Norden - The Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Tallinn has a new Director as of January 10th, Mr Berth Sundstr�m. Read more about him from here.

Information about Denmark for the Estonians seeking to start importing to Denmark or establish business relations with Danish companies. 

Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has opened a website on Business Diplomacy. Read more on how to make business in different countries and find some useful links from here.
 

Recent news from Copenhagen Post:

- No student grants for foreigners the parties propose. Last year, the state spent 318 million kroner on grants for 7,115 non-Danes. The cost of student grants for foreign nationals has more than doubled over the past 10 years, according to a summary from the agency that manages the programme. According to the proposal put forth by the Liberal Party, foreigners studing in Denmark will no longer qualify for the states student grant.

- Starting on January 1, foreigners seeking residence must pay for their application forms thousands of kroner. Critics have voiced their concerns, arguing that the fee will turn professionals away from Denmark and lead to them instead consider other countries where the fees are lower or non-existent.

- Local authorities have been given the go-ahead to use digital electoral registers in a general election, and so far 29 of the country's 98 local councils have decided to make use of digital aids for the forthcoming general election.

- Danish food ingredient and enzyme giant Danisco this week received a 36 billion kroner takeover bid from US-based chemical producer DuPont. While this is one of the biggest business deals in Danish history, it looks like 2011 will see several other such acquisitions by international companies. Numerous renowned Danish companies could be bought up by big multinational companies. Bankers have named Danish giants such as Vestas, NKT, Topdanmark and B&O have been named as possible targets.

Read more from http://www.cphpost.dk/business.html 

A new book "Living and Working in Denmark - an Expat Perspective" has been published by Danish Chamber of Commerce and Oxford Research in 2010. Download from http://www.decc.ee/links/danish-links 

Eesti Kodu is inviting for the general meeting on January 30th at 15:00, on Stenosgade 4. Register

info@eestikodu.dk

February 1
DECC is inviting to get introduced with the Estonian ICT Demo Centre at �lemiste City. Further to introduction of the synergy of different IT solutions, there'll be a seminar on intellectual property rights. More information from www.decc.ee

February 10
Pre-election political debate "The New State Objective" shall take place on Thursday, Feb 10 at Nordic Hotel Forum. Everyone interested in the political parties new programs, their ideas for the development of Estonia, wishing to ask questions from high politicians in person you are welcome to sign up already at info@decc.ee More information on the event www.decc.ee