SAS heading for ‘catastrophic’ July
Crisis-hit Scandinavian Airlines SAS has obtained court approval to continue operating as normal, following its filing for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. but is still facing a disastrous summer. The company was granted…
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Government seeks skilled foreign workers….Odense expands port to accommodate wind sector growth….Plane catches fire at Copenhagen Airport…. The government has published two ‘professional lists’ of highly-skilled foreign workers needed to fill the manpower…
MoreMinister sinks deeper into expenses scandal
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Rasmus Prehn has admitted entering the wrong name on a restaurant bill paid for by the ministry. After it was revealed, Tuesday, how the minister has repeatedly used…
MoreAsylum seekers avoid Denmark
Denmark is low on the preferred destination list of asylum seekers. A new report by the Immigration Ministry shows that Denmark sank to 20th on a list of EU members with the most…
MorePrime Minister’s office failed to claim DKK4.2m in EU expenses
The Ministry of State has failed to claim DKK 4.2m (€560,000) from the EU due to an ’administrative error.’ The money should have been reimbursed for travel and hotel expenditure in connection with…
MoreChicago killer discussed Copenhagen shooting
The suspect in Monday’s massacre in Chicago may have been inspired by the Copenhagen mall shooting the previous day. According to U.S. media reports, Robert Crimo, who’s been charged with the mass shooting at…
MoreGeographic inequality could lead to polarisation
Geographic inequality, the divide between rich and poor places, has increased in Denmark over the past 10 years as prosperous families with children increasingly choose to move to neighbourhoods with ‘like-minded’ residents. Despite the government’s…
MoreUnions: SAS bankruptcy move was planned for months
SAS’s decision to file for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. on Tuesday came as no surprise to union leaders, who claimed yesterday the struggling airline has been planning the legal diversion for months….
MoreNovo Nordisk to fund abortion trips in U.S.
Novo Nordisk, Denmark’s biggest company and a global healthcare leader, has offered to fund travel and accommodation for its employees in the U.S. who need an abortion but would have to leave their…
MorePrime Minister given ‘political slap on the wrist’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was given an official reprimand by a parliamentary majority, Tuesday, for her role in the Minkgate affair and specifically the government’s decision to cull the country’s entire mink herd…
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