Turkish visit signals thaw in relationship
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Ergodan’s official visit to Denmark today is a sign that the relationship between the two countries has been normalised after a lengthy diplomatic crisis, according to Politiken’s Turkey…
MoreTurkish PM backs down from anti-Israel remarks ahead of Denmark visit
Ahead of his official visit to Denmark, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has backed down from abrasive comments made in Austria three weeks ago when he described Zionism as a ‘crime against…
MoreReduced growth expectations
The government is preparing to downwardly adjust its economic growth forecast for 2013. After the Ministry for Economic and Interior Affairs announced that Danish GDP shrank by 0.6% in 2012, Economy Minister Margrethe…
MoreDanish jobs success – abroad
Danish companies employed 59,000 new workers last year – unfortunately all of them abroad. As the labour market in this country continues to shrink, new figures from the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI)…
MoreTop bosses: Thorning best for business
The government has been showered with praise from an unexpected source – the business sector. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s Social Democrat party may be sinking to new depths in the opinion polls, but…
MoreNo more ‘Work-shy Roberts’ say Conservatives
The Conservatives are demanding financial sanctions against welfare recipients who refuse to look for work. As their price for supporting the government’s reform bill, the Conservatives have proposed that anybody on welfare who…
MoreCriticism for Cyprus rescue plan
Danish experts lined up, Monday, to criticise the bailout plan aimed at preventing Cyprus’s banking sector from slipping into bankruptcy. Professor Jesper Rangvid of Copenhagen Business School characterised the EU’s demand that Cypriot…
MoreLEGO creates 2,000 new jobs – in China
Danish toy giant LEGO has announced plans to build and operate a new factory in China. The new factory in Jiaxing, the company’s first in Asia, is expected to be fully operational by…
MoreYouth unemployment in Denmark rising fast
New statistics Denmark figures show that while the number of jobless between the age of 30 and 49 remained constant last year, the number of unemployed under the age of 30 rose to…
MoreDR retraction – no basis for Frederiksen leak story
DR News has retracted a story alleging that highly-placed Social Democrats leaked details of the government’s proposal to lower corporate tax in an attempt to embarrass Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen. DR analyst Kenneth…
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