Your flight’s on time
Copenhagen Airport has again been named the most punctual international airport in Northern Europe. A new survey by FlightStats.com shows that 86.2% of all flights took off on time in January, compared to…
MoreDSB prepares for mass redundancies
Faced with falling earnings and a mountain of debt, national rail carrier DSB is preparing to shed at least 300 employees. DSB management has pledged to find savings of DKK1bn as part of…
MoreDenmark condemns North Korea’s nuclear test
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has urged the international community to exert ‘maximum pressure’ on North Korea after Pyongpang carried out a third nuclear test in defiance of UN warnings. The Danish PM said…
MoreSwing to the right
Social Democrat voters continue to desert the party in droves, mainly across the centre to the Liberals or Danish People’s Party (DPP). Many experts attribute the voter exodus to the ‘broken campaign promises’…
MoreKick-start – and other growth polices – have failed
The government’s economic growth programme appears to have failed dramatically. A review of all the growth initiatives launched by the coalition since it came to power 18 months ago, based on Finance Ministry…
MoreTaxes, duties: Who raised what most?
The government and opposition have become embroiled in a war of words about new taxes and duties. New Tax Ministry figures show that the government has imposed 65 tax and duty increases since…
MoreEmergency job scheme no good for long-term unemployed
50,000 people classified as long-term unemployed have been claiming benefits for more than five of the past ten years, a new report shows. Although trade unions and the political left have warned that…
MoreLower social benefits and wages are the key says former Conservative leader
Lower social benefits are the key to encouraging the unemployed to take minimum-wage, unskilled jobs, according to leading political commentator Hans Engell. In response to a new report showing that 27% of foreign…
MoreSøvndal offers to help Libya
Denmark has offered Libya assistance to guard its coastline and control arms stockpiles. After an international ministerial meeting on Libya in Paris, Tuesday, attended by the ten countries that helped to topple Moamar…
MoreBaby alarm as birth rate falls
The declining birth rate in this country means it will be difficult to maintain current population figures. Scientists and researchers at the National Hospital (Rigshospital) have called for a working group consisting of…
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