Danish Health Minister Astrid Krag wants phthalate chemicals, which are used to soften plastic, phased out as part of the EU’s new medical devices regulation. She will raise the issue during ongoing negotiations to revise the EU regulation. Phthalates are a group … Read More
Danish High Court today ruled verdict on Roj TV and Mesopotamia Broadcast. It said 50 daily fines of 100,000 kronor (13.000 euro) to each of the parties and provisional deprivation of the right to broadcast TV. The case against ROJ … Read More
A huge hacker attack on the Danish police register of driving licence holders and of wanted people across the EU has been traced to Swedish Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Danish Police thinks. The hacker attack is about stealing … Read More
20-year-old Emmelie De Forest from Denmark took over from Sweden’s Loreen as the Eurovision Song Contest champion. She came number one with the song “Only teardrops” that had been one of the early favorites. With 281 point she outranged Azerbaija, Ukraine … Read More
Copenhagen may well help to pay for the construction of multi-purpose arena in Ørestad, says EU decision. It is fully in line with EU state aid rules to Copenhagen is helping to finance the construction of a new arena in … Read More
EstonianTavex A/S, are trying to convince Danes to invest in physical gold. The company has opened a new office at Copenhagen’s central railway station, reported news2biz ESTONIA. The office is the third of its kind in Denmark. Tavex, known as Tavid … Read More
Only patients with acute problems will be able to see their general practitioners because they will all attend a national doctors union meeting. The doctors organisation expects between 6,000 and 7,000 participants to attend the meeting in Odense 28 May, shutting down … Read More
The Danish traffic safety commission propose to reduce the blood alcohol content drink driving levels from 0.05 to 0.02. The drink driving limit change comes as part of the commission’s plan to reduce traffic deaths to 120 people a year … Read More
Going against the known tendency the percentage of union members with non-Danish backgrounds is growing. As workers nationwide participate in today’s International Workers’ Day celebrations, numbers indicate that more and more non-Danes are joining unions. The total membership in LO, … Read More
The Danish government will end the ongoing teacher lockout by a bill that will force teachers to accept new working conditions. A majority in the Danish Parliament supports the bill that will end four weeks of treacher lockout. At a press conference this morning, … Read More
Around 875,000 children, aged from six to 16 years, have been unable to attend school after a breakdown in talks between the teachers’ union and local government over the setting of working conditions for the coming years. The lockout, affecting … Read More
The Danish government is stalling theongoing EU-negotiations on the protection of personal data, Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship claims. In the daily Politiken the Danish Minister for Justice Morten Bødskov argues that the text does … Read More
Danish universities have to pay up for not adhering to regulations regarding the balance of exchange students Danish universities have to pay a fine of 97.5 million kroner (13 million Euro) for accepting more foreign exchange students than they have … Read More
After successfully setting up a group IT support centre in Vilnius last year, Danish Cowi engineering consultancy is delving deeper into Lithuania’s cost-efficient and skilled labour market with a new investment project, a group design and communications centre, reported news2biz … Read More
Teachers and the local government association have reached an impasse in their negotiations over new working hours, leading to speculation that the government will have to intervene. Around 69,000 teachers have been prevented from showing up to work today because … Read More
Just 10,350 teachers for more than half a million pupils: that will be the situation after the Easter holidays unless the conflict between the Danish Union of Teachers and Local Government Denmark (LGDK) can be resolved, reports Avisen.dk. “The vast … Read More
The Danish national food authorities, Fødevarestyrelsen, have uncovered another meaty scandal after finding pork meat in food products that were labelled as beef. As part of a screening initiative that the food and agriculture minister, Mette Gjerskov launched in the wake … Read More
Estonia and Boston-based ZeroTurnaround has announced it had bought the Danish software startup Javeleon and its patents, drawing two leading Danish IT engineers to work in Estonia. A Tartu-founded producer of productivity technologies for software developers, ZeroTurnaround has products that … Read More
Supermarket Netto is growing in Poland, planning to open around 50 new stores in the country. Big investments and market progress in Poland are planned to pave the way for international growth in the Netto group. Last year 34 stores opened … Read More
