Denmark’s largest insurance company Tryg has doubled its profits from DKK361m to DKK721m for the first three months of 2012. “It’s very satisfying that we are continuously improving our performance in the insurance…

Leadership at Nordea bank believes a toxic cocktail of political uncertainty, weak economic fundamentals and low confidence in a lasting solution to the European debt crisis will influence the financial markets ahead. “Danish…

Ahead of the NATO Summit in Chicago this weekend, there is talk about whether former Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s contract as Secretary General will be extended; this is the last major summit…

The trade union FOA does not want to abolish public holidays as part of the negotiations between the government, unions and employers, and neither the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) nor FOA…

Danish industrial companies submitted a record number of applications to the European Patent Office (EPO) last year. Applications for new inventions with motors, pumps and turbines increased from 45 in 2007 to 197…

The construction of new wind farms has become increasingly dependent on state guarantees from the Export Credit Fund (EKF) to obtain new orders, and the latest figures show a dramatic growth in EKF’s…

The sexually transmitted infection syphilis is on the rise after almost being eradicated in 1994. Last year, there were 480 reported cases of syphilis, an increase of 2,000 per cent. “The number of…

Politics / Economy Outlining the government’s new 2020 economic plan ‘Denmark at work’, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said the main challenges are Danish competitiveness, the labour supply and the public economy; the plan…

POLITICA/ECONOMIA La PM, Helle Thorning Schmidth presentó un breve resumen del plan económico del gobierno hasta el 2020 titulado “Dinamarca Trabajando”, y enfatizó que los mayores retos que enfrentará el país en los…

Minister for Economy and Interior Margarethe Vestager (Radicals) has asked to meet with Red/Green Alliance this morning to make a deal about her equalisation proposal. The suggested reform – also known as the…