Business Minister denies Nordea is ‘too big’ for Denmark
Business Minister Brian Mikkelsen has dismissed concern that Scandinavia’s biggest bank, Nordea, would pose a systemic risk to Denmark’s economy if the Swedish bank decided to move its headquarters to Copenhagen. Nordea is…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 22nd – 28th 2017
Politics/Economy Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen vowed to strengthen the battle against terrorism after the ’cowardly, vile attack’ in Manchester, UK, where at least 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber Monday…
MoreIsrael complains over Palestine funding
Israeli Prime Minister Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a personal phone call to his Danish counterpart, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, expressing his dissatisfaction with Denmark’s financial support for Palestinian organisations. During a recent…
MoreMinister appoints Digital Ambassador
Denmark has appointed its first ever digital ambassador, to be stationed in Silicon Valley, USA. The announcement in January that Denmark would appoint an official ambassador to the tech sector made a splash…
MoreVoters believe DPP has the most power
Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has more influence in parliament than Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, according to a majority of voters in a new poll. The survey of 1194…
MorePolice response times on the rise
Danish police response times have increased by more than 20% from 2014 to 2016, but Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen promises that waits will come down. In 2014 the average wait for a…
MoreRight wing parties defend embattled minister
Parties on the right have come out in defence of Integration Minister