Morning Briefing – Wednesday, May 8

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

Companies’ queuing up for North Sea oil

The recent oil discoveries in the North Sea led to 31 international companies being present yesterday at the seventh bidding round of Danish oil-drilling licences, which are set to kick off later this year. The preliminary interest from the oil companies is double what it was at the sixth bidding round in 2006. – Berlingske

New museum lacking millions

The new museum about maritime travels, Museet for Søfart is set to open at the end of June but is already experiencing financial woes. The museum is short by 4.5 million kroner, a figure that could rise to eight million kroner in 2014. The 300 million kroner museum was designed by architect Bjarke Ingels. – Politiken

Danske Bank’s image is bankrupt

A new image analysis has indicated that two out of three Danes would not recommend Danske Bank to anyone and about half would ”actively” make an effort to discredit the bank. The analysis, compiled by Reputation Institute, also conveyed that on a scale from 1 to 100, Danes rate Danske Bank a 36, a massive fall from last year’s 53. – Børsen

Thorning-Schmidt in new dagpenge dilemma

PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s (Socialdemokraterne) arguments in the unemployment benefit (dagpenge) drama wave been shot down from a number of sides, including 3F union and Enhedslisten (EL), which calls the PMs reasoning as “completely incorrect”. Thorning-Schmidt rejected the idea that it would spur employment by being able to earn the right to unemployment benefits quicker than before. – Jyllands-Posten

Søvndal criticised for Palestine handling

Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Venstre) has said that Denmark, with Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal (Socialistisk Folkeparti) at the helm, has made a diplomatic blunder by not informing the Israeli Embassy that Palestinian representatives in Denmark are to gain full diplomatic status. Søvndal was also criticised for not meeting with Israel's ambassador to discuss the Palestine issue in person. – DR News

Denmark could have Mediterranean climate in future

Global warming means that seasonal divides are reduced significantly, thereby pushing Denmark and its Scandinavian neighbours towards a climate akin to that in southern France. New research by 21 scientists from 17 universities and NASA, published in the periodical Nature Climate Change, showed that the climate in the north could reach Mediterranean standards by 2100. – Videnskab.dk

Danes get first points at World Championships

Denmark came from behind twice to finally beat Slovenia 3-2 in overtime at the IIHF World Championships in ice hockey yesterday in Stockholm. After losing to Canada in the first game and then falling to Norway in the second, the Danes were under pressure to beat the Slovenians, who now sit at the bottom of the preliminary group. Denmark is second last. – Sporten.dk

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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