Ryanair threatens unions with EU lawsuit
Ryanair has threatened to ‘drag Danish trade unions’ through the EU Court if they go ahead with their blockade threat when the cut price airline launches operations from Copenhagen Airport on March 26th….
MoreVestas knocked off wind-turbine top spot
Vestas can no longer claim the title of world’s biggest wind-turbine company. The German Siemens has knocked Vestas off top spot, according to the latest figures from Aarhus based analyst MAKE Consulting. The…
MoreVikings in China
Danish and Chinese curators are putting the final touches to a new museum exhibition in China about Danish vikings. The exhibition,’Dragons of the Northern Seas’, is part of a special Danish-Chinese cultural portraying…
MoreDONG aims for stock-market listing
Partly state-owned energy company DONG has hired JP Morgan as an adviser to investigate a possible initial public offering (IPO), it said on Monday, adding that it aims to make a decision on…
MoreNorwegian Air strike continues
Striking Norwegian Air pilots rejected the airline’s call for voluntary arbitration on Monday but said they would remain at the negotiating table, trying to end a dispute now in its 10th day. The…
MoreOnly one in four refugees have a job after 10 years
Only one in four of the 7,000 refugees who came to Denmark at the start of the new century are in work today, a new study by the Danish Employers’ Confederation shows. Head…
MoreThorning still heading for defeat
Despite Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s high approval ratings and her efforts to appear ‘statesman-like’ in the aftermath of the recent terror attacks, the government is unable to make any inroads into the opposition’s…
MoreDanish financing for India rape film
A controversial BBC documentary about the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case has strong links to Denmark. ‘India’s Daughter’, which has caused a global uproar, was co-financed by state-run network DR while…
MoreForeign Minister fears Russian ‘double dealing’
Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard welcomed the tentative agreement between Russia and Ukraine to double the number of ceasefire monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to 1,000 from 500…
MoreJewish security concerns were ignored
Jews in Denmark have suffered increasing threats since 2005 but repeated appeals for more security have been ignored. Former chairman of the Jewish Community in Denmark, Finn Schwarz,said successive justice ministers have refused…
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