Business leaders urge government to scrap ‘ridiculous’ immigration rules
A new survey reveals how foreign manpower is keeping the wheels turning in Denmark and, according to business leaders, should encourage lawmakers to scrap the ‘ridiculous’ rules that discourage workers from coming to…
MoreNovo Nordisk earns $150m per week as diabetes, obesity drugs hit new high
Novo Nordisk, Denmark’s most valuable company, has posted a record DKK177bn ($25bn) turnover for 2022 with after-tax earnings of DKK55.5bn ($7.9nm) – more than one billion kroner per week. The pharmaceutical giant’s year-end…
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Energy giant posts Q4 loss….SAS losing billions….Meat company fires hundreds of workers…Energy giant posts Q4 loss…. Partially state-owned clean energy giant Ørsted, the world’s no. 1 offshore wind farm developer, has reported an…
MoreDenmark could send tanks to Ukraine
Less than one week after Defence Minister Jacob Ellemann Jensen said Denmark wouldn’t be donating tanks to Ukraine because they act as a deterrent for Danish defence and are also needed for training…
MoreCyber Security Centre raises threat level
The Centre for Cyber Security (CFCS) has sounded the alarm about the increasing threat from Russian hackers. Following recent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks by pro-Russian hacking groups on the National Bank, financial institutions,…
MoreDenmark ‘least corrupt nation’ for 5th straight year
Denmark has retained its top spot as the world’s least corrupt country. On the latest Corruption Perceptions Index, published by Transparency International, Tuesday, which ranks countries from ‘highly corrupt’ to ‘very clean’, using…
MoreDenmark looks for green deal with US
Business Minister Morten Bødskov and Cllimate Minister Lars Aagaard held talks with US Ambassador Alan Leventhal at the American Embassy in Copenhagen, Monday, with a view to future collaboration on promoting green growth…
MoreWeak eurozone growth a threat to exporters
Weak economic growth in Denmark’s neighbouring countries will have a knock-on effect on Danish companies that are dependent on exports, leading economists warned yesterday following new data from Eurostat showing GDP across the…
MoreRising unemployment fuels fears of recession
The unemployment rate rose for the third straight month in December, a strong indication that the economy is heading for recession according to analysts. Senior Nykredit economist Palle Sørensen said yesterday there are…
MoreDanish companies import 6.4 tonnes of ‘forever chemicals’ despite environment threat
Despie public anxiety about the environmental threat posed by PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) Danish companies imported and used 6.4 tonnes of the ’forever chemicals’ last year, new figures from the Arbejdstilsynet (Danish…
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