Norwegian Air has SAS in its sights
Norwegian Air now has a greater market value than its struggling rival, SAS. The aggressive, cut-price airline celebrated its DKK123bn order of 222 new planes, the biggest ever single order in European aviation…
MoreGovernment targets multinational tax dodgers
Tax Minister Thor Möger Pedersen is preparing to launch a crackdown on multinational companies that don’t, or won’t, pay the correct amount of tax in this country. He warned that the tax authorities…
MoreJobless figures down – but not for long
‘One swallow doesn’t make a summer’ – that’s the view of Danish Chamber of Commerce senior economist Bo Sandberg in response to new official figures showing that unemployment fell slightly from November to…
MoreOECD: Tax cuts needed
The latest OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) survey for Denmark warns that the ‘the current international slowdown entails new risks for the Danish economy, ‘which so far has been recovering only…
MoreLiberal Alliance leader urges Greece to go bust
In a hard hitting op-ed piece in today’s Berlingske, Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Anders Samuelsen says he believes that the situation in Greece is now so bad that it would be best for…
MoreState registers missing billions as an asset
Two thirds of the public’s DKK37bn unpaid debt for taxes, parking fines, train penalties etc. that the tax ministry has written off as irretrievable has been entered into the state’s accounts as an…
MoreThe ‘Sceptical Environmentalist’ lashes out at Prime Minister
From the British Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk Copenhagen Consensus Centre, directed by the high profile opponent of tackling global warming, is to close in July after the Danish government cut its funding. The much-criticised author…
MoreNational Bank’s position in line with Danish EU agenda
In a previously undisclosed report to the Tax Ministry, National Bank director Per Callesen expresses the view that the EU Commission proposal for a tax on financial trading, the Tobin Tax, probably wouldn’t…
MoreDanske Bank fails in key focus areas
A new Loyalty Group analysis showed that Danske Bank continues to rate poorly in customer loyalty and satisfaction, ranking last after Nykredit. Mikkel Korntved, senior adviser at Loyalty Group, pointed to the bank’s…
MoreFunding for ‘super hospitals’ isn’t nearly enough
Several of the Social Democrats’ regional chairpersons believe that more money must be provided for new and rebuilt hospitals if Denmark is going to develop a world-class hospital system. According to representatives from…
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