Private sector wages rising at ‘historic’ rate
Private sector wages rose by 5.3% in the year’s first quarter compared to the same period last year, the latest figures from the Confederation of Danish Employers (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening/DA) show. Senior DA economist Anders…
MoreChief of Defence canned as warship controversy deepens
Chief of Defence Flemming Lentfer has been fired following the growing controversy over the warship Iver Huitfeldt’s system breakdown while on duty in the Red Sea. Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said last…
MoreOpposition smells blood in warship affair
Opposition defence spokespersons said last night they were ’stunned’ by the turn of events in the Red Sea warship affair. Following a briefing by Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen, the Danish People’s Party’s…
MoreWeapons from Israel delayed, more expensive
The rocket launch systems Denmark has purchased from Israeli defence company Elbit will be delayed by at least a year and cost around DKK 1 billion ($140m) more than originally estimated. At a press…
MoreLiberal lawmaker linked to Serbian mafia
A local Liberal (Venstre) politician is suspected of working for the Serbian mafia. Dragan Popovic, a member of Hillerød council, north of Copenhagen, was sentenced to two years in prison last month for…
MoreCustoms agency seizes 2.9 tons of drugs
Drug seizures topped 2.9 tons of last year, nearly twice as much as in 2022. In a press release, Wednesday, Jeppe Kjærgaard, director of customs checks at the Danish Customs Agency (Toldstyrelsen) said: “We are seeing…
MoreDenmark 2nd in global business ranking
Denmark is one of the top-3 countries in the world to do business in according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) business environment ranking. Singapore leads the way, followed by Denmark ‘which…
MoreBusiness shorts
Consumer pessimism up….Biotech company inks multi-billion cancer deal….Energy company gets solar park knock-back in Sweden…. Danish consumers have become more pessimistic this year. The consumer confidence index slipped to -7.6 in March from…
MoreDanish Red Sea frigate’s ‘system failures’
Navy leadership has acknowledged there were major problems with the warship Iver Huitfeldts defence capability when it came under attack in the Red Sea last month. According to a report in defence magazine…
MoreDenmark pushes for probe into food aid tragedy
Denmark has joined the international call for an investigation into the Israeli air strike on the World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy that killed seven aid workers in Gaza, late Monday. In a message on social media…
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