Vestas cuts 3,000 jobs
Vestas has announced further job cuts. The struggling wind-energy giant, which has already announced plans to reduce its labour force by 3,700, will now cut another 3,000 jobs next year after publishing a…
MoreVestas customers look elsewhere
Vestas customers, dismayed by the company’s financial crisis, have started to look elsewhere for suppliers. After the world’s biggest turbine manufacturer announced a major restructure, Wednesday, including 3,000 more redundancies, a spokesman for…
MoreFat tax costs companies millions
The much maligned duty on fatty meat and dairy products has cost companies millions of kroner, thousands of man hours, and delayed innovation, a new business report shows. The government is preparing to…
MoreShady building companies face immediate fines
The Danish Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet) will be given the power to hand out on the spot fines to foreign companies that don’t abide by Danish laws, under a new ‘social dumping’ agreement…
MoreOpposition leaders: It’s the economy, Mr President
Opposition leaders welcomed President Obama’s victory, Tuesday, but highlighted the domestic and global challenges he’s facing, especially in terms of the economy. Liberal Alliance leader Anders Samuelsen said he hoped the President would…
MoreUS Ambassador – ‘A great day for democracy’
US Ambassador to Denmark Laurie S. Fulton characterised President Obama’s re-election as a ‘fabulous day for the United States and a great day for democracy’ which would strengthen the close relationship between the…
MoreMuslims vote no to Christmas tree
A community housing complex in Kokkedal won’t be getting a communal Christmas tree this year because it’s been voted down by Muslim residents. Although the local Residents Association, with a small Muslim minority,…
MoreDanes see China overtaking the US
Over the next decade, China will have overtaken the USA as an economic powerhouse – that’s the view of 53 per cent of Danish voters in a new Megafon poll for TV2. China…
MoreObama wins: An inspirational leader says PM
Today’s Danish media is dominated by President Obama’s re-election in the 2012 US Presidential Election. Republican nominee Mitt Romney conceded at 06.55 Danish time and the President made his victory speech 45 minutes later. In an official message of congratulation, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt called the President…
MorePM addresses arms dealer issue with India
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt discussed the delicate Niels Holck affair with India’s Foreign Minister during the Asia-Europe Summit (ASEM9) in Laos, Tuesday. Denmark’s refusal to extradite Mr Holck to India to face arms…
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