Brexit hold no fears for Lego
Britain’s impending exit from the EU is proving to be no deterrent to some of Denmark’s biggest companies. Following Novo Nordisk’s announcement of a DKK1bn investment ($145m) in a new research centre in…
MoreSAS moves abroad to compete with discount flyers
Struggling airline SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) has announced plans to register planes in Ireland and set up bases in London and Spain to compete with low-cost carriers Norwegian Air and Ryanair. SAS said yesterday it…
MoreSocialists denounce SAS – the ‘sick face of capitalism’
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has denounced SAS’s move abroad as the ‘sick face of capitalism’. The party’s transport spokesman, Karsten Hønge, has summoned Transport Minister Ole Birk Olesen (LA) to a parliamentary…
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Lego no.1 brand in the world / Stock exchange enjoys record-high/ IT company keeps on hiring Lego has been named the most powerful brand in the world, knocking entertainment king Disney off the top spot. According…
MoreDPP calls for cap on new citizens
The number of foreigners granted Danish citizenship has declined markedly since the year 2000 but the Danish People’s Party wants even more reductions. The increasingly stringent requirements for becoming a Danish citizen have taken their…
MorePrivate sector: Government needs digitalisation strategy
The Danish Confederation of Industry has called upon Denmark to establish a national strategy for digitalisation. Just days after Foreign Minister Anders Samulesen announced that, ss the first country in the world Denmark…
MorePM: Trump is ‘different’
The USA remains Denmark’s closest ally, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday but admitted ‘certain things’ are happening right now that are completely different to ‘anything we’ve experienced before’. President Trump’s immigration…
MoreMinister: Integration more important than new restrictions
The government will in future concentrate more on integration than imposing new immigration restrictions, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said yesterday in response to new figures showing only 6,235 people sought asylum in Denmark…
MoreFact-finding delegation never left airport
A long list of immigration restrictions imposed by the government, which have led to more than 800 Somalis facing deportation, were based on a report by the Danish Immigration Service (DIS) – however,…
MoreStøjberg was opposition’s ‘attack dog’
As a spokesperson for the opposition Liberals between 2011-15, current Integration Minister Inger Støjberg’s primary goal was to prevent the Social Democrat-led government at the time from implementing any of its policies –…
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