SAS warns striking cabin crew: Get back to work – or else
Management at Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has warned striking cabin crew they will be fired unless they return to work by 12.00 today. A walk-out by cabin crew, Friday, in protest against a new…
MoreDenmark to get world’s cheapest wind energy
Sweden’s state-owned Vattenfall has won a tender to build a wind park off Denmark, which is expected to produce the world’s cheapest offshore wind energy, Denmark’s ministry of climate and energy said on…
MoreMystery surrounds Maersk firings
APM Terminals, a unit of Danish shipping and oil giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk and the world’s third-biggest port operator, has mysteriously dismissed three senior executives as a consequence of ‘not following internal business policies’,…
MoreDPP: Stop registering Syrian asylum seekers
In the wake of last week’s terror attack on Copenhagen, the Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for all applications from Syrian refugees for asylum to be suspended so the immigration authorities have…
MoreIran suggests cooperation with Denmark to stop Islamic State
Iran has reached out to Denmark in the fight against the militant Islamic State (IS). During a visit to Copenhagen, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s deputy minister for European and American affairs, said the IS…
MoreCall for ban on hate preachers
A political majority has called for a system to ban ‘hate preachers’ from entering the country. The four opposition parties, with the backing of the Socialist People’s Party (SPP), have asked Justice Minister Mette…
MoreRenewed call to shut down Iraq Commission after chairman quits
The Liberals have again urged the government to wind up the Iraq Commission after its chairman quit, Thursday, citing internal working problems. The Commission was appointed in 2012 to investigate the decisions that led…
MoreThorning praised for cutting public sector jobs
Nearly 10,000 public sector jobs have been cut since the government came to power in 2011, prompting praise from liberal think-tank CEPOS, normally not amongst Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s most enthusiastic supporters. New…
MorePension funds add to pressure on krone
Denmark’s pension funds and insurance companies are increasingly hedging exposure to a weakening euro, putting more upward pressure on the Danish krone and potentially threatening its peg against the euro. From Reuters: Since…
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Maersk shareholders get $6.6bn windfall / Maersk Line to invest in mega vessels / Fraud squad drops Danske Bank investigation Maersk windfall: Shipping and oil giant A.P. Møller-Maersk will hand shareholders a $6.6…
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