Share shut-down for SAS
Share trading in struggling airline SAS was temporarily halted on all Nordic stock exchanges Tuesday morning after negative media reports speculating about the company’s financial future. A stock-market notification from Stockholm Stock Exchange…
MoreAnarchists charged with terrorism
Five young Danish left-wing extremists appeared in Copenhagen District Court, Monday, charged under the Terrorism Act of carrying out violent acts throughout the Copenhagen region and setting fire to the Greek embassy. Amongst other…
More‘Sandy’ dominates the news
All Danish newspapers today provide massive coverage of Hurricane Sandy, which is creating havoc along the east coast of the USA. The story has pushed much Danish news aside – obviously, more comprehensive…
MoreLiberals look for budget ‘big picture’
Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has expressed hope that Tuesday’s meeting in the Finance Ministry will shed some light on whether the government is really serious about negotiating a budget agreement with his…
MoreRed/Greens ease budget demands
Fear of being sidelined in budget negotiations has forced the Red/Green Alliance to back down on one of its key issues – an extension of the entitlement period for unemployment benefits. Policy spokesperson…
MoreDenmark’s EU rebate not part of budget proposals – yet
The Cypriot EU presidency’s expected proposals for the next seven-year EU budget were delayed, Monday, because the country’s Minister for Europe, Andreas Mavroyiannis, was on his way to Denmark. But according to Presidency…
MoreSAS looks for more cutbacks
Facing the prospect of even greater losses, struggling airline SAS has announced it will ‘turn every stone’ to find areas where it can cut costs as it battles to avert a fifth straight…
MoreDanish observer reports election fraud in Ukraine
A Danish observer in the Ukraine has accused the ‘oligarchs’ of stealing Sunday’s election. The Red/Greens’ Nikolaj Wilumsen, appointed by the Council of Europe to monitor voting in the capital of Kiev, said…
MoreNordea forecasts negative interest until 2014
The Danish Central Bank’s stubborn strategy of maintaining the Danish krone’s fixed exchange rate policy against the euro by keeping interest rates low will continue to have side effects for the financial sector,…
MoreLight at the end of housing tunnel?
After five years of crisis of falling prices and home repossessions the Danish housing market is slowly showing slight signs of recovery. Prices have fallen by an average of 25 per cent on…
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