News round up

  • Consumer Ombudsman tightens advertising rules for Danish influencers

    It is not enough to tag the company – you must overtly state that a post is sponsored or risk a hefty fine. Plus, Dansk Bank lands a record profit, Novo Nordisk Foundation kicks off nuclear research despite political reluctance, and CPH Airport boosts Denmark and Sweden’s economies by over DKK 80 billion.


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  • Trade unions call for better measures to get people with disabilities into work

    The Danish Disability Organisations and the Confederation of Trade Unions have put forth ten proposals for the employment minister. Plus, a major biotech merger returns encouraging preliminary figures, and pollen season is already underway – here’s how to track it.


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  • Randers Municipality will be investigated in Nordic Waste case

    “We must do everything to avoid a similar case again,” said the environment minister. Plus, mink breeders will receive billions more in compensation for the corona-cull than originally agreed, Copenhagen roads are full of potholes after the recent icy spell, non-medical related egg donations between female partners are legalized, and fraudulent Ozempic prescriptions soar as people do anything they can to obtain the diabetes and slimming drug.


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  • Denmark tops list of least corrupt countries for sixth year in a row

    The annual ranking measures perceived corruption in 180 countries. Finland and New Zealand are second and third; Syria, Venezuela and Somalia come last. Plus, Chris Rock and Leonardo DiCaprio will remake Danish Oscar-winner ‘Druk’, daily direct flights from Copenhagen to Atlanta will launch this summer, and MOP Mike Fonseca is cleared of grooming charges.


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  • Denmark opens embassy and supports reforms in Moldova with DKK 44 million

    The funds will aid societal reform of the judiciary, anti-corruption and de-oligarchisation to support Moldova’s eventual EU membership. Plus, Denmark starts a DKK 650 agriculture development program in Uganda, while on home soil, a record high number of pet owners have been reported for neglect.


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  • Japanese biotech giant will bring thousands of jobs to Hillerød

    FUJIFILM has opened a multi-billion-kroner factory next door to Novo Nordisk. “The region has become an ecosystem for pharma companies,” says Dansk Industri. Plus, record numbers are referred to private hospitals, your pension payout may be earlier than you think, and a body has been found under the ice in a Nordsjælland lake.


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  • Metro is closed for two weeks in February – tunnels built to keep Copenhagen dry

    The news is underground today. While flooding once again haunts the shores of Nordsjælland, a huge tunnel project is underway to secure a dry capital. Commuters, beware, two Metro lines close in February, and the season for annual reports kicks in.


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  • Copenhagen Gaming Week puts Denmark on the consumer tech map

    The 12,500-strong international event points to a Danish consumer tech industry about to boom. It featured computer gaming, digital and physical sports, cosplay, boardgames, e-sports and a Counter-Strike 2 tournament. Plus, a Danish short is nominated for an Oscar, and Iceland may drop out of Eurovision if Israel takes part.


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  • Three Danish films in the running for Oscars nomination

    At 1430 today, the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced in a ceremony in LA. Plus, King Frederik X takes his first trip abroad as king, and Denmark’s climate policy minister pens an op-ed about the small nation’s outsized global influence on green-transition politics.


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  • Employment in Denmark continues to rise – economists predict peak

    Production is falling but employment is still rising. It’s an unsustainable trend: “Employers are hoarding labour,” says one economist. Plus, the foreign minister is in Brussels for marathon Middle East talks, Denmark is getting its own version of ‘The Crown’ about Queen Margrethe, and the steak restaurant Jensens Bøfhus is caught in the crossfire of an environmental fiasco.


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  • Denmark sends warship to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea

    The frigate has an extended self-defence mandate but will not attack Yemen’s coast, says defence minister. Plus, billions are being pumped into the military for fighter planes, missiles, revamped barracks, ammo and a “Patriot-like air defence”. Rumours abound that Danish PM will become Euro Council president, and Hövding bike helmets don’t protect you after all.


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  • Tourism in Denmark breaks records

    Many German visitors have helped to set a tourism record in Denmark. The Minister of Transport regrets the quality of public transport and the number of couriers in big cities has doubled in five years. Many of them are internationals.


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