Exclusive shops pay for Chinese customers
Some of Copenhan’s most exclusive retailers are being forced to pay substantial sums of money to tourist guides who bring big-spending Chinese clients through the door. Berlingske reports that over the past few…
MoreEtihad aims to hi-jack Danish pilots
Middle East airline Etihad is on a recruitment drive in Denmark, trying to encourage SAS pilots to relocate to Abu Dhabi. SAS has too many pilots and is hoping to encourage some of…
MoreStock market down for third day running
Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C20 index slipped for the third-day running, Wednesday. Analysts blamed concern about the ‘fiscal cliff’, which could lead to tax increases and budget cuts in the USA from the…
MoreDONG ditches 324 workers
State-run energy company DONG has fired 324 employees, part of a major cost-cutting plan announced after poor Q3 figures were published earlier this month. Management had previously warned that between 5-600 jobs would…
MoreUN resolution – Denmark agrees to disagree with US
Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal has played down the possibility of a potential conflict with the USA after Denmark announced it would be voting in favour of an upgrade of the Palestinians’ diplomatic status…
MoreYes to Palestinians threatens US relationship says DPP
The Danish People’s Party has warned that Denmark is putting its close relationship with the USA at risk by voting in favour of recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer-state at the UN…
MoreDenmark hopes for free trade deal with Japan
If EU trade ministers, as expected, give the EU Commission a mandate to open negotiations on a free trade deal with Japan, Thursday, it could lead to thousands of new jobs, including at…
MoreDanish yes to Palestine resolution
Denmark will vote in favour of recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer-state at the UN General Assembly today (Thursday 29/11). Although Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said earlier in the week that a decision wouldn’t be…
MoreNew moves in India extradition affair
The Danish authorities have reportedly had a change of heart and are ready to discuss the extradition of arms smuggler Niels Holck to India. The Danish High Court’s refusal to allow Mr Holck…
MoreNo more help for long-term unemployed
There will be no more help available for those who lose their right to unemployment benefits in the New Year, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said at the government’s two day policy workshop, Tuesday….
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