Experts agree: Denmark is still on the way down
Despite encouraging unemployment figures, six out of seven leading economists remain highly pessimistic about the long-term health of the Danish economy. Poor key indicators for the service, construction, and industrial sectors suggest the…
MoreRetail pessimism
Retail trade experts have joined the chorus of pessimism about the economy. Retails sales have dropped by 13 per cent since 2007, according to new Statistics Denmark figures but with the prospect of…
MoreDrug raid on asylum centre
38 people were arrested Thursday morning in a dawn narcotics police raid on the Sandholm asylum centre in North Zealand. A police spokesman said the crackdown came in response to reports of widescale…
MoreSøvndal’s U-turn on Guantanamo
As Socialist People’s Party leader, Villy Søvndal has constantly lobbied for the closure of the Guantanamo prison camp, but as Foreign Minister he’s refused an American request to accept prisoners released from the…
MoreSPP leadership campaign gets dirty
The Socialist People’s Party’s (SPP) leadership battle may appear polite and courteous on the surface but the two candidates, Astrid Krag and Anette Vilhelmsen, have reportedly ‘gone negative’ behind the scenes. A number…
MoreROJ TV’s licence suspended
Imdat Yilmaz, head of the Copenhagen-based Kurdish ROJ TV, has expressed his surprise that the channel’s licence to transmit has been suspended for two months. Although the Radio and TV Commission cleared ROJ…
MorePM gives Danish flag to 9/11 memorial
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt donated a Danish flag, found in the rubble of the World Trade Centre on 9/11, to the memorial museum at the site in New York, Wednesday. In a moving…
MoreMultinationals forced to publish tax details
Everybody will soon be able to see for themselves exactly how much international multinationals such as McDonalds and Statoil, as well as big name Danish companies such as A.P. Moeller-Maersk and LEGO, pay…
MoreJobs available, but no takers
Despite massive unemployment in this country, employment agencies (‘temp agencies’) are experiencing severe difficulties filling vacancies for unskilled industrial, cleaning, and restaurant jobs. Kristian Naerø, head of the Manpower agency in Copenhagen which…
MoreHousing market thaw?
A slight increase in housing prices throughout the county suggests that the market could have bottomed out. In response to new Statistics Denmark figures showing that the price of an average one-family dwelling…
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