Inflation stable but industrial production up
Consumer price inflation held steady in July, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Monday. The consumer price index climbed 0.7 percent year-over-year in July, the same rate of increase as in June. Prices have…
MoreDanish observers to monitor Russian airspace
A joint mission of observers from Denmark and Sweden will make a flight over Russian territory on board Sweden’s SAAB-340B this week, Sergei Ryzhkov, head of the Russian National Centre for Reducing Nuclear…
MoreNovo strives to become more Chinese
Novo Nordisk, Denmark’s most profitable company and the world’s largest insulin maker, will continue to invest on China despite a slowdown in that country’s economy, CEO Lars Rebien Sorensen vowed in an interview…
MoreBusiness shorts
Danske Bank has closed 187 branches/Cheaper petrol on the way/TDC loses money but happy about customer satisfaction Danske Bank: Danske Bank, Denmark’s biggest financial institution, has closed down 187 local branches over the…
MorePrime Minister: Judge me on 4 issues
The Liberal-led government will have been a fiasco if it fails to live up to four main political targets, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in a joint interview with Berlingske, Politiken, and…
MoreDPP: What about the EU, Løkke?
The Prime Minister’s 4-point political mission was immediately criticised by the government’s biggest ally, the Danish People’s Party, who accused him of forgetting two very important issues. The party’s deputy leader, Søren Espersen,…
MoreSocial Democrats urge Løkke to ‘copy us’
The government has inherited a Denmark in top form so there’s no need to rock the boat, according to the Social Democrats. The party’s finance spokesman, Benny Engelbrecht, dismissed the PM’s four political…
MoreMore rights for taxpayers
The government is preparing to clip the wings of the taxman. Minister for Taxation Karsten Lauritzen believes he can improve the tax authorites’ image, tarnished by a number of negative, high-profile cases, by…
MoreBenefit cuts could have discouraged asylum seekers
A reduction in the number of asylum seekers over the summer could be a direct result of the government’s cuts in social benefits. In response to unconfirmed figures showing that between 1,000 and…
MoreCancer Society: Give smokers money to quit
The TrygFonden Research Group, with the backing of the Danish Cancer Society, is behind a new project that will offer smokers a financial incentive to quit. According to a study recently published in The New…
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