Today’s front pages – Wednesday, Jan 30

The Copenhagen Post’s daily digest of what the Danish dailies are reporting on their front pages

Nordea Bank experiences record year

While many Danish banks continue to languish in the continuing financial crisis, Nordea Bank managed to produce its best year ever in 2012. Denmark’s second biggest bank enjoyed staggering profits of over 30 billion kroner, bettering their previous best year of 2007. Some 85,000 new customers and more company business were the primary reasons behind the success, one managing director said. – EPN

Law to help abused foreign women proposed

The justice minister, Morten Bødskov (Socialdemokraterne), has proposed a new law that would ensure that foreign women won't be kicked out of Denmark if they flee from a violent spouse. Currently, women risk losing their residence permits if they have lived in Denmark for less than two years. Of the 2,000 women that annually live in crisis centres, around half of them are of a non-Danish background, according to the latest report from welfare researchers SFI-Det Nationale Forskningscenter for Velfærd. – Politiken

Danes cheat for 50 billion kroner

The state misses out on 50 billion kroner every year because many taxpayers cheat their way out of paying into the state treasuries, according to a new report. The report, compiled by Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, an economics professor at the London School of Economics, indicated that social fraud, tax evasion and under-the-table jobs were central contributors to the hole in the state coffers. Under-the-table jobs (sort arbejde) cheated the state out of nearly 30 billion kroner, while social fraud accounted for seven to 12 billion kroner, and tax evasion cost around five billion kroner. – Berlingske

Bankruptcy quarantine proposal draws criticism

A Justice Ministry proposal to quarantine directors and CEOs who have swindled and cheated their companies into bankruptcy has garnered criticism from experts. The experts say that the government’s decision to keep the quarantine list from public view means that it will have little effect. A report from tax authority Skat indicated that 40 of the largest bankruptcy fraudsters cost the state over 700 million kroner between 2008 and 2010. – Jyllands-Posten

TOP STORIES

  • Young Copenhageners supply study grants by selling cocaine

    Young Copenhageners supply study grants by selling cocaine

    In recent years, the spread of cocaine has accelerated. The drug is easily accessible and not only reserved for wealthy party heads. Copenhagen Police have just arrested ten young people and charged them with reselling cocaine

  • 5 Mistakes I Made When I Moved to Denmark

    5 Mistakes I Made When I Moved to Denmark

    Here are five mistakes I made that helped me understand that belonging isn’t a strategy—it’s a practice. This isn’t a story of struggle—it’s a reflection on growth, told through the lens of emotional intelligence.

  • Analysis shows that many students from Bangladesh are enrolled in Danish universities

    Analysis shows that many students from Bangladesh are enrolled in Danish universities

    Earlier this year, the Danish government changed the law on access for people from third world countries to the Danish labor market. Yet, there may still be a shortcut that goes through universities

  • Danish Flower company accused of labor abuse in Türkiye

    Danish Flower company accused of labor abuse in Türkiye

    Queen Company, a Denmark-origin flower producer with pristine sustainability credentials, is under fire for alleged labor rights violations at its Turkish operation, located in Dikili, İzmir. Workers in the large greenhouse facility have been calling decent work conditions for weeks. The Copenhagen Post gathered testimonies from the workers to better understand the situation

  • Advice for expats: Navigating Life as an International in Denmark

    Advice for expats: Navigating Life as an International in Denmark

    Beginning this month, Expat Counselling will be contributing a monthly article to The Copenhagen Post, offering guidance, tools, and reflections on the emotional and social aspects of international life in Denmark. The first column is about Strategies for emotional resilience

  • New agreement criticized for not attracting enough internationals

    New agreement criticized for not attracting enough internationals

    Several mayors and business leaders across Denmark are not satisfied with the agreement that the government, the trade union movement and employers made last week. More internationals are needed than the agreement provides for

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  • “It’s possible to lead even though you don’t fit the traditional leadership mold”

    “It’s possible to lead even though you don’t fit the traditional leadership mold”

    Describing herself as a “DEI poster child,” being queer, neurodivergent and an international in Denmark didn’t stop Laurence Paquette from climbing the infamous corporate ladder to become Marketing Vice President (VP) at Vestas. Arrived in 2006 from Quebec, Laurence Paquette unpacks the implications of exposing your true self at work, in a country that lets little leeway for individuality

  • Deal reached to bring more foreign workers to Denmark

    Deal reached to bring more foreign workers to Denmark

    Agreement between unions and employers allows more foreign workers in Denmark under lower salary requirements, with new ID card rules and oversight to prevent social dumping and ensure fair conditions.

  • New association helps international nurses and doctors Denmark

    New association helps international nurses and doctors Denmark

    Kadre Darman was founded this year to support foreign-trained healthcare professionals facing challenges with difficult authorisation processes, visa procedures, and language barriers, aiming to help them find jobs and contribute to Denmark’s healthcare system

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