Ambitious green goals
Out with fossil-fuelled heating, in with wind-driven energy – that’s the core of a new government white paper to be published today, Energy Strategy 2050, that will make Denmark free of coal, oil…
MoreDecision time for Christiania
The ruling Liberal Party has warned that the state will start to sell off publicly-owned buildings in the ‘free state’ of Christiania unless residents are prepared to abide by the rules. After last…
MoreBeer for votes
The Liberals’ youth wing’s (VU) new recruitment campaign, offering free entrance to a discotheque and free drinks to potential new members, has come under fire from rival parties. A Red/Green Alliance spokesman called…
MoreRecord profit for APM
A.P. Møller-Mærsk (APM) emerged from 2010 with a DKK28.2bn profit, an impressive comeback for Denmark’s biggest company after a loss-making 2009. The company is slightly more pessimistic about 2011, which has started with…
MoreCash windfall for Mærsk McKinney
A.P. Møller-Mærsk (APM) has celebrated its record 2010 year by paying out a DKK1,000 per share yield to share holders – three times as much as 2009’s DKK350 per share. With 4.4 million…
MoreAPM profits won’t boost the economy
A.P. Møller-Mærsk (APM) is no longer the cash cow for the Danish state it has been. Although the company has posted record profits of nearly DKK30bn for 2010, analysts claim the effect on…
MoreEconomy shrinking at ‘Zimbabwe speed’
The Danish economy’s negative growth for the past three years has sent the country tumbling to the bottom of a new global survey. Only one country in Africa is ranked lower, Zimbabwe, and…
MoreEmbassy hoists freedom flag
The Libyan embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, which is also the embassy for Denmark, has replaced the green flag used by the Gaddafi regime since 1969 with the flag of freedom that demonstrators in…
MoreI’ll choose my own cabinet says Helle
Helle Thorrning-Schmidt has denied that Harald Børsting, head of the powerful LO (The Confederation of Danish Trade Unions) has the right of veto over cabinet ministers if she becomes Prime Minister. The Social…
MoreAmnesty: Prisoner was definitely tortured
Ghousoulah Tarin, an Afghan prisoner captured by Danish troops, was definitely subjected to torture after being placed in American custody. A new medical report by Amnesty International, published just as the pre-trail procedures…
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