PM defends benefits cap
Allowing thousands Danes to live off welfare while at the same time thousands of East Europeans have found work in Denmark isn’t economically viable, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday in response…
MoreJobs for refugees top labour negotiations
Getting refugees and asylum seekers into the labour market will be the main issue when tripartite labour market negotiations between the government, employer organisations, and trade unions get underway Thursday, Prime Minister Lars…
MoreCity Hall funds anti-Semitism campaign
Copenhagen City Hall is planning to combat anti-Semitism in the capital with a new information centre, run by the Jewish Society, which will be given a million kroner to inform and advise the…
MoreBoom time for Vestas
Wind energy giant Vestas enjoyed is enjoying record revenues and expects sales to top €9bn in 2016 as the market for wind turbines continues to boom. Net profit for 2015 rose to €685…
MoreDankort purchases up
Retail purchases with the Danish national debit card, Dankort, rose 7.8 percent in January from a year earlier to DKK28.2 bn ($4.2 bn), card payment services firm Nets said on Tuesday. The data…
MoreBusiness shorts
Stock market down again/Pandora hard-hit/New Denmark-Germany power link Shares: The Copenhagen Stock Market downturn continued, Tuesday, when the trend-setting OMX-20 index of blue-chip shares closed 2.35% down. Big names were hard-hit again –…
MoreWho’s the Liberal leaker?
A series of damaging leaks from the ruling Liberals have created an atmosphere of insecurity and mistrust, party whip Søren Gade said yesterday. He said he had no idea who the leaker is,…
MoreTrump presidency a ‘frightening prospect’
The prospect of Donald Trump becoming the next US president is ‘frightening’, leading Danish politicians told left-wing daily Information. The Danish People’s Party’s foreign affairs spokesman, Søren Espersen, said it’s ‘ridiculous’ that a…
MoreRed tape stops asylum seekers from working
Rules and red tape are preventing asylum seekers from getting jobs, according to the Red Cross after it was revealed that just 31 found work last year. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said…
MoreTerror attack: ‘Police could have done better’
The police have acknowledged they could have handled the security of the Krudttønden café better when killer Omar El-Hussein launched his initial attack 12 months ago. After an internal review of procedures showed…
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