Companies praise foreign employees
Despite the constant immigration debate, companies are highly appreciative of foreign manpower. According to a new Epinion survey of 520 top Danish companies, part of the Danish Federation of Employers’ (DA) upcoming labour…
MoreDanish Crown fires 800
Over 800 workers at Danish Crown – nearly one-sixth of the workforce – are facing unemployment. The slaughterhouse giant has announced plans to close its Faaborg factory and move production to Poland or…
MoreBusiness Minister: Growth plan will get food sector back on track
The planned redundancies at Danish Crown are ’sad news’ for hundreds of families and the local society where they live, Minister for Business & Growth Henrik Sass Larsen said yesterday. At the same…
MoreWhy did Finance Minister favour Goldman Sachs in DONG deal?
A Danish pension company’s bid to become co-owner of state-controlled energy giant DONG was rejected even though the amount was bigger than that of US financial powerhouse Goldman Sachs who emerged as the…
MorePrime Minister dragged into PET/Christiania affair
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt could be in serious trouble after it was revealed that the Ministry of State was aware for weeks that (now ex) justice minister Morten Bødskov had misled parliament’s Legal…
MoreBerlingske analyst: It looks like a conspiracy
The latest developments in the Christiania/PET affair are highly incriminating for the Ministry of State, according to Berlingske’s political analyst Thomas Larsen. He said e-mails revealing that the ministry was made aware that…
MoreDanish woman gang-raped in India – arrests made
The Danish and Indian authorities are treating the rape of a Danish woman in India very seriously. The 51-year-old woman said she was gang-raped at knifepoint by seven or eight men in central…
MoreTravel agencies issue India warning
Leading Danish travel agencies are warning customers to show extreme caution when they travel to India after a 51-year-old Danish woman was gang-raped, Tuesday. A spokesman for Jysk Rejsebureau said it’s something the…
MoreEmbassy cuts will damage exports, business leaders warn
The government’s planned cutbacks for the Danish diplomatic community will severely hit exports, business leaders have warned. Ahead of the publication of the comprehensive savings plan for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, aimed…
MoreMinister accused of avoiding benefits fraud problem
Employment Minister Metter Frederiksen stands accused of deliberately scaling down efforts to expose social benefits fraud. The number of spot checks on passengers at Copenhagen Airport who unlawfully travel abroad whilst claiming unemployment…
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