Archive for March 16th, 2006
Danes vs. Swedes
Say what you will about the Swedes, but in international settings they have never lacked chutzpah.
The latest proof was offered by the business promotion agencies of Copenhagen and Stockholm who have engaged in a fierce battle over how the said cities should be promoted at an international business fair i Cannes.
The Danes have joined forces with Malmö to promote the Øresund Region while the Stockholmers simply declared that Stockholm as the Capital of Scandinavia is the only natural choice if you want to do business in the Baltic region.
That left the Danish delegation less than happy and a spokesman for Copenhagen Capacity suggested that the cooperation between the business promotion agencies would be affected in the future.
We can only hope that no-one loses his or her head because of this dispute.