Around 250 people joined in to parade and celebrate the Norwegian National Day at Fort Canning Park on 17 May 2012. Everyone who came gathered at the visitor centre of the park before parading together with waving Norwegian flags.
The Norwegians value their National Day so much that they celebrate it not only within Norway, but in foreign cities throughout the world, including Bangkok. In Bangkok, the Norwegian National Day, formally referred to as Norwegian Constitution Day, was celebrated at the Royal Norwegian Embassy with more than 150 attendees.
A palm oil plantation company PT Henrison Ini Persada, a subsidiary of Noble Group Ltd which Norway invests heavily in, bought land and timber from Moi Clans at extremely low prices, according to a Clear-Cut Exploitation Report recently published by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and its Indonesian partner Telapak.
Following up with the news reported by ScandAsia earlier this year regarding the risk of Philippines Embassies and consulates closure, the Department of Foreign Affairs is now pushing through the closure of 10 embassies and consulates abroad, two of which are in Sweden and Finland.
On Wednesday 16 May the Norwegian ambassador to Indonesia, Eivind Homme, held a reception to celebrate the coming Norwegian Constitution Day. The ambassador used the opportunity to give a farewell speech as he is leaving China.
Danish food was recently on a National Thai TV! As the Danish restaurant Noma in Copenhagen is ranked the worlds best restaurant in 2012, its time that Danish food is promoted in Thailand.
According to the Danish newspaper, Politiken, Danish Motorcycle gangs, Hells Angels and Bandidos, are getting more visible in Thailand, but now a cooperation between the Danish and the Thai police is set to keep a close eye on the bikers, who are known for a wide variety of criminal activities in Denmark.
The Danish Consulate in Chongqing organized a business visit to Chongqing and Chengdu in West China on May 13-16, aiming to promote Danish products, technologies and know-how to the Chinese nursing home market. Fifteen participating companies visited three nursing homes and met with the local civil Affairs Bureaus, potential Chinese partners and customers.
Launching in January this year, Its More Fun in the Phillipines campaign is aimed to promote the countrys tourism globally. Among the first targets is Norway.
The Finnish Business Council Shanghai (FBCS) presented a luncheon seminar on Wednesday 16 May featured a special speaker from the successful Finnish company, Rovio Entertainment - Mr. Paul Chen, General Manager. More than 30 attendees enjoyed the engaging speech.
Recently, the Minister for Trade and Investment, Pia Olsen Dyhr, and Minister for Business and Growth, Ole Sohn, launched the governments new BRIC-strategy for emerging markets and a specific strategy for getting closer to China.
The Swedish Chamber of Commerce Shanghai organized a sponsored event on Thursday 10 May featuring Swedish-American strategy management consulting firm, Applied Value. 54 members of the Swedish Chamber gathered for the lunch seminar at Le Royal Meridien Hotel in downtown Shanghai.
Its Norwegian Constitution Day! Did you know that many of traditional Norwegian folk costumes known as Bunader now being sewn and assembled in countries like China and Thailand?
Danish-Thai Chamber of Commerce presented another networking event at the Scandinavian hotel and restaurant Stable lodge located at Sukhumvit soi 8 on 16 May. Due to heavy rain only 30 professionals from various industries attended the event.
According to an article in China Daily the Chinese authorities are intensifying its control of foreign citizens in Beijing. According to the Danish Embassy in China the Chinese Ministry of Public Security has confirmed the story.
Singapore is the top logistics performer, according to the World Banks latest survey on global trade logistics released on Tuesday. Hong Kong, Finland and Denmark are on the top-ten list.
A new bill has been passed in the Danish parlament making unification between spouses in Denmark a lot easyer. The new rules have already been implemented.
Introducing her first collection at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm with attendance of Swedish Royal family members and Jimmy Choo, a Swedish-Malaysian Designer, IDA Lundberg, will bring her label to wow fashionistas in Malaysia this year.
According to expreseen.se a 62 year old Swede managed to get a medical statement saying that he needing assistance 24 hours a day. However, the Swede spent unassisted holidays in Phuket and went shopping in Sweden without help. Now he faces trial for fraud.
According to a report by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Denmarks demand on the earths resources is the fourth in the world behind only the gulf oil states of Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. Singapores demand is the highest in Asia while Philippines and Laos are among the lowest.
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