Turkey travel warning
Denmark has joined Germany in warning its citizens to avoid crowds outside tourist attractions in Turkey. The Danish Foreign Ministry updated its website following Tuesday’s deadly explosion in a historic district of Istanbul that…
MoreTax Ministry to help business with double taxation agreements
The government will give the business sector a boost by negotiating ‘double taxation agreements’ with a number of countries throughout the world so Danish companies avoid paying tax twice. Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen…
MoreLEGO changes ethical guidelines after Chinese artist controversy
LEGO has amended its policy for sales of its iconic building bricks in very large quantites after the controversy surrounding Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who accused the global toymaker of “censorship and discrimination”…
MoreMore problems for LEGO – fined in Germany
Danish toy giant LEGO has been fined DKK 970,000( €130,000) by the German competition authority for preventing stores from offering discounts on its popular toys in 2012 and 2013. Bundeskartellamt, the German regulator,…
MoreMaersk charged in Russia
The Maersk Line is one of five shipping companies charged with illegal price-fixing by the Russian competition authorities. The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has ruled that Maersk, French CMA CGM, Taiwanese Evergreen…
MoreLA leader threatens government – no tax cuts, no majority
The minority Liberal-led government is facing its first major survival test after Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said yesterday he can’t guarantee tax-reform negotiations this Spring as there’s too much political turbulence surrounding…
MoreTax dispute a ‘bomb under government’
Anders Samuelsen’s tax threat is a potential bomb under the government, leading political analysts agreed yesterday after the Liberal Alliance leader warned he couldn’t guarantee his party’s support after Constitution Day. Berlingske commentator…
MoreStøjberg retracts pork story
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has apologised for claiming that a kindergarten in Aalborg, Denmark’s third-biggest city, refuses to allow children to eat pork. During a speech to local Liberals in Frederikshavn, Friday, the…
MoreDanish companies desert China
An increasing number of Danish companies are pulling out of China, blaming slow economic growth and surging labour costs. For years it was attractive for Danish companies to close down in this country…
MoreDefence deal with Sweden
Sweden and Denmark will this week sign an agreement on closer military cooperation, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Näringsliv reported yesterday. Sweden’s Minister of Defence Peter Hultqvist told delegates at a defence conference, Monday, that…
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