindoro Nickel mine. Intex president and CEO Erlend T. Grimstad said the company’s plant would be built in two stages: The first will process limonite ore and the second, the saprolite resource.full news..

According to a 2004 study conducted by the National Economic and Development Board, more than 15 000 Thai women chose to marry Western men, meaning one-third of north-eastern families had a female member married to a Western husband. A reason is the promise of more wealth. According to national figures, women married to foreign men send remittances of an estimated 1.5 billion baht ($43 million) a year to their families in the northeast.full news..

Fluor Corp. a provider of engineering and construction management services, said it received an engineering and construction contract from Norway-based solar power company - Renewable Energy Corp. for a state-of-the-art solar panel manufacturing complex in Singapore for approx. $420 million.full news..

The governments of Indonesia and Norway have agreed to accelerate their bilateral cooperation in the fishery and renewable energy sectors, a foreign ministry statement said.
In order to pursue the cooperation, both nations agreed to sign a cooperation agreement where Norway will provide a grant worth US$8.6 million for the fishery sector and US$1 million for a renewable energy project.full news..

Brewerkz are always a tough opponent and this time was no different. They have added a few new faces to their squad and are looking stronger than last year. The Vikings continue to believe that if they show the right attitude and desire in their games, they can match almost any team in the Cosmoleague. Problem is that if they don't do that they can also loose to almost all teams in the league.full news..

Police were called to the Viking Guesthouse located on Jomtien Beach late on Friday Night following reports of a guest who was attempting to start a fire inside his room.full news..

"We have not to date received any cancellations or postponements of shipments or orders, but it would be naive to think the (photovoltaic) industry would not be affected," REC COO John Andersen said in an interview.full news..

The whole-day event focused on the close and multi-faceted cooperation in the maritime sector which remains the backbone of Norwegian-Philippine relations and which today has evolved into a true partnership.full news..

The meeting was held at the conclusion of the State Secretary’s visit to the Philippines as part of the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations.full news..

“Thailand is like Ibiza for other Europeans in the winter for Scandinavians, especially Swedes”full news..

The two builders each will build two 24,500-DWT ships and deliver them to the Norwegian firm of Calypso in 2010.full news..

The synchronisation of the transition is important especially for international rail and airline traffic schedules.full news..

Kongsberg Norcontrol IT has been chosen to upgrade the existing VTMIS (Vessel traffic Management and Information Service) at Bintulu Port, Sarawak, East Malaysia. The contract was won by Kongsberg Norcontrol IT Singapore and is for the delivery and commissioning of new VOC5060 computer hardware and software, extensive user training, and maintenance until 2013.full news..

Two men from Bergen woke up in Pattaya last Tuesday, after they had been doped and robbed by three women. The day after the incident, three Thai women were arrested after they tried on a similar approach to a 71-year-old Danish tourist.full news..

The smell of fresh coffee. The friendly chime of windows opening up. Dingeling-ding-ding! Secretaries are snuggling up in their chairs with the inevitable pillow on their stomach. It's another lovely Thai morning like any other in all the tens of thousand of offices all over the smiling Kingdom of Thailand. In a moment, when the emil starts to trickle in, they will all be cyber criminals because they find it to absurd to believe that according to the law they must actually keep an electronic record of what mails their staff sends and receives or what pages they look at during the day.full news..

The Norwegian institution for treatment and rehabilitation of Norwegian citizens, Baan Sabaijai, which Oskar Jorgensen has created with great enthusiasm, has now attracted the attention of the Thai authorities.full news..

Norwegian offshore vessels operator Havila Shipping ASA said on Tuesday (28 October) that POSH Havila Pte ltd, its Singapore-based joint venture with PACC Offshore Service Holdings Pte Ltd, has entered in to charter agreements for six anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels.full news..

Leif Ove Andsnes will hold a recital at Thailand Cultural Centre, Main Hall, 8 pm Sunday 9 November 2008.full news..

