Supected terrorist arrested at border
German police have arrested a potential terrorist as he attempted to cross the border into Denmark. The Syrian national was arrested on suspicion of planning to carry out an attack after discovering that…
MoreMeat output rises, milk tumbles
Danish meat production is increasing but there’s been a significant decline in dairy output, the latest Statistics Denmark figures show. Farmers reared 8 million pigs over the last 3 months, a 2.1% increase…
More2025-plan ‘dead and buried’
Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s long term, 2025 economic plan has been consigned to the scrapheap. The PM was forced to drop his ‘masterplan’ three weeks ago after failing to reach agreement with his centre-right…
MoreChina postpones Løkke’s trip
The Chinese government has, at very short notice, postponed Prime Miniser Lars Lokke Rasmussen’s planned visit to China at the start of December. And according to ‘highly placed sources’ close to Jyllands-Posten, a…
MoreMinisters decline to discuss Ban ki-Moon letter
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has refused to appear before a parliamentary committee to explain why sensitive correspondence from Ban ki-Moon was kept secret. The PM, alongside Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen and Integration…
MoreNew coalition partners agree on EU
Although the Liberal Alliance has disagreements with its prospective coalition partners on EU policy it won’t be an issue that splits the new government, leading political commentator, and ex-Conservative leader, Hans Engell said…
MoreMaersk demands North Sea tax deal
The Danish Underground Consortium (DUC), led by Maersk Oil, is demanding significant tax concessions for its North Sea drilling operations before the New Year. Maersk has threatened to shut down the main Tyra…
MoreNew unemployment figures reflect stagnant labour market
New unemployment figures reflect a struggling labour market. The labour participation rate (LFS), the percentage of working-age persons in an economy who are unemployed, rose to 189,000 in the third quarter, an increase…
MoreDrone delivers contraband to prisoner
Criminals are using the latest technology to smuggle contraband to prisoners desperate for supplies from the outside world. A drone flew a load of illegal items to an inmate’s cell on the fourth…
MoreLøkke: I’m still standing
While the two prospective coalition partners, Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Anders Samuelsen, are trying to reach agreement about the new government’s political platform, they disagree about why the Liberal Alliance (LA) leader dropped…
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