Majority willing to make an effort
75% of wage earners in this country would be willing to make a greater effort to help boost productivity and make Denmark more competitive, according to the findings of a new survey that…
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Leading Socialist People’s Party (SPP) members have come out against party leader Villy Søvndal’s EU policy, claiming he should never have backed the previous government’s efforts to join the new euro pact that…
MoreDenmark hit by EU clawback
The Danish government is going to have to reimburse DKK165m in farm aid to the EU. The EU Commission has ruled that 14 countries have failed to abide by EU rules for agriculture…
MoreDenmark toughens stance on Israel
The Danish government has strongly criticized Israeli plans to build 2600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem. Minister for Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal has called the Israeli move “unacceptable” and warned that they…
MoreCulture minister pledges to support small net-media
One of the first jobs facing the new Social-Liberal Minister of Culture, Uffe Elbæk, is the modernization of models for the economic support of Danish media. The minister says he will make every…
MoreG4S shares plummet after ISS merger
The DKK 44 billion acquisition of service company ISS by the British security company G4S has sent G4S shares into a dramatic nosedive. G4S shares have fallen by 18.5 per cent on the…
MoreMaersk invests in African market
Danish shipping giant A.P. Møller-Maersk will make significant new investments in ships and port facilities in several countries on the African continent, including Nigeria, to expolit the enormous potential in the African market….
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: del 10 al 16 de octubre de 2011
POLITICA Una encuesta realizada a finales de semana por “YouGov” reveló que Margrethe Vestager, líder del partido Radical Liberal (De Radikale), ocupa el primer lugar en popularidad y aceptación en el electorado, mientras…
More7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, October 9th – October 16th, 2011
Politics This week, Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager’s approval rating hit an all-time high while Socialist People’s Party boss Villy Søvndal’s and his two colleagues, Ole Sohn and Thor Möger Pedersen, took a…
MoreISS sold to G4S for DKK 44 billion
The Anglo-Danish security group G4S has taken over Danish service giant ISS for a price of GBP 5.2 billion or about DKK 44 billion, equivalent to DKK 130 per share.This announcement was made…
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