Vestas cuts Colorado workforce
Wind energy giant Vestas is to fire 90 workers at its tower manufacturing plant in Colorado, USA, around 20 per cent of the workforce. Management blamed the job losses on uncertainty surrounding an…
MoreAPM Terminals in race to win $4bn contract
A.P. Moeller-Maersk isn’t alone in its bid to operate the Virginia Port Authority in the USA for the next 48 years. The local Virginia Pilot newspaper reports that two rival companies have challenged…
MoreC20 rescued by finance and jewellery
Two names stood out on a slow day for Copenhagen’s Stock Exchange, Monday. The Danske Bank rose by 3.34% to 102, its highest level since Summer 2011 and proof that Denmark’s biggest bank…
More7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, August 6th – August 12th, 2012
Politics / Economy Pia Kjærsgaard dropped a post-summer political bombshell by resigning as head of the Danish People’s Party (DPP). ‘Leader in waiting’ Kristian Thulesen Dahl immediately urged all four centre right opposition…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 6 al 12 de agosto de 2012
POLITICA/ECONOMIA La noticia de que la dirigente del Partido Popular Danés (Dansk Folkeparti), Pia Kjersgaard presentó su renuncia cayó como “una bomba” en el ámbito político. Su próximo sucesor, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, urgió…
MoreCIA snoops were kicked out of Denmark
Three CIA agents were expelled from Denmark in the 1970’s after alleged illegal surveillance of the North Korean Embassy in Copenhagen. According to a new book by former head of PET (Danish Intelligence)…
MoreNo arms for Syria says Søvndal
Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal won’t provide Syrian insurgents with more arms and has dismissed calls for military intervention. Despite 16 months of bloody conflict and the rebels’ desperate plea for more…
MoreUnemployment benefits divide government
Social Democrat leadership is refusing to come to the rescue of the jobless whose right to unemployment insurance benefits runs out in the New Year as a consequence of legislation passed by the…
MoreWorkers desert Social Democrats
The Social Democrats’ traditional role as a workers’ party is under threat. A new Aarhus University report shows that a third of the party’s voters have fled since last year’s election and the…
MoreSkilled foreigners bypass Copenhagen
Denmark is missing out in billions in tax revenue and much-needed job growth because Copenhagen is unable to attract highly skilled immigrants and lags far behind capitals such as Stockholm, Stuttgart, and even…
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