APM announces new $800m drilling rig
A.P. Moller-Maersk (APM) and its partners in the DUC consortium have announced plans to erect a new drilling rig in the North Sea. The DKK4.6bn ($800m) project is the biggest investment the consortium…
MoreForeign media covers teacher lockout
The teacher lockout in Denmark is being widely covered by foreign media – with differing figures. Under the headline, ‘Denmark teacher lock-out paralyses schools’, the BBC writes: “State schools are shut in Denmark…
MoreNo intervention – yet – says Finance Minister
On the second day of the teacher lockout, Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon dismissed allegations that the government has already made a ‘secret deal’ with KL, the National Association of Local Authorities, to settle…
MoreMajority of electorate supports teachers
Voters have come down firmly on the side of teachers in a new Epinion poll for DR News. 44 per cent of respondents say they ‘sympathise’ with teachers, while only 29 per cent…
MoreSPP confirms government role
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will definitely fight the next election campaign as a part of government. After months of speculation about the left-wing party’s role in the coalition, disastrous opinion polls, and…
MoreMinister stops Lithuanian plane transport
Minister of Defence Nick Hækkerup has intervened at the last minute and stopped Danish soldiers from being transported to and from Afghanistan in a chartered plane from the Lithuanian Small Planet Airlines. After…
MoreDSB boss fired in Waterfront affair
The Waterfront scandal has cost the Business Manager of state-run rail carrier DSB his job. An independent Transport Ministry investigation found that Peder Nedergaard Nielsen made a verbal, financial agreement with the PR…
MoreCarlsberg inks China football deal
Carlsberg, the world’s fourth-largest brewery, has announced a three-year sponsorship deal with the Chinese Super League (CSL). The Danish beer giant, alongside IMG Worldwide, will unite their marketing efforts with the aim of…
MoreSerbian asylum seekers moved on quickly
Serbian asylum seekers are being deported at a fast rate. Over the past two months, the authorities have sent over half of all Serbian applicants home, leaving no more than 68 in Denmark…
MoreOne in five industry jobs lost before 2020
64,000 Danish manufacturing jobs – one in five – will be lost over the next seven years, according to a new report by global management consulting firm, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), which…
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