Løkke on EU lobbying mission
EU leaders took around four minutes to rubber-stamp the negotiating strategy for upcoming Brexit talks, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said after Saturday’s Brussels summit, which allowed him to spend the rest of…
MoreEuropol deal sealed
The long-negotiated Europol compromise was finally confirmed, Saturday, less than 48 hours before today’s May 1st deadline when Denmark was facing total exclusion after Danes voted to maintain the country’s justice opt-out in a 2015…
MoreDanes’ enthusiasm for EU continues to grow
The EU has become more popular in this country since Great Britain voted to leave last year. A new European Parliament report shows the number of Danish voters who look ‘positively’ at the…
MoreMay 1st celebration – but are workers still left wing?
As the left-wing celebrates International Workers’ Day today with rallies and demonstrations throughout the country, a new study shows a majority of ‘blue collar’ employees voted for a right-leaning party at the 2015…
MorePM hopes to boost ties to China
Ahead of his arrival in Beijing tomorrow (Tuesday) for the first official Danish trip since 2008, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he aims to boost China-Denmark relations to a ‘new high’. In…
MoreHungry Chinese consumers ready to solve oyster plague
Chinese consumers have offered to eradicate Denmark’s oyster problems – by eating them. Since the Royal Danish Embassy in Beijing posted a Roskilde University report on its website identifying a plague of Pacific oysters…
More6 charged with terrorism
Six men were charged with violating Danish terrorism laws, Friday, after allegedly joining the Islamic State (ISIS) from 2013 to 2016. Prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said the charges were based on a list of names that…
MoreNovo settles U.S. lawsuit
Multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, Denmark’s biggest company by market capitalisation, has agreed to settle a U.S. lawsuit regarding kickbacks to doctors. The company allegedly disguised salespeople as medical professionals to push its top selling Victoza diabetes drug…
MoreExports create 775,000 jobs
Danish exports create around 775,000 jobs today, the highest level since the financial crisis a new study by the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) shows. According to Deputy Director at DI Kent Damsgaard, the…
MoreDanske Bank earns $800m in Q1
Danske Bank, the Nordic region’s best-performing bank, reported net income of DKK 5.53bn ($808m) in the first-quarter of 2017 as profit jumped 12 percent. “The first three months of the year were characterised by…
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