Industry slowdown
Industrial production declined 5.2 percent month-on-month in November, following a 0.5 percent fall in October, the latest Statistics Denmark figures show. In September, production rose 2.0 percent. The latest decline was due to…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 6th – 12th 2020:
Politics/Economy: Opposition leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen said the Social Liberals (Radikale) were ‘steamrollered’ by their centre-left allies during budget negotiations in December and he was ‘disappointed’ to see the centrist party betray its own…
MoreForeign Minister condemns Iran attack
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod condemned Iran’s attack on coalition bases in Iraq during a direct phone call to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Thursday. Mr Kofod said the attack on the Al-Asad…
MoreImmigration Minister will blacklist visa violators
Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye has vowed to crack down on Chinese restaurants and other businesses that abuse the ‘minimum salary requirement scheme’ that allows them to hire skilled, non-EU, workers if they are…
MoreBalance of payments hits record high: ‘Consumers need to spend more’
Consumers in this country need to spend more money to keep the wheels of the economy turning – that’s the message from economists in response to new figures showing a DKK 19.1bn (€2.5bn)…
MoreDrop in exports and imports
Denmark’s exports and imports declined in November. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show exports fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent year-on-year in November, after a 0.4 percent rise in October. Imports decreased…
MoreControversial politician donates DKK250,000 to asylum kids
Businessman/politician Klaus Riskær Pedersen is again at the centre of a controversy for his determination to donate DKK250,000 to the children of failed asylum seekers at Sjælsmark Detention Centre – money he’s received…
MoreAustralia declines firefighter offer
Thanks…but no thanks. Denmark’s offer to send a skilled team of 50 firefighters to help tackle the raging bushfires has been turned down by the Australian authorities. Earlier this week the Danish Emergency…
MoreBusiness shorts
Danske fires 108 in Finland / SAS passenger figures up / Metro city link to close for two weeks…. Danske Bank has announced plans to cut up to 108 jobs in Finland due…
MoreGovernment pulls Danish troops from bombed base
The majority of the 133 Danish troops at the Al-Asad air base in western Iraq that was attacked by Iranian war planes, Tuesday, are to be relocated. At a press conference yesterday Prime Minister…
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