Trade unions renew fight against cut-price airlines
Danish labour unions have urged the EU to intervene against low-cost airlines that underpay their staff. Lizette Risgaard, head of the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), told DR News: “It’s about making sure that workers…
MoreDanish shares outstrip rivals
Investors in Danish shares have enjoyed a very fruitful 2017. A new report by Nykredit shows that with a 15.9% rise since January the Danish stock market has outperformed seven major global trend-setting…
MoreBusiness shorts
Capital companies struggling to find manpower / Electric car sales plummet / Dutch deal for Vestas Manpower: 80% of all companies in Copenhagen are unable to fill their vacancies. In a Berlingske Finance…
MoreDanish pols declined top-level Washington trip
Denmark was conspicuously absent when top politicians from the Nordic and Baltic nations made an official visit to Washington DC two weeks ago. Politiken reports today how seven members of the Nordic-Baltic cooperation…
MoreSyrian found guilty of planning Copenhagen attack
A 21-year-old Syrian refugee has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison by a German court for planning a terrorist attack somewhere in Copenhagen. Dieab Khadigah was arrested in November…
MoreTurkish anger as Danish terror suspect is released
Turkish media have denounced the Danish authorities for releasing a man suspected of supplying weapons to the killer in the Istanbul New Year nightclub atrocity. Under banner headlines such as ‘Danish Scandal’, ‘Copenhagen…
MoreLøkke lobbies for EMA in new video
The government has upped its bid to attract the EMA (European Medicines Agency) to Copenhagen with a personal video message from Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen The EMA will be forced to leave the…
MoreSweden considers SAS sell-off
The Swedish state is reportedly close to selling off its shareholding in SAS. Scandinavia’s flagship airline is partially owned by the governments of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, with a 21.4%, 14.3%, and 14.3%…
MoreFormual 1 Grand Prix in Copenhagen?
A business consortium has set up a €40m fund to explore the possibility of setting up a Danish Grand Prix in 2020. The group, led by magnate Lars Seier Christensen, founder of Saxo…
MorePassenger figures hit new high at CPH
2,773,508 passengers used Copenhagen Airport (CPH) last month, the busiest June on record. On five separate days the numbers topped 100,000, culminating in the month’s busiest day on June 30th, with 103,926 commuters….
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