Health advisory against ‘vaping’
While lawmakers in this country are reluctant to impose any further restrictions on cigarette smokers, the Danish Health Authority (Sundhedsstyrelsen) has advised children, youths, pregnant women, and breast-feeding mothers against smoking e-cigarettes. Head…
MoreIllegal strikes cause airport disruption
The Conservatives’ Rasmus Jarlov has summoned Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen and Labour Minister Peter Hummelgaard to a parliamentary consultation to explain why baggage handlers at Copenhagen Airport were allowed to go on strike…
MoreGlobal travel guide urges tourists to stay away from Copenhagen
Less than one year after praising Copenhagen as the world’s best city to visit’, globally famous travel guide Lonely Planet has now warned tourists against visiting the capital ‘because it’s become too popular’….
MoreDespite scandals, National Bank governor decries excessive regulation
In a speech to industry insiders this week National Bank Governor Lars Rohde criticised Denmark’s financial sector for a long line of recent scandals, including the high-profile money laundering affair at the country’s…
MoreBusiness shorts….
National Bank expected to follow ECB, cut deposit rates / IKEA snaps up Vestas’ Romanian turbines / LEGO is still Denmark’s leading brand…. According to reports the National Bank is preparing to cut…
MoreJihadists behind multi-million tax fraud
Danish jihadists are suspected of masterminding a multi-million VAT fraud in this country. A review of court documents and bankruptcy filings by left-leaning daily Information reveals how a business network of Syrian foreign…
MoreWhere’s Løkke? (Planning a new party?)
Ex-Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has gone underground since he dramatically quit ten days ago. The former prime minister has failed to attend party meetings and has been conspicuously absent from Twitter and…
MoreVestager wins new term as competition commissioner
Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager, who ahead of this year’s EU election was on a short list to become president of the EU Commission, has been appointed to an unprecedented second term as the EU’s…
MoreDanish Crown opens new factory in China
Danish Crown, the world’s largest pork exporter, has opened a new factory in Pinghu, China, around 100 km from Shanghai. At the official opening ceremony, Tuesday, Minister for Food & Fisheries Mogens Jensen, who’s currently…
MoreMedicine exports boost trade figures
Denmark’s exports grew much faster than imports in July, boosted by sales of pharmaceutical products. According to Allan Sørensen, senior analyst at the Confederation of Danish Industry, ‘the world economy may be struggling…
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