Big plans for tiny town
What at first appeared to be an April’s Fool story will soon become reality – a tiny Danish town in the middle of Jutland is set to host western Europe’s tallest skyscraper. The…
More5% unemployment puts Denmark 12th in EU
With an unemployment rate of 5% Denmark was 12th out of 28 EU countries in February. The latest Eurostat figures show the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in the Czech Republic (1.9%) Germany…
MoreTrain, airport strikes
Copenhagen was hit by a couple of unrelated transport strikes, Monday. Flights from Copenhagen Airport were delayed after baggage handlers for cut price airlines such as Ryanair and Easyjet held left work to…
MoreAuto sales hit record high but ‘green’ cars lag behind
26,323 new cars were sold in March, an average of 35 per hour and a single-month record. The number of new car registrations was 33% higher than the same month last year as…
MoreBusiness shorts
Vestas wins Brazil orders / DSV concludes Swiss takeover bid / Lego launches U.S. copyright lawsuit… Vestas, named Monday as the world’s leading supplier of turbines, has won two major orders in Brazil….
MoreNew poll: Left makes gains
There was good and bad news for two parties on the opposite wings of Danish politics ahead of their annual conferences this weekend. A new Epinion poll for DR News showed government partner,…
MoreLøkke wins first TV debate
Political commentators pronounced Prime Minister Lars Løkke Ramussen the winner of the election campaign’s first face to face TV debate with opposition leader Mette Frederiksen, Sunday evening. Berlingske reports that the PM is…
MoreDespite defeats, LA will campaign for tax cuts
The Liberal Alliance (LA) will campaign to remove the punitive top rate of income tax even though previous attempts have failed miserably. Two years ago the business-friendly party threatened to topple the government if it…
MoreLA leader has no regrets about government role
Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Anders Samuelsen continues to maintain he’s happy his party joined the government in 2016 even though he’s suffered embarrassing defeats in tax battles with the Danish People’s Party (DPP)…
MorePM urges UK to avoid no deal
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said the EU needs to intensify its preparations for a ‘no deal’ situation after the British parliament rejected Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal for a third time, Friday….
More