Balance of payments up, but…..
Denmark continues to enjoy a healthy balance of payments surplus – DKK13bn at the end of July, but DKK2.2bn down on the previous month. The total surplus over the first seven months topped…
MoreBusiness minister wants to please Chinese tourists
Business & Growth Minister Henrik Sass Larsen is currently heading a delegation in China aiming to pump up business for the struggling Danish tourist industry. Before leaving for Beijing on his first trip…
MoreNew life for green cars
German energy company E.ON has bought the 770 characteristic light-blue battery-charging stations scattered throughout the country from the bankruptcy estate of green car pioneer A Better Place. Tore Haritshøj, MD of E.ON in Denmark,…
MoreSocial Democrats halt poll-slide
Support for the Social Democrats appears to have stabilised after a rocky pre-summer period. The ‘Berlingske Barometer’, a tracking poll of all recent opinion polls’, shows that after dropping to its lowest level…
MoreRed/Greens angry at Polish Embassy
The content of a business information manual distributed by Poland’s embassy in Denmark has been dismissed as ‘unacceptable’ by the Red/Green Alliance. According to the 3F trade union, the manual states that ‘Danish…
MoreSøvndal rejects ‘flip-flop’ on military intervention
Although the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) was strongly opposed to military invention against Milosevic in 1999, but now supports action against Assad in Syria, former party leader Villy Søvndal, has rejected accusations of…
MoreSøvndal praises Cyprus
Minister for Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal has welcomed Greek and Turkish Cypriots’ willingness to resume negotiations surrounding reunification of the divided island state. After a meeting with his Cypriotic counterpart, Ioannis Kasoulides, last…
MoreTaxgate Commission takes a break
The ’Taxgate’ Commission concluded its initial round of questioning, Sunday, and according to experts who’ve followed the proceedings closely, the police are working on the theory that one of the leading witnesses –…
MoreReport recommends DKK55b in public service cuts
The government isn’t ambitious enough in its planned cutbacks on public expenditure, according to a new report by business weekly Mandag Morgen which claims at least DKK55b could be saved without any significant…
MoreFormer UN boss praises Danish companies
Mr Annan, the keynote speaker at the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) awards in Holstebro on the 16-17th of September, said in a press release that he’s ‘pleased to see Danish companies leading the…
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