Ahead of a hearing in the US Senate, the administrative director of Novo Nordisk Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen has once again defended against accusations that the Danish drugmaker is charging extortionate prices for its popular weightloss medicine Wegovy in the US.Fruergaard Jørgensen appeared on NBC’s Nightly News which aired on US TV on Monday night Danish […]
Novo Nordisk director defends Wegovy prices on US TV amid fresh criticism
Speaking on on NBC’s Nightly News on Monday, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen said that the high price of the weight loss medicine in America should be seen in the light of its benefits to users.
SAS emerges from bankruptcy, opens 15 new routes from Copenhagen
The new routes, expected to open in summer 2025, will connect Copenhagen with Seattle, Krakow, Madrid, Budapest, Lyon, Valencia, Malta, Bucharest, Milan, Seville, Turku, Billund, Kristiansand, Harstad/Narvik and Bodø.
Margrethe Vestager to become new chairman of the board of DTU
The Danish EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who is currently serving out her tenure as the EU Commissioner for Competition, will become chairman of the board of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) at the end of 2024.
More and more schools in Copenhagen introduce driving bans in the morning
Several schools in Copenhagen have introduced a ban on cars passing by in the morning, typically to drop children off. The idea is to create safer school roads and make it easier to monitor the traffic.
Vestager takes over internal market duties after EU Commissioner’s snap resignation
Danish Margrethe Vestager will take over the tasks left behind by French Thierry Breton, who resigned as EU Commissioner for the Internal Market yesterday citing von der Leyen’s “questionable governance”.
Germany introduces passport control at all land borders to combat irregular migration
Germany has riled its Schengen neighbours by introducing passport control along the borders of all nine neighboring countries – including Denmark – citing an overloaded asylum system.
DSV buys German giant for 107 billion – becomes the world’s largest logistics company
It started with nine truck drivers in an inn on Sjælland in 1976. Now, with the purchase of German DB Schenker, Danish DSV has become the world’s largest freight operator
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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, 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.
This rooftop ‘Scandarabian’ restaurant is helping international jobseekers to upskill for the Danish market
The social enterprise and rooftop restaurant Do More focuses especially on helping long-term unemployed citizens who struggle to enter the Danish labor market due to a lack of experience from their home country, language barriers, and other factors.