A smarmy, bald and bloated judge on the Danish version of the “X Factor” has created and cast himself on a crass European TV show in which he and a fat, wire-haired toady make fun of naked women’s bodies.
WT news feed
Grandparents are being roped into help, companies are turning themselves into temporary creches, and employees are being forced to take leave as Denmark enters its fourth week of a teacher lock-out.
WT news feed
Lars Hedegaard, a well-known historian in Denmark, was able to fend off the attack after the gunman misfired, and was unharmed, police said in statement.
bertb news feed
Negotiations between libraries and the Danish Publishers Association (DPA) have fallen through, resulting in the disappearance from public library e-shelves of some 2,598 e-volumes.
WT news feed
Denmark’s biggest banks are firing Moody’s Investors Service as they win assurances from some of the country’s biggest investors that the opinions of ratings companies hold limited value.
WT news feed
“…Meanwhile, on the state of Greek democracy, where the idea to call a referendum on the second bail-out last year caused panic among EU leaders and led to Prime Minister George Papandeou’s resignation and appointment of a technocrat premier, Vestager said: “I think they could have done that if they really wanted to.”…
WT news feed
A longer working week, fewer public holidays, and pay freezes are all on the table. And, remarkably, business and labour appear to be aligned in a plan to work more for less.
WT news feed
A Danish meat lobby group is suing the Danish government over the country’s recently introduced ‘fat tax’ on foods, claiming the levy fails to comply with EU legislation.
WT news feed
Numbers of Danish companies have discovered that manufacturing overseas is not the moneymaker they expected it to be and are now bringing production back home, reports metroXpress newspaper.
WT news feed
Danish soldiers took more than twice as many prisoners in Iraq than has previously been announced — at least 500 Iraqis were detained by Danes in Iraq from 2003 onwards, according to a memorandum from Defence Chief Knud Bartels to Defence Minister Nick Hækkerup.
WT news feed
