EU warns of dangers of Danes’ debt
A highly critical report on Danes’ borrowings by the EU Commission was today revealed, albeit in draft form. Danes are close to the top of the league amongst EU citizens, when it comes…
MoreGreenpeace activists remanded in custoday
A court in Nuuk, Greenland, yesterday ruled that 17 Greenpeace members should remain in custody for a further two weeks. ’Our Foreigners’ Department is still considering whether they can be deported,’ said legal…
MoreMany Danes convinced of media bias
Newspapers and other media favour the government, believes every third Dane. This was the main finding of a new Megafon opinion poll, commissioned by the liberal newspaper, Politiken, in conjunction with TV2. The…
MoreEU millions to save Danish idyll
The EU will heavily support one of the most extensive projects yet seen to secure the future of an area of outstanding natural beauty. The area in question is Lille Vildmose, (small wild…
MoreRed Block rejects criticism of its figures
The rich are better off since the financial crisis, insisted Jonas Schytz Juul, head analyst of the Trade Unions’ Business Council, today, in response to criticism from Bo Sandemann Rasmussen, business professor at…
MoreFibre optics company announces major losses again
Danish Broadband today announced a large deficit in their accounts for 2010. The loss was of the magnitude of DKK42mn, which worked out at a daily loss of DKK115,000. This means that there…
MoreEU plans help for embattled cucumber producers
The EU Commission announced emergency plans today to provide assistance to hard-pressed cucumber and salad farmers in the wake of the German E Coli crisis. An extraordinary meeting has been called in Luxemburg…
MoreElection themes laid out in Constitution Day speeches
Party leaders and other prominent politicians set out the themes of the coming election campaign in the traditional Constitution Day speeches on Sunday throughout Denmark. For the leaders of the two governing parties,…
MoreGreenland seeks to deport Greenpeace activists
The Greenland authorities in Nuuk are preparing the legal case to throw out 18 activists from Greenpeace in the immediate future. The activists occupied the exploratory drilling platform, “Leiv Eriksson”, in an attempt…
MoreSome good news says food safety boss
The Food Safety authority in Denmark will reassess its warnings on the consumption of salad vegetables from Germany and Spain. The announcement came in the light of Sunday’s news that beansprouts grown in…
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