The Nexus #1 building project is progressing according to plan. The work with an employment contract for Burgundy Global Exploration Corporation in the Philippines is developing according to expectations. The vessels attract interest from a number of potential clients, confirming an active market in deeper waters.full news..

The Vietnam Red Cross signed with the Norwegian Red Cross and multinational company Det Norske Veritas a memorandum of understanding on their pilot implementation of water sanitation and community development in northern Phu Tho Province.
With a total funding of 100,000 USD, the project will focus on upgrading water supply system and sanitation facilities in Phu Tho’s poor mountainous districts of Tan Son and Yen Lap.full news..

The "Ban Bus", an effort organised by various groups, including the Cambodian Red Cross, Norwegian People's Aid, Religions for Peace and the UN Development Program, toured Kampong Cham and Kratie provinces Monday and Tuesday before returning to the capital where today it will try to raise awareness of cluster munitions, millions of which are still littered across large swathes of Cambodia.full news..

Pattaya tourist police used a court warrant to arrest two Norwegian men and their Thai girlfriends on charges of attacking a fellow Norwegian businessman in his home.full news..

The search for the deadly jellyfish followed the reported death of a Swedish tourist off Koh Lanta, where another person was reported stung on April 3 this year.full news..

Sigve Brekke, the CEO of Telenor Asia, said Telenor brushed off the risk of an economic recession and is continuing its investment plan in 3G mobile broadband projects for DTAC next year.full news..

The festival was to comprise concerts and seminars to introduce works by composers from the US, Turkey, the Philippines, Norway, Singapore, China and Vietnam.full news..

The NDF is currently awaiting the response of the government to a 13-point list of demands for the resumption of the talks. Among these demands are discussions on the de-listing of the NDF in the terror list, the re-activation of the Joint Monitoring Committee and release of its arrested members.
Jalandoni said that not all points need to be addressed all at the same time.
Back-channel talks have however resumed on the initiative of Norway, the third party facilitator.full news..

The Norwegian Ambassador Stale Torstein Risa said the country must change its constitution and allow foreigners to own land. “The 60-40 ownership rule is a hindrance to investments,” Risa said in a previous interview.full news..

Two Norwegian men who had been released on bail facing criminal charges in Pattaya have escaped from Thailand and are now back in their home town of Haugesund in Norway, according to reports in the local media.full news..

Swea Bangkok will for the first time introduce "Swea Kan Forum". It’s held at Stable Lodge, and the purpose of the activity is to give opportunity to as many people as possible so they can promote their talents or services.
Therefore, Sunday November 16, 2008, anyone who has an interest in meeting people and create new contacts, or just greet old friends, and not to forget to buy goods in the different boots, are particularly welcome.full news..

The seminar, entitled “Better Governance – Managing Corruption, Promoting Integrity” was attended by 20 Senior Public Officers from Asian countries.full news..

Chef Jason Tan, 26, who will represent Singapore in the Bocuse d'Or, the most prestigious cooking competition for individual chefs, was able to get his hands on Norwegian seafood this week, which is in a key dish he must cook to impress the judges.full news..

Gariuai, Timor Leste’s first hydroelectric power plant, financed by Norway, was opened 10th November 2008 by President of the Parliament, Mr Lasama and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr de Costa, Minister of Infrastructure, Mr Ley and Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, Mr Homme.full news..

The conference was co-sponsored by Norway and the 27-member European Union.
For four days, journalists from the Asia-Pacific region grappled with the difficulties in reporting religio-cultural conflicts, especially between Islam and the West, at a media programme here.
The journalists focused on unintended bias stemming from misuse of language.

They also heard reports from violent regions such as Ambon in Indonesia where reporters can be killed if they walk into the wrong part of town.full news..

Swimmers are warned once again after the deadly tentacles of the box jellyfish cause fatalities. Tourists snorkelling off Thailand's southern coasts have been falling victim to swarms of deadly box jellyfish lately. Victims have arrived at Krabi Provincial Hospital and Phi Phi health station.full news..

