Health Authority pushes for crackdown on smoking
Denmark’s leading health organisation is preparing to launch an unprecedented crackdown on smoking with a raft of measures including higher tobacco duty, neutral cigarette packets, and a ban on smoking in schools. As…
MorePolice target illegal employers
Police nabbed six men, Monday, suspected of money laundering and ’whitewashing’ millions of kroner. In a carefully coordinated early-morning raid officers ransacked 13 addresses throughout Copenhagen linked to cleaning and service companies suspected…
MoreGraduates over-educated
One in four graduates in this county is ‘too-educated’ for the position they hold. A new survey of 21 OECD countries plus Cypress – “Should governments of OECD countries worry about graduate over-education?”…
MoreHomeowners enjoy negative interest rates as Brexit leads to cash flow
Some Danish home owners will soon be enjoying their lowest ever monthly mortgage bill after investors, looking for a safe haven in the wake of last week’s Brexit vote, target Danish triple-A rated…
MoreIMF: Danish economy to grow by 1.3% this year, 1.6% in 2017
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded its Article IV consultation with Denmark, which predicts gradual further recovery. IMF Press Release: Economic performance has been relatively weak for…
MoreLøkke ‘steadies the ship’ after Brexit
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has vowed to resist calls for a ‘Danexit’ referendum, following the ‘Brexit’ vote in the UK. After an emergency government leadership meeting, Saturday, the PM said Britain’s exit…
MoreRed/Greens back DPP’s demand for Danexit referendum
The Danish People’s Party (DPP), the biggest party on the right, repeated their call for a referendum on Denmark’s membership of the European Union following Britain’s decision to leave. Although the DPP supports the…
MoreBBC – Brexit: Danes are shocked
The BBC sent a camera team to Copenhagen, Friday, to gauge the reaction of Danes to Britain’s impending exit from the EU. Too see the BBC report CLICK HERE:
MoreDanish foreign aid could encourage migration
Danish development aid to Africa and elsewhere could increase the migrant flow to Europe, experts claim. Senior researcher Ninna Nyberg Sørensen of the Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS), who alongside two colleagues…
MoreDanish companies lose out on Thule deal
The government’s hope that US Secretary of State’s recent state visit to Denmark would lead to ‘significant concessions’ from the USA regarding the dispute about a multi-million dollar service and operations contract at…
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