Today’s front pages – Tuesday, April 30

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

Danish sperm donor system questioned after case in England

A case in England involving a woman who was sentenced to five years in prison for forcing her 14-year-old daughter to inseminate herself with Danish donor sperm has led to a discussion about whether Danish sperm is sold in secure enough environments. The English woman bought the donor sperm from Cyros over the internet. – Berlingske

The government’s train fund hanging by a thread

The government’s plan to raise 27.5 billion kroner from the taxation of oil companies in order to finance railway infrastructure upgrades is hanging by a thin thread. A new analysis by consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie showed that funds obtained from taxing the oil sector would only generate a maximum of 15.4 billion kroner. – Jyllands-Posten

Growth plan foundation crumbling

New seeds of doubt about the government’s new growth plan ‘Vækstplan DK’ were sown after business confidence fell to its lowest level since October 2009. When the government revealed the growth plan on February 26, growth was expected at 1.3 percent. In March, that was downgraded to 0.75 percent and now growth is expected to be at 0.4 percent or lower. – Børsen

Control team to stop wage dumping

Led by Mayor Frank Jensen (S), the City Council wants to set up its own control team to make 430 annual control visits in the hunt for companies and subcontractors who do not pay their workers properly. Jensen will set five million kroner, and six to eight people, aside for the task. –Politiken

NHLers ready for World Championships

Winger Mikkel Bødker of the Phoenix Coyotes was given the green light by his club yesterday to represent Denmark in the upcoming ice hockey World Championships in Stockholm. Bødker joins young defenseman Oliver Lauridsen (Philadelphia Flyers) as the only two NHL players available so far, although Philip Larsen (Dallas Stars) could also join. – Sporten.dk

Traffic authority apologises for wrong figures

The traffic authorities, Trafikstyrelsen, said it was wrong last week when it said that the new 27.5 billion kroner ‘Timeplanen’ (hour plan) rail investment would only generate 4,190 new passengers. Instead, Trafikstyrelsen now announced that the mistake was down to a misunderstanding and that the actual figure was closer to 26,000. – Ingeniøren

TOP STORIES

  • Chinese wind turbine companies sign pact to end race-to-the-bottom price war

    Chinese wind turbine companies sign pact to end race-to-the-bottom price war

    China’s 12 leading wind turbine makers have signed a pact to end a domestic price war that has seen turbines sold at below cost price in a race to corner the market and which has compromised quality and earnings in the sector.

  • Watch Novo Nordisk’s billion-kroner musical TV ad for Wegovy

    Watch Novo Nordisk’s billion-kroner musical TV ad for Wegovy

    Novo Nordisk’s TV commercial for the slimming drug Wegovy has been shown roughly 32,000 times and reached 8.8 billion US viewers since June.

  • Retention is the new attraction

    Retention is the new attraction

    Many people every year choose to move to Denmark and Denmark in turn spends a lot of money to attract and retain this international talent. Are they staying though? If they leave, do they go home or elsewhere? Looking at raw figures, we can see that Denmark is gradually becoming more international but not everyone is staying. 

  • Defence Minister: Great international interest in Danish military technology

    Defence Minister: Great international interest in Danish military technology

    Denmark’s Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen attended the Association of the Unites States Army’s annual expo in Washington DC from 14 to 16 October, together with some 20 Danish leading defence companies, where he says Danish drone technology attracted significant attention.

  • Doctors request opioids in smaller packs as over-prescription wakes abuse concerns

    Doctors request opioids in smaller packs as over-prescription wakes abuse concerns

    Doctors, pharmacies and politicians have voiced concern that the pharmaceutical industry’s inability to supply opioid prescriptions in smaller packets, and the resulting over-prescription of addictive morphine pills, could spur levels of opioid abuse in Denmark.

  • Housing in Copenhagen – it runs in the family

    Housing in Copenhagen – it runs in the family

    Residents of cooperative housing associations in Copenhagen and in Frederiksberg distribute vacant housing to their own family members to a large extent. More than one in six residents have either parents, siblings, adult children or other close family living in the same cooperative housing association.

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  • Come and join us at Citizens Days!

    Come and join us at Citizens Days!

    On Friday 27 and Saturday 28 of September, The Copenhagen Post will be at International Citizen Days in Øksnehallen on Vesterbro, Copenhagen. Admission is free and thousands of internationals are expected to attend

  • Diversifying the Nordics: How a Nigerian economist became a beacon for inclusivity in Scandinavia

    Diversifying the Nordics: How a Nigerian economist became a beacon for inclusivity in Scandinavia

    Chisom Udeze, the founder of Diversify – a global organization that works at the intersection of inclusion, democracy, freedom, climate sustainability, justice, and belonging – shares how struggling to find a community in Norway motivated her to build a Nordic-wide professional network. We also hear from Dr. Poornima Luthra, Associate Professor at CBS, about how to address bias in the workplace.

  • Lolland Municipality launches support package for accompanying spouses

    Lolland Municipality launches support package for accompanying spouses

    Lolland Municipality, home to Denmark’s largest infrastructure project – the Fehmarnbelt tunnel connection to Germany – has launched a new jobseeker support package for the accompanying partners of international employees in the area. The job-to-partner package offers free tailored sessions on finding a job and starting a personal business.

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