The Thai economy in 2024 is still recovering slowly and growing below expectations. The Bank of Thailand has lowered its GDP forecast for 2023 and 2024 to 2.4% and 3.2%, respectively. Tourism, which was a major driver of the Thai economy before the pandemic, is still a concern. What
The continued conflict between Israel and Hamas has economic consequences that reaches far beyond the Middle East region. This is impacting Thai exports and also lead to uncertainty for the future. The conflict has led to increased transportation costs and delayed delivery times due to affected shipping through the
Air India, India’s leading global airline, has further scaled up its European operations with additional flights to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Milan from 22 June 2024 to meet sustained demand and add another flight on the Delhi-Copenhagen route, taking the frequency on the route to 5 days a week. With the
Tomorrow, on the 9 May 2024 the delegation of the European Union celebrates ‘Europe Day in Bangkok with representatives of the EU states, their commerce offices as well as with the government of Thailand. It will be 60 years since the Europe Day held on 9 May every year
Thailand and Bangladesh are enhancing their bilateral relations following the arrival of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Thailand on 24 April 2024. Since her visit began, the two nations have signed five agreements and a memorandum of understanding, which are designed to boost cooperation in sectors such as
The Danish Church in Thailand officially inaugurated a new and much larger ‘office’ on Saturday 27 April 2024 where the Danish Ambassador Jon Thorgaard cut the opening ribbon together with Pastor Christa Lund. The new Danish Church House is a highly needed change from a small office hosted at
In connection with the annual rotation of positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Ambassador Danny Annan has been nominated to replace Ambassador Jon Thorgaard later in August 2024 as the Head of Mission for the Embassy of Denmark in Thailand. Danny Annan is currently the Danish
The Danish National Center for AI Innovations will soon get a new NVIDIA-powered AI supercomputer which is planned to be operational at the end of 2024. Novo Nordisk Foundation (the parent company of Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical corporation) has announced its intention to build a new artificial intelligence
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more integrated into our everyday lives, the EU has adopted comprehensive legislation aimed at regulating the use of AI - the so-called AI Regulation. Born in 2021, the EU AI Act divides the technology into categories of risk, ranging from “unacceptable” — which would