Today’s headlines – Monday, Dec 3

A rundown of the stories making the biggest news this morning

Nepotism claims dog culture minister
The culture minister, Uffe Elbæk (Radikale), has apologised for spending 180,000 kroner on five official dinners and meetings at Akademiet for Utæmmet Kreativitet, an art school where his husband is employed, and where he himself was a member of the board. PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Radikale leader Margrethe Vestager have voiced their support for Elbæk, but the opposition, as well as government ally Enhedslisten, are pushing for further explanation. According to Berlingske newspaper, the culture ministry will meet today and discuss the issue further. – Berlingske

British rejected assassination plan
Former PET agent Morten Storm is claiming that the British intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6 turned down a joint CIA and PET plot because it could lead to the assassination of al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki. The mission hinged on a Croatian woman, who was to marry al-Awlaki, being equipped with a tracking device without her knowledge in a bid to locate the suspected terrorist. Neither the justice minister, Morten Bødskov, nor PET chief Jakob Scharf have commented on the plot to assassinate al-Awlaki, who was killed in an American drone attack in September 2011. – Jyllands-Posten 

Britain refuses to deliver evidence against Danish soldier
Britain refuses to hand over video evidence that could be vital in proving that a Danish officer wrongfully ordered the 2011 attack of Afghani citizens. According to military experts, the evidence shows that the Danish officer did not adequately ensure that a group of Afghanis were Taliban, before ordering a British helicopter to fire on them. It turned out afterwards that they were civilians. One person was killed and two other injured in the incident. – Politiken

Wind industry taking South Africa by storm
Danish wind-turbine producers look to have successfully tapped into the South African market. The three Danish wind-turbine producers, Vestas, Siemens Wind Power and LM Wind Power are on the brink of a billion kroner deal involving the sale of wind-turbines in South Africa. The three companies have been commissioned by the South African government as part of its ambitious sustainable energy plan to produce 20,000 MW of electricity by 2030. – Børsen

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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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