Lack of consumer spending signals bad news for economy, employment
Consumers’ lack of enthusiasm for spending indicates that Denmark has a long way to g before it emerges from the current crisis. Turnover of the national debit card, Dankort, fell by 5.5% in…
MoreAnother day, another stock-market dip
Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C20 index fell again, Thursday, for the ninth consecutive day, matching the rather unfortunate record set in August 2001, shortly before 9/11. The C20 closed at 389.5 and has…
MoreFamous film director not welcome at DPP
The Danish People’s Party will do everything within its power to stop extremists becoming members, party leader Pia Kjærsgaard vowed yesterday. After it was revealed that Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik was formerly a…
MoreDane arrested in paedophile bust
At least one Danish national is amongst 52 people arrested as part of one of the largest international paedophile rings police busts ever. ‘Operation Delego’ was launched by the US authorities in 2009,…
MoreOpposition split on Royal Orders
The Socialist People’s Party (SF) will demand the final say on who receives a Royal Order in the futire if the opposition wins power at this year’s election, while left-wing allies, the Social Democrats…
MoreMore aid to Africa?
The Danish People’s Party has urged the government to place a military Hercules aircraft at the UN’s disposal to ease the famine disaster in the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa, where an…
MoreDenmark didn’t tell UN about restraining method
When Denmark took the human rights exam in May, government officials ‘forgot’ to tell the UN that the potentially dangerous use of leglocks, the so-called Total Appendage Restraint Position (TARP) is still widely…
MoreNew crisis for business sector
One in four companies in this country is under the threat of bankruptcy and at least 1,000 retail outlets could be forced to stop trading within the next six months. That’s the shock…
MoreEuropean aid for fired workers
1,775 workers who’ve been made redundant in Denmark can look forward to a helping hand from the European Global Adjustment Employment Fund (EGF). 950 former employees of the Odense Steel Shipyard and 825…
MoreStockholm outstrips Copenhagen
Stockholm has become far better at attracting international companies and creating new jobs than Copenhagen. The Swedish capital’s population has grown by 120,000 over the past five years, to 1.4m, a figure that…
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