Morning Briefing – Wednesday, June 5

The Copenhagen Post’s daily digest of what the Danish press is reporting

Vestager: Spend more money

Economy and internal affairs minister, Margrethe Vestager (Radikale), urged councils nation-wide to spend more money after a survey revealed that they were spending less than permitted. The survey, compiled by Epinion for trade union FOA, showed that every fourth council is set to spend less than their budget allows while just a few expect to spend more. – Politiken

Hong Kong halts import of Danish poultry and eggs

Hong Kong has temporarily suspended the importation of poultry and eggs from parts of Denmark and the Netherlands after a group of grey ducks north of Viborg were found to be infected with H7 bird flu. Last year, Hong Kong imported about 2,300 tonnes of poultry and around 80,000 eggs from Denmark. – Jyllands-Posten

Solar panel demand increasing

Much-debated loopholes in solar panel laws have created growing demand for the panels. Topdanmark, the country’s largest insurer in the agricultural sector, has insured nearly 5,000 solar panel systems and said they receive insurance requests on new installations daily. – Berlingske

International school opening in Billund

The International School of Billund will open in August for children from zero to third grade. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, part of the Lego dynasty, is behind the school and said that the school will make the area more attractive for people to settle. Today, 44 percent of those working in Billund live in another council. – Ingeniøren

Faster diagnosis for psychological illnesses

The government has teamed up with the health care regions to ensure that those suffering from psychological illnesses receive faster diagnoses.  The diagnosis guarantee will be implemented in September 1, 2014 with a goal of reducing diagnosis time to one month by September, 2015. – Kristeligt-Dagblad

Partners bail on SAS

SAS has lost two of its biggest partner airlines; Lufthansa and United Airlines. SAS earned at least 500 million Swedish kroner annually flying customers in and out of Europe in cooperation with those partners, according to airline sources. – Børsen

Danes Czech in with mauling

The Danish under-19 football team began their Elite round Euro qualification in style by beating the Czech Republic 5-0 yesterday in Portugal. The win was secured thanks to two goals from Kenneth Zohore, a Czech own goal and one each from Danny Amankwa and Patrick da Silva. Denmark takes on Bulgaria tomorrow, who were thrashed by hosts Portugal 0-7. – Bold.dk

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  • 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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