Novo imposes hiring freeze as competition grows
Denmark’s biggest company, Novo Nordisk, has imposed a global hiring freeze for all positions deemed non-essential to its business operations as it deals with rising competition in the obesity-weight loss market. The move…
MoreEx-PM equates Putin with Hitler
Former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has warned that Russia under Vladimir Putin poses the gravest threat to freedom and democracy in Europe since World War II. Speaking at a defence conference hosted…
MoreGreenland blames Denmark for economic problems
Greenland’s Finance Minister Múte B. Egede has blamed Denmark’s illegal birth control practices carried out by Danish doctors on Inuit women sixty years ago for his country’s economic problems. After announcing plans to cut…
MoreMale descendants of non-Western immigrants are ‘habitual criminals’
Male descendants of non-Western immigrants are convicted of group violence at nearly four times the national average. Bjørn Brandenborg, legal affairs spokesperson for the ruling Social Democrats who requested the data, said he…
MoreParliamentary delegation to investigate allegations of abuse in Greenland prisons
Parliament’s Ombudsman has launched a probe into Greenland’s prisons and detention centres following a highly critical report by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment…
MoreRussian man admits ATM blast attempt
Kolding District Court heard yesterday how a Russian national came to Denmark with the sole purpose of blowing up a cash dispenser (ATM) to obtain money. The 38-year-old male was arrested in May…
MoreVoters demand lower VAT on food
As supermarket prices continue to rise a new survey shows 80% of the electorate want lower VAT on food. Since 1992 Denmark has maintained a uniform VAT system – 25 % on virtually…
MoreGreenhouse gas emissions dropped in Q1
Denmark was one of the few European Union member states that recorded a drop in greenhouse gas emissions in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. Eurostat data published Tuesday showed Denmark registered a…
MorePM accused of insulting Israel
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been accused of ‘insulting Israel’ by claiming that the country would be better off without Benjamin Netanyahu as its leader. In an interview with Jyllands-Posten, Israeli Foreign Minister…
MoreFinance Minister ridicules rival’s tax cuts proposal
The business-friendly Liberal Alliance’s (LA) proposal to return the state’s significant budget surplus to taxpayers would create a ‘bomb under the welfare system’ Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen said yesterday. After LA leader Alex…
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