Denmark ignores EU pesticide demands
Denmark is one of seven countries that could be brought before the EU Court for violating rules restricting the use of pesticides in crops. According to the EU Commission, Denmark has only partially…
More‘Underground’ health clinic a hit with immigrants
600 illegal immigrants have received emergency medical treatment at Denmark’s first private health centre for foreigners without a medical card or residency permit. 1,300 people have contacted the Red Cross clinic run by…
MoreNazi files stolen from National Archives
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of stealing National Archive files concerning Danish Nazi sympathisers who collaborated with Germany during World War 2. The large-scale theft, reportedly ‘piles and piles’ of police…
MorePM promises jobs for 12,500 unemployed
Prime Minister Helle Schmidt has presented an emergency job scheme that will provide jobs for 12,500 people whose two-year entitlement period for unemployment insurance benefits runs out in the New Year. The government…
MoreHelle’s ‘chocolate box’ jobs scheme
The opposition has compared the government’s emergency job scheme, that it’s claimed will create 12,500 jobs in the New Year, to an ’empty chocolate box’ – looks nice on the outside but when…
MoreLow interest, low growth, but high profits for Nordea
Nordea, the largest financial services group in Northern Europe, appears to be sailing through the crisis. The latest quarterly report shows that the bank emerged from the first nine months with a bottom line…
MoreDanske Bank fires 300
300 Danske Bank employees were fired when they arrived for work, Wednesday morning, part of a major restructure to reduce the number of ‘traditional’ branches throughout the country to 55 and encourage the…
MoreMinister happy about EU backdown on quotas for women
The European commission’s backdown on plans to force mandatory quotas for women on EU company boards has been welcomed by Denmark. After Justice and Rights Commissioner Viviane Reding was unable to find the…
MoreWar Commission
Vice president of the Maritime & Commercial Court, Michale B.Elmer, will head the government appointed War Commission that over the next five years will probe Denmark’s war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan and…
MoreMore cuts for SAS
Scandinavia’s flagship airline, SAS, is preparing for another round of major changes and cutbacks involving thousands of employees. The struggling airline has confirmed that its current austerity plan isn’t sufficient to ensure acceptable…
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