Government just as partisan as its predeccessor
The government is just as guilty of pushing through legislation by ‘bloc voting’ as its Lib/Con predecessor. During the 2011 election campaign, leader of the opposition at the time, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, repeatedly claimed…
MoreDanish shipper leads the way through Northwest Passage
Of the 46 ships that sailed through the Northwest Passage in 2012, 10 were owned by the Danish shipping company, Nordic Bulk Carriers (NBC), which freighted 75% of all dry cargo through the…
MoreCar sales up but dealerships struggling
Despite record car sales over the past two years, 40% of all Danish car dealerships have warned of redundancies this year – the impressive sales figures are being generated by small cars, which…
MoreRivals benefit from Danske Bank’s charges
Monday was a busy day for the rivals of Denmark’s biggest financial institution, Danske Bank, which went ahead with plans to impose user fees on customers, especially low-end accounts that it’s claimed are…
MoreStock market success – C20 up again
Led by a dynamic Novozymes, Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C20 index closed on a record high for the eighth time this year, at 534.77, Monday, The C20 mirrored markets throughout Europe, buoyed by…
MoreConnie praises Obama
Danish EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard yesterday praised President Obama for promising to give greater priority to climate change during his inauguration speech, Monday. In a ‘Twitter’ message, Ms Hedeggard said she was…
More7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, January 14th – January 20th, 2013
Politics / Economy Business Minister Annette Vilhelmsen sparked off a political storm by claiming that the business sector has exaggerated the extent of the crisis and is in collusion with the centre-right opposition…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 13 al 20 de enero de 2013
POLITICA/ECONOMIA La Ministra de Comercio, Annette Vilhelsem, (Partido Socialista Popular), desató una tormenta política cuando afirmó que el sector empresarial ha exagerado el alcance de la crisis económica y que junto con la…
MoreFogh refuses to accept blame for housing bubble
Former Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has accused homeowners themselves of creating the bubble that led to the collapse of the property market. In an interview with Jyllands-Posten, the NATO Secretary General rejects…
MoreMessage to the jobless: Get on your bike
Jobless people should be forced to relocate from one end of country to the other if jobs are available, according to the opposition Liberals who are demanding ‘increased mobility’ from the unemployed if…
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