Denmark in NATO exercise
Denmark is currently participating in NATO’s week-long Crisis Management Exercise 2016 (CMX16), the military alliance’s regularly-held decision-making and consultation exercise which involves no deployed forces. The European Union is observing the exercise, based…
MoreDead body found near Little Mermaid
A dead body was found close to the Little Mermaid Wednesday. Navy divers discovered the rotting corpse on the seabed at Langelinie but Copenhagen Police said they have no idea who it is…
MoreCard transactions up but no increase in private spending
Retail purchases with the national debit card Dankort rose 13 percent in February from a year earlier to DKK 27.2bn ($4 bn), the latest data from card services firm Nets shows. However, even…
MoreEU seed money for small businesses
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and The Danish Growth Fund (Vækstfonden) have signed the first COSME agreement in Denmark, benefiting from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart…
MoreTrade push leads to joint Saudi-Danish business council
The Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) and Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a joint Saudi-Danish business council. The agreement was signed, Monday, at…
MoreDanish politicians criticise Turkey
Danish politicians have showered Turkey with criticism after the country’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, demanded a long list of concessions from the EU for helping to alleviate the refugee crisis. His demand for…
More16-year-old charged with planning terrorism
A 16-year-old girl been charged with planning a terrorist attack on two schools, her own and the Jewish Caroline School in Copenhagen, police said yesterday. The girl, then only 15, was detained in…
MoreImams need education says Muslim society
The Danish-Islamic Faith Society has called for a formal education for imams in this country, in response to the public outcry provoked by the TV2 documentary series ‘Mosques Behind the Veil’ in which…
MoreGovernment could be forced to roll back spending cuts
The Social Democrats will put forward a motion today that would, if passed, force the government to roll back plans to cut DKK2.4bn from local authorities’ spending this year. It’s the first time…
MoreLocal mayors want low start wage for refugees
A group of local Social Democrat mayors have defied the party line by proposing lower wages for refugees to help ease them into the labour market, Berlingske reports. Party leadership has consistently rejected…
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