Denmark best for business
Denmark is the best country in the world for business, according to influential business magazine Forbes. The magazine attributes Denmark’s top ranking to an ‘extremely positive business climate’ and the ‘flexisecurity’ model, which…
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (EJC) ruled in favour of a local Danish authority yesterday in a case brought by a Danish court, which wanted guidance over a complaint of…
MoreFraud Squad nabs OW Bunker employee wanted in Italy
The Danish Fraud Squad arrested a former manager of collapsed ship fuel supplier OW Bunker , Thursday, with the aim of handing him over to Italy where he’s suspected of embezzlement and fraud. Announcing…
MoreSAS: Free flights by 2018
Management at Scandinavian airline SAS predicts that passengers could be travelling free by 2018. Vice President for Sales & Marketing Eivind Roald said the price war with Norwegian Air is already lost and…
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Novozymes determined to turn waste into fuel…..Novo inks DKK1bn deal Novozymes: Novozymes , the world’s largest enzymes producer, will stick to its plans to develop transportation fuel made from agricultural waste, despite a…
MoreJustice Minister tries to put cap on Eritrea scandal
Supplementary information supplied by the Immigration Service denies any political intervention in the original Eritrea report that’s been heavily criticised in both this country and abroad. Justice Minister Mette Federiksen, who earlier this…
MoreHuman Rights Watch: Danish report ‘deeply flawed’
The controversy surrounding the Danish Immigrations Service’s fact-finding report on conditions in Eritrea is also being closely monitored abroad. The international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, urges other countries to ignore the…
MoreLeft-wing MEPs happy as EU moves towards recognition for Palestine
Left-leaning Danish MEPs welcomed yesterday’s European Parliament resolution that recognises the state of Palestine ‘in principle’. Social Democrat, left-wing and Green members of the European Parliament had initially put forward the motion for…
MoreConservatives launch election campaign – tax cuts for all
The Conservatives will fight next year’s election campaign on a platform of widespread tax cuts. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen said yesterday that allowing people to keep more of the money they earn…
MoreProsecutor demands deportation for terrorist
The Public Prosecutor has appealed the ‘lenient’ sentence handed down to Danish/Moroccan Said Mansour and demanded he be thrown out of the country – the convicted terrorist’s defence lawyer has launched a counter…
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