SINTEF in Norway have received a request to support the development of a master plan for Singapore, and to help to evaluate and assess a range of solutions for each of its ten areas.full news..

Siem Ream Airways is a subsidiary of Bangkok Airways International. It is licensed by the Cambodian government to operate domestic services between Phnom Penh and the tourist hub Siem Reap - gateway to the Angkor Wat temples - but does not operate directly to Europe.full news..

The inspection included a briefing by the SAS airport manager, a survey of SAS’ check-in rows and the Star Alliance lounges.
The highlight of the day was the onboard inspection of the SAS A330-300 which had been made ready for its return flight to Copenhagen. The visitors tried out the Economy, Economy Extra and Business Class seats.full news..

Leonor Sarmiento Vintervoll is a successful Filipino-Norwegian, yet her heart longs to be with her countrymen. When the opportunity to invest in movie production came along, she took the chance, if only to be able to help the ailing movie industry.full news..

The Philippine government will call for a halt to recent attacks by communist rebels that have killed more than 100 civilians and soldiers during a proposed resumption of Norwegian-brokered peace talks, an official said Tuesday (18 Nov).
Government negotiators also will reiterate a demand that the 5,000-strong New People's Army agree to a cease-fire and stop attacks on foreign mining companies, presidential peace talks adviser Hermogenes Esperon said.full news..

The President's Cup at Calatagan and Coral Beach was, as usual, full
of surprises, and this year President Hans Haase really surpassed
himself.full news..

DTAC and its Norwegian telecom strategic partner Telenor have signed Thailand’s largest ever office lease at Chamchuri Square owned by Chulalongkorn University.full news..

In addition to Sorenstam, the international squad will also include four other players in the top 10 of the women's world rankings - Norway's Suzann Pettersen, Sweden's Helen Alfredsson and Americans Paula Creamer and Cristie Kerr.full news..

A great comeback victory for the Vikings and with the current form it’s a shame there is now a two weeks break. Man of the match with eleven votes was Chris.full news..

Every single year between 10- and 15 Norwegian men get infected with HIV in the holiday paradise Thailand by unprotected sex. The public health department Folkehelseinstituttet fears that 2008 can be the worst year ever, regarding HIV imported to Norway from Thailand.full news..

Norway's Frontline - one of the world's biggest oil tanker owners, is "definitely considering" instructing its fleet to avoid the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal because of piracy, its acting chief executive officer said on Thursday.
"We haven't done it yet. We are definitely considering it. It's possible," Martin Jensen told Reuters by telephone from Singapore.full news..

Norwegian oil and gas group StatoilHydro said on Thursday that it would scale down its oil product trading activity in Singapore due to slowing trade activity and the global financial crisis.full news..

Checks at internal borders to be reinstated from 24 November to 5 December 2008
Border checks at Finland’s internal borders will be reinstated owing to the security measures during the OSCE meetings to be held in Helsinki 4–5December.full news..

Norwegian group Roxar and the Hanoi Mining and Geology University has signed an agreement on oil exploitation technology transfer and human resource training for the oil and gas industry.full news..

Christmas is approaching and in Ho Chi Minh City the Nordic Community is looking forward to the annual Christmas Party, which is organized by Nordcham, the Nordic Chamber of Commerce. This year the popular event will take place on December 5th.full news..

If it was hangovers from last week-end, or the fact that we had two
tournaments in a row, or were part of a larger tournament? I dont
know, but it was a very poor showing at Villamor this Sunday. Less
than 10 members showed up to support Eimie's arrangement.full news..

Hundreds of tourists stranded as PAD demonstrators storm Bangkok International airport. Among the frustrated tourists are many Scandinavians. ScandAsia is reporting live from the scene.full news..

As many as six Indonesian sailors, along with seven others of other nationalities, were saved when their Bahama-flagged ship sank in Osloj`rd waters, Norway, recently, according to an Indonesian embassy official in Oslo.full news..

