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Exports to Thailand up/Danish companies head for Chile/Vietnam award for ambassador Thailand: Danish exports to Thailand rose by 56% in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2014,…
MoreElection 2015: ‘Red’ Johanne is most popular leader – by far
The Red/Greens’ Johanne Schmidt Nielsen, who would have been forced to leave parliament because of internal party rotation rules if the election hadn’t been called before June 1st, is the most popular party…
MoreElection 2015: Opposition’s lead slashed
The opposition continues to maintain a very slight lead in the election race. The latest Epinion poll for DR News shows, as all other polls, a virtual dead heat between the two sides,…
MoreElection 2015: Biggest voter shift since 1973
If the trend of the Epinion poll (above) is repeated at the general election it would signal the biggest voter swing since the ‘landslide’ election of 1973, when the ‘Progress Party’ (the forerunner…
MoreElection 2015: Løkke struggling in wake of Thorning comeback
Unless the opposition manages to stop its slide they’re heading for defeat, according to Berlingske’s political analyst Thomas Larsen who predicts that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schnidt is on the verge of a historic…
MoreDPP pushes for EU membership referendum
The EU-sceptic Danish People’s Party (DPP), which looks like holding the balance of power after the general election, is leading the push for a British-style referendum on EU membership. DPP leader leader Kristian…
MoreDanes exaggerate Muslim presence
Danes believe there are far more Muslims living in Denmark than the true figures show. In a new Megafon survey for TV2, the average Dane estimates the number of Muslim residents at around…
MoreEx-NATO boss to appear before Iraq Commission
Former prime minister and NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen and ex-foreign minister Per Stig Møller have been summoned to appear before the Iraq Commission, which was appointed in 2012 to investigate the…
MoreBudget surplus
Denmark’s budget showed a DKK34.6bn surplus last year, DKK10bn more than projected. New statistics Denmark figures show public finaces were boosted by a one-off DKK62bn windfall from the government’s pension reform programme, without…
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Maersk Line signs new super ship deal / Foreign exchange reserves down Maersk: Maersk Line has signed a new, DKK12bn ($1.8bn) contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for eleven, plus six optional,…
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