Tourists pass on Denmark
High prices and low service levels have tourists foregoing Denmark. A number of experts within the tourism industry are now calling for improved tourism products and raising service levels will be required to attract more visitors. Prices in Denmark are 42 percent higher than the EU average. – Berlingske
Spinning gold in eastern Europe
It’s not just pig farmers that have found eastern Europe to be an attractive place to operate their businesses. The Danish state has made close to two billion kroner on 437 projects in particularly Poland and Ukraine, according to a new report by the organisation behind the investments, Investeringsfond for Østlandene (IØ). IØ was established in the late 1980s to strengthen democracy after the Iron Curtain came down. – Politiken
Not so unhappy about their jobs
Danish prostitutes have a higher opinion of their work than the population at large, according to an Aarhus University study. Interviews of 40 prostitutes showed the women don’t see their work as the biggest problem they face. Instead, they said they were more concerned about a general distrust of the profession, homelessness, poverty, drug abuse and their relationship with their children. – Videnskab
Son apologises for pony butchering
The son of celebrity chef Camilla Plum admitted in a letter to his mother that he was responsible for the beheading and disembowelment of the family's pony on Sunday. Plum’s son wrote that he killed the pony as a statement and he intended to eat it with a group of friends. He said, however, they had to give up their plans when people turned up on the beach where they butchered it. He added that the animal did not suffer. – TV2 News
Police arrest 40 in gang raids
A number of people with ties to gangs were arrested in a series of police raids in eastern Denmark yesterday evening. During the searches of about 40 properties the police found an automatic pistol, a sawed-off shotgun and a drug-making laboratory. – Ekstra Bladet
No fourth Dane in Tour
Cyclist Alex Rasmussen won't be riding in the Tour de France this year after he missed the cut for the Garmin-Sharp Tour team yesterday. Rasmussen was one of two riders dropped by Garmin-Sharp after a training camp in Spain. The news means that the Tour will only have three Danes this year – Lars Bak, Jacob Fuglsang and Brian Vandborg. – Cykelmagasinet
