Liberal MP quits
The government’s fragile majority is again under threat after the Liberals’ spokesperson on science and technology, Malou Aamund, announced her intention to quit parliament at the end of the current session in June….
MoreUS obesity could mean gold for Novo
Novo Nordisk’s stock market value could increase by 27%, or around DKK100bn, if the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the company’s diabetes drug Victoza as a treatment against obesity. According to…
MoreMærsk loses custom but still no.1
Mærsk Line is ready to fight to maintain its position as the world’s leading freight transporter. In response to a new report by global shipping information service Alphaliner, showing that APM-Mærsk is still…
MoreVoters back Løkke’s economic plan – but not Løkke.
A majority of voters prefer Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s economic plan – but would still like to see his opponent Helle Thorning-Schmidt in the Prime Minister’s office after the next election. A new Megafon…
More‘Obama style’ electioneering
Political parties are planning a US style election campaign. With bookmakers predicting an April polling day, the Social Democrats, Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and Conservatives claim to have gained inspiration from President Obama’s…
MoreSharp increase in refugees seeking residency
The Danish Immigration Service projects that at least 2,800 refugees will be granted residency status in Denmark this year, a record high and twice as many as 2010. As well as an increase…
MoreCrisis strangles small business
The economic crisis has hit small entrepreneurs hard. Nearly 5,000 companies employing fewer than 20 people have been forced out of business over the past two years, a sign, according to economists and…
MoreDirty habits
A university professor and three of his friends who dressed up as monks during sex sessions with a woman in the basement of Aalborg University in Northern Jutland won’t be facing prosecution. Police…
MoreCarlsberg closures
Brewing giant Carlsberg has taken the next step in streamlining and optimising its European network. Three foreign-based production facilities are to be closed down this year – Dresden in Germany, Leeds in the…
MoreJobs pessimism
27,500 jobs have been lost in the private sector over the past three months and pessimistic businesses expect the downward curve to continue. Bigger companies with over 100 employees shed nearly 17,000 workers…
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