Even though Bangkok is in a political chaos and the airport has been stormed by demonstrators, the Crown Princess sticks to the scheduled programme.full news..

Swedish and Norwegian embassies have dispatched staff to Bangkok Airport to help stranded tourists. Danish Embassy still considering what to do.full news..

A drilling and wellservice seminar was organized in Bandung 10 - 12 November, as a joint effort by the Indonesian and Norwegian governments. The 3 day seminar was attended by 155 people, and addressed general awareness issues around the theme, drilling equipment and services as well as completion and well services.full news..

Singapore's very own search engine, is collaborating with renowned American stock-image supplier Getty Images to boost its collection of Singapore-themed images.
Rednano.sg is the world's first search engine that specialises in Singapore-specific search results, and is a joint venture between Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Norwegian media group Schibsted ASA.full news..

The situation at Bangkok Airport is getting worse. Airport authorities are now arranging evacuations for the tourists.full news..

A more aggressive military approach is the only answer to an escalation of piracy off Somalia, the world's biggest oil tanker company said Friday.
"I think that's the only solution," Martin Jensen, acting chief executive officer of Oslo-based Frontline, told AFP.full news..

Joining Sorenstam is American world number four Paula Creamer, fifth-ranked Suzann Pettersen of Norway and experienced Americans Cristie Kerr, Angela Stanford, Nicole Castrale and Natalie Gulbis.
Also in the team are England’s Karen Stupples, Sweden’s Helen Alfredsson and Australia’s Katherine Hull.full news..

"I just wanna go home. I like Thailand, but I don't like this," said one man, as he lay on the floor, waiting for news of his delayed flight to Sweden. Nearby a young couple nursed two sick infants.full news..

Both Savarnabhumi and Don Mueang Airports have Thursday November 27 2008 been declared in a state of emergency. There are still thousands of tourists waiting for flight out of Bangkok.full news..

ScandAsia’s reporter is reporting live from Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok.full news..

All Finnair flights to Bangkok are cancelled today. Finnair is cancelling the flight which was postponed until today from yesterday evening, this evening’s both flights and tomorrow evening flight scheduled for 8.15 pm from Helsinki to Bangkok, as well as corresponding return flights. According to the authorities, Bangkok Airport will be closed at least until 6 pm on Saturday 29 November, local time in Bangkok.full news..

Authorities have officially declared Suvarnabhumi airport closed until Saturday at 6pm at the earliest.full news..

For the latest information the Pattaya City Call Center 1337 can be contacted and for those who need to leave Thailand urgently can also contact 1337 and decisions on whether to accommodate requests to leave Thailand urgently will be decided case-by-case by an emergency committee which has been set up.full news..

Next Wednesday, governments will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Oslo, Norway and the Philippine government, thru the Department of Foreign Affairs, signified its intent to sign the cluster bomb treaty.full news..

SAS Scandinavian Airlines will today divert its Bangkok to Stockholm flight to U-tapao, 150 kilometers, from Bangkok in order to start bringing stranded passengers home to Europe.full news..

Pettersen won the 12th and 13th holes to even the match. Ji took the 14th, and Pettersen countered on 15. Park restored Asia's 1-up lead on 16, but Pettersen tied it again with a birdie on 17. On 18, Sorenstam holed out from the rough with a 54-degree wedge after her 5-wood approach sailed right and deflected off a grandstand.full news..

"Beat Fest" will this weekend play host The Whitest Boy Alive, whose debut album Dreams contains 10 of the smoothest, up-tempo, minimal indie tunes around. The band kicked off in 2003 when lead singer, Erlend Oye -- one half of Norwegian folk-pop duo Kings of Convenience -- paired up with bassist Marcin to make dance music.full news..

The supporters of Thaksin feel bad about all the tourists, who can’t leave Bangkok. They have now gathered at City Hall, from where they await the court’s verdict December 2 2008.full news..

SAS Scandinavian Airlines will operate three flights from Phuket to Scandinavia
in order to bring the remaining stranded passengers back to Europe.full news..

