Danish women lag behind in business
Denmark is a lowly no.63 on the UN’s list of women in top management jobs – behind countries such as Russia, Ghana, and El Salvador. The number of women in senior and middle…
MoreSaudi foreign ministry defends ambassador
Leading pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat, has come to the defence of Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Denmark, Mohammed Ibraham al-Agail, who tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet has accused of demanding preferential treatment for his mother at…
MoreCapital flow to tax havens threatens welfare says expert
The amount of Danish capital transferred to foreign tax havens has increased 500 per cent over the past ten years. According to the latest National Bank figures, more than DKK130bn ($22bn) was stashed…
MoreRomanian cleaners were held captive in cellar
For the first time in Danish history the High Court will be asked to rule today in a case of human trafficking that led to forced labour. A 54 year old owner of a…
MoreScandals in India led to Maersk firings
Two separate financial scandals at APM Terminals in India, a very prosperous subsidiary unit of shipping and oil giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk, led to the dramatic dismissal of three top Maersk executives last week,…
MoreOECD: Run on Danish krone makes no sense
Foreign investors’ obsession with the Danish krone over the past month is hard to explain given the state of Denmark’s economy, the OECD’s (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) senior economist Catherine Mann…
MoreCurrency reserves at all-time high
Denmark’s foreign exchange reserves hit a fresh all-time high after the National Bank spent DKK168.7 bn ($25 bn) on intervention to defend the national currency’s peg to the euro, the National Bank said…
MoreCopenhagen Airport hit by new strike
Just as Copenhagen Airport was slowly returning to normal after last week’s SAS strike there will be further disruptions today after Norwegian Air announced last night it will cancel all domestic flights in…
MoreSAS strikers back down
SAS cabin crew, whose wildcat strike over the weekend caused over 150 flights to and from Copenhagen Airport to be cancelled, backed down to management threats yesterday and returned to work. 51 additional…
MoreMore military cooperation between Denmark and Sweden
Recent airspace violations from the Russia have sparked a need for increased collaboration in air and sea surveillance. The Danish and Swedish defence forces are working together on a report, ready for the end of March, that…
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