Dire construction projections
Employment in the construction sector could hit rock bottom next year, despite the government’s claim that its kick-start programme of public investment will create thousands of building jobs. The Danish Construction Industry (DCI)…
MoreSAS attacks unfair competition
Just two weeks after narrowly avoiding bankruptcy, struggling airline SAS has accused its cut-price rivals of unfair competition. CEO Flemming J.Jensen has asked the authorities to launch an investigation into airlines that don’t…
MoreAmbassador’s death casts shadow over NATO summit
Foreign Ministers at the NATO Summit in Brussels were shocked, Wednesday, by the news that Serbia’s ambassador to NATO had jumped to his death from a multi-storey car park at Brussels airport. According…
MoreDenmark – world’s least corrupt
Denmark is the world’s least corrupt country, according to Transparency International’s latest global corruption index. With 90 points out of a 100, Denmark shares first place with Finland and New Zealand, followed by…
MoreCulture Minister facing the sack
Under pressure Culture Minister Uffe Elbæk admitted during a parliamentary consultation, Tuesday, that he had been warned by his civil servants not to grant extra funding to The Academy for Untamed Creativity (AFUC),…
MoreGenocide exhibition creates controversy
Lars Aslan Rasmussen, a member of Copenhagen City Council, claims to be ‘deeply insulted’ that the Royal Library is to host an ‘alternative’ exhibition expressing Turkey’s own view of the Armenian genocide in…
MoreFear of unemployment
The threat of unemployment is the no.1 concern for the Danish electorate. In a new Epinion poll for DR News, in which voters were asked what issues should be given the highest priority,…
MoreROJ TV on the air again
Copenhagen-based ROJ TV, found guilty of terrorism by Copenhagen district Court in January and hit with a DKK5.2m fine, resumed transmissions at midnight last night. The Kurdish TV-network has been on an involuntarily…
MoreSøvndal’s balancing act in China
As he prepares for a third meeting in just over a year with his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal again faces the prospect of a balancing act – promoting Danish…
MoreCrisis could have permanently damaged the economy
The crisis has been so damaging to the economy that high unemployment figures could be here to stay. The latest economic outlook from major bank Nordea paints a gloomy picture of Denmark’s prospects…
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