With the comeback victory in the opening best-ball match at Singapore Island Country Club, Sorenstam and Pettersen helped the International team match two-time defending champion Asia at six points entering the closing 12 singles matches.full news..

The Royal Norwegian Embassy is supporting The Asia Foundation with a wide-ranging program that includes support for electoral law reform, building the capacity of women candidates, supporting women in politics to build their constituency networks, and helping women candidates develop sharp and focused media and voter education campaigns.full news..

Norway will place at the disposal of ILO a contribution in an amount of NOK 16,2 million over three years 2009 -2011 constituting 100% of the project budget.
The project goal is to eradicate forced labour and trafficking of migrant domestic workers in South East Asia through strengthening policy and regulatory frameworks, increasing awareness and strengthening service provision for migrant domestic workers and their families.full news..

There are unconfirmed reports of a deal to open an airport closed by protests. But there is not that much hope for the thousands of Scandinavians stranded in Thailand.Officials said the airport would be closed to passenger flights until 15 December, reports the BBC's Quentin Somerville at Suvarnabhumi.full news..

New hope for the thousands of stranded Scandinavians. Thai anti-government protesters have agreed to end their occupation of Bangkok's airports, allowing thousands of stranded tourists to leave.
Passenger flights from the main international airport are to resume on 4 December, say correspondents.full news..

The situation in Bangkok is being resolved and the airport will open to traffic in the next few days.full news..

Informal peace talks in Norway between the government and the communist-led National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have apparently collapsed.
The NDFP accused government peace negotiators of “sabotaging” the talks by insisting on a ceasefire between government forces and the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels as a precondition for the resumption of formal peace negotiations.full news..

The Indonesian government will participate in the signing of Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) during a conference from December 1-4, 2008 in Oslo, Norway, in a bid to support world peace.full news..

The travel branch hopes the situation will normalize following the recent occurrences in the country. Many Norwegians and Scandinavians who were stranded in Bangkok, have come home during recent days.full news..

Finnair's scheduled flights from Helsinki to Bangkok will resume on Thursday 4th December. The service will return to the regular timetable starting with the 23.55 flight from Helsinki.full news..

Since 1993, Euro-Viet conferences, which introduced the study of Vietnam to European nations, have been held biennially with the first colloquium co-organized by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies and the University of Copenhagen.full news..

SAS Scandinavian Airlines will today, Thursday, resumes its operations to Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport. SAS now expects to bring home the last stranded passengers in Thailand during the weekend.full news..

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The plane, an Airbus 340, landed on Tuesday at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport.
As maintenance crews were examining the plane, they discovered a hole six millimetres in diameter on one of the plane’s wings.full news..

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has Thursday unexpected postponed their announced departure from Kastrup to Bangkok until 5.55 AM Friday 5. December.full news..

Centrally located on the campus of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta, you will find the Norwegian House. The address is Sekip K-3, close to Jl. Kaliurang. If you go there during working hours on an ordinary day, researchers will be working on their computers, or maybe some senior faculty members will be debating by the round table in the meeting room, discussing transparency and good governance.full news..

With the current unrest in Thailand coaches Mofok and Chris had to make some tough decisions together with the team last week… No flights available and the only alternative were for us to do the awful road trip down to Phuket (862 km one way!). Some of the players (Chris, Breitner, Richard and Hallas) left Bangkok already Thursday evening and used not less than 6 modes of transportation to reach the island 21 hours later.. That is what I call commitment! Motorbike, BTS, minibus to Hua Hin, train to Surat Thani, public bus half way to Phuket (standing up) before giving up and reaching Phuket by taxi mid-day on Friday.full news..

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30-days border runs now only 15 days. In order to limit the amount of foreigners using "back-to-back" border runs, Thai Immigration has issued a new regulation regarding the 30 days tourist exemption.full news..

The Viet Nam-Norway Cup is being organised by the city Department of Education and Training with assistance from Norway’s Football Association.full news..

The Norwegian embassy staff celebrated their Annual Welfare Day on 3 December with a tour to the prestigious Ayala Museum located in Makati City.full news..

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace efforts and those of others, as well.
The 71-year-old is scheduled to accept the award Wednesday for decades of peace efforts, including a 2005 deal in Aceh province that ended fighting between the Indonesian government and Free Aceh Movement rebels.full news..

The Lucia service will NOT be held in Christ Church as originally plannend. Insteadt it will be held in Church of Sweden at Sukhumvit Soi 33 6.30 PM.full news..

Heng Sopheab from the University of Bergen, Norway, and the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STDs, Cambodia, led a team of researchers who investigated the prevalence of STIs and the health behaviour of female sex workers in the popular tourist destination of Cambodiafull news..

Thousands of students from John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University and from other maritime schools in Western Visayas gathered in Iloilo City on Wednesday.
They attended the the “Career Show” in relation to the 60th anniversary of the Norwegian-Philippine Partnership for Seafarers. The event was spearheaded by the Royal Norwegian Embassy.full news..

Karin Jordal is from Norway, a country with cold climate and breathtaking scenery. In search of sunshine and warmer seas, she moved first to California then to Alicante in Spain. Now, she lives in Cebu.full news..

Norway´s PetroJack, an offshoot of Larsen Oil & Gas, named its latest deep-drilling offshore jack-up rig at a ceremony at Singapore’s Jurong Shipyard last weekendfull news..

Norwegian siesmic vessel operator Scan Geophysical is once again looking for debt finance after failing to complete a second vessel sale and lease-back deal in two months.full news..

Norway-based Intex Resources has postponed completion of its definitive feasibility study on its Mindoro nickel project in the Philippines to the fourth quarter of 2009.full news..

The Pinoy nursing community in Oslo is reeling from an allegation that Filipino nurses were involved in cheating in a nursing exam conducted by a local college here.
The allegation stemmed from a report from the local paper, Dagavisen, quoting a Filipino nurse called “Romeo” revealing that he was part of cheating in an exam held by the Høgskolen i Vestfold in 2002 with the help of his recruiter, Rizalina Jenssen.full news..

Andritz was awarded the approximately Euro85M (US$122M) contract by the project developer Theun Hinboun Power Co, which is jointly owned by Electricite du Laos, GMS Power of Thailand and Norway's Statkraft.full news..

The Indonesia Norway Business Council (INBC) has paid tribute to former ambassador to Norway, ibu Retno L.P. Marsudi. President of the INBC, Mr Tor Fjæran, presented ibu Retno with a symbolic life-long honorary membership of their organization recently.full news..

Innovation Norway will again organise a country pavilion in OGA 2009 and for that, we have booked 120sqm of exhibition space so Norwegian companies could exhibit their O&G-related products and services on the same platform during this important trade show.full news..

Norway and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have pledged US$5.2 million to help simplify the registration of new businesses in Viet Nam. Viet Nam News reporter Thu Tra spoke to UNIDO Viet Nam representative Nilgun Tas about the project.full news..

This very inviting restaurant serves up some really tasty international and specialty Norwegian dishes courtesy of Managing Director, Linda Eiksund herself and that extra touch of imaginative flair from her Norwegian executive chef, Per Mogstab.
Linda’s is spacious with unashamedly elegant decor to compliment such a fine restaurant, writes tha Pattaya tabloid Pattaya People.full news..

Stacy Danika Alcantara is among the five delegates from the Philippines of over 4300 applicants from around the world to experience the International Student Festival in Trodheim (ISFiT) 2009 which will take place in Trodheim, Norway from February 20 to March 1, 2009.full news..

The new orders cover supply, delivery and installation of microwave radio equipment to a mobile operator in Indonesia, supply of direct-to-home (DTH) antenna systems to a media broadcaster in the Philippines and supply of broadband access equipment to a telecomms operator in Vietnam.full news..