Vincent and Josephine – and Waltzing Mathilda
Three months of speculation came to an end yesterday when the twins born to Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary were christened. The royal couple shunned more traditional names by naming the baby…
MoreLene E: More countries needed to bomb Gaddafi
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen has called on more NATO countries to join the alliance’s bombing missions in Libya. Ms Espersen said the USA’s withdrawn role has led to a shortage of…
MoreAPM splashes the cash
A.P. Møller-Mærsk (APM) is lining up a new multi-million dollar investment. According to the Singapore-based Business Times, APM CEO Nils Smedegaard said at the Singapore Maritime Lecture, Tuesday, that Mærsk Line is ‘likely’…
MoreCopenhagen Airport in line with the big boys
The opening up of a new Middle East route has boosted the international status of Copenhagen Airport. When Gulf Air starts to fly from Copenhagen to Bahrain on the 1st of July, alongside…
MoreMulti-million loss for DSB
The acting CEO of DSB, Klaus Pedersen, has been forced to resign after the release of figures showing the national rail carrier suffered a half-billion loss in 2010 after being forced to pump…
MoreLene E. urges US to stop executions with Danish drug
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen will urge the USA to stop using a drug produced by Danish medicinal company Lundbeck in executions in states that employ the death penalty. In a formal…
MoreDanish company continues use of toxic pesticide
The Danish company United Plantations in Malaysia continues to use the toxic monocrotophos, characterised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the most dangerous pesticides in the world. After reports last…
MoreReform programme divides electorate
Voters are less than enthusiastic about the government’s much-discussed 2020 plan. In a new Gallup poll taken the day after Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen projected a budget deficit of DKK47bn by 2020,…
MoreOpposition will roll back tax cuts
Around 700,000 taxpayers won’t be getting the tax relief they’ve been promised in 2014 if the opposition wins this year’s election. Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt acknowledged the need for a ‘tight budget’…
MoreTax provokes war of words
Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Helle Thorning-Schmidt became entangled in a war of words yesterday about whether the government intends to cut taxes. According to the Social Democrat leader, the PM said he wasn’t…
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