Copenhagen loses power as financial centre
Copenhagen has fallen 12 places on the latest Global Financial Centres Index, lagging 31 places behind Stockholm and 28 behind Oslo. New York holds the top spot with a two-point lead over London, which…
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Wage increase for 600,000 workers / Danish Crown predicts lost jobs / Vestas inks major German deal Wage hike 600,000 wage earners can look forward to a wage hike, after DA, The Danish…
MoreEU election: Liberals storm ahead
The Liberals are leading the way in the run-up to the May 25th EU Election. Top Liberal EU candidate Ulla Tørnæs said she was delighted with the result, giving her party 25% of…
MoreDisgruntled ex-minister calls on PM to investigate Lib/Cons on child benefit issue
Long-standing Liberal MP and former Minister of Integration, Birthe Rønn Hornbech, has surprisingly urged PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt to investigate the former Lib/Con coalition’s decision in 2010 to establish the qualifying period for the…
MoreSocial Democrats demand response from Lars Løkke
The Social Democrats have again challenged Lars Løkke Rasmussen to respond to allegations that he was aware in 2010 that imposing a qualifying period on EU citizens’ right to child allowance contravened EU…
MoreGovernment should look towards Sweden and Germany say Conservatives
The government should show more willingness to compromise on the EU child allowance impasse, according to the Conservatives. Tax spokesman Brian Mikkelsen accused Tax Minister Morten Østergaard of ‘throwing all the opposition’s proposals…
MorePET’s ‘EXIT’ strategy for young Muslims
Danish Intelligence’s (PET) EXIT programme, set up in 2012 to discourage young Muslims from violence and terrorism, has been a ‘relative success’ according to the agency itself. PET’s head of preventive security, Anja…
MoreLiberals demand enquiry into stiff penalties for mentally-ill criminals
The number of mentally-ill criminals who have been sentenced to an indefinite period of psychiatric treatment has risen drastically and the Liberals want to know why. Liberal spokesperson Jane Heitmann has called for…
MoreNew labour dispute at SAS as business improves
Wage and working condition negotiations between SAS management and trade unions broke down, Friday, just as the company published Q1 figure showing further losses but evidence of progress. A trade union representative said her…
MoreInvest in Denmark Attracts Record High Number of Green Investments
Invest in Denmark’s 2013 results shows a record high number of investors choosing to establish a new company in Denmark. In total, Invest in Denmark, part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assisted…
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