(keep yourself posted with the event calendar at www.decc.ee/events/upcoming-events)

May 2-29

Nordic Look - will be bringing together leading designers from all five Nordic countries and Estonia in a way that has never been seen before. Nordic Look values art, creativity, innovation, economical production and nature. More information coming up.

June 13-14

In cooperation with Vertex Consulting, the Danish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce is inviting you to an international conference "The Next Level of Exporting" - a great opportunity to get together in highly intelligent and international environment. In addition to valuable content there is also good chance for networking in the evening reception taking place after the conference. You are also welcome to the workshops the next day. The event takes place on June 13 and 14. Please see more detailed information on the conference website www.vertexconference.eu NB! To register with the special discounted rate for DECC members please choose the normal participation fee on the registration form and add the code "DECC" in to the comments field which ensures discount for you.

Coming up:

Football Tournament, May 21st

Summer party, May 27th

Reception at Danish King's Garden, June 15th

Nordic Open, October

Christmas Party, Dec 9th

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Recent news from Copenhagen Post:

- Trust-busters call on Maersk during European raid. Visit during surprise during inspection of several companies not a sign of wrongdoing, company says. Shipping giant A.P Moller-Maersk was one of several companies to receive unannounced visits on Tuesday by European antitrust officials over allegations of anticompetitive behaviour. In a statement, the regulators stated they had "reason to believe" that the European Union's cartel or monopoly abuse rules, had been breached. None of the companies involved were formally named, but in an e-mail to Berlingske newspaper, Christian Kledal, the head of Maersk's legal group, acknowledged the company's involvement in the investigation.

- American chemical maker buys Danish biotech for 34 billion kroner. After months of speculation and some unprecedented persuasion the deal to sell food ingredients maker Danisco to US-based chemical maker DuPont for 700 kroner per share was sealed on Monday. When DuPont made its first offer of 665 kroner per share on January 10, the price for Danisco stock was 530 kroner. But Danisco's share price leaped after DuPont's offer. Four months of speculation and public pressure from Danisco itself and a major shareholder, the pension fund ATP, followed.  When DuPont raised its bid to 700 kroner per share at the end of last month, 92.2 percent of the shareholders assented - 2.2. percent more than the 90 percent minimum required for DuPont to delist the company from the Copenhagen stock exchange. The Danisco group is comprised of two business areas: food ingredients and industrial biotech. The company employs some 7,000 people globally with operations in 23 countries.

- Two young Danes big winners in tech purchases. Big paydays after Microsoft acquires Skype and TDC swoops up Onfone. The tech world was abuzz last week with the news that Skype - the popular VOIP system used to make free video calls and discounted phone calls - was purchased by Microsoft for a cool $8.5 billion. Since the purchase, speculation has swirled about Microsoft's plans for Skype. Will the service remain free? Will it continue to be available on Apple and Android operating systems? Was the purchase nothing more than a way of sticking a thumb in the eye of rivals Google and Facebook? As the questions flew, Danish entrepreneur Janus Friis was sitting back counting a boatload of money. And not for the first time. 

The 34-year-old Friis founded Skype in 2003 along with Swede Niklas Zennstr�m, with whom he also paired on the peer-to-peer music file sharing service Kazaa. Two years after founding Skype, they sold it to eBay for $2.6 billion. Though Friis and Zennstr�m sued Skype in 2009 over patent issues, they maintained a 14 percent stake in Skype through the investment company Joltid Ltd, of which the two Scandinavians each own 18.75 percent. Joltid Ltd is expected to gain $1.1 billion from the Microsoft purchase, which is the largest in the software giant's 36-year-history. In addition to their success with Kazaa and Skype, Friis and Zennstr�m are also behind Joost, a software application for distributing online video content that was sold to Adconion Media Group in November 2009, and the cloud-based streaming music subscription service Rdio.

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

• Next DECC council meeting will take place on May 31. In case anyone would like to suggest a topic or make a proposal to be discussed, please feel free to contact info@decc.ee and inform us about it.

Contact Info
Manager of the Chamber, Merli Lindberg, info@decc.ee Tel: +372 502 4006 Skype: merli.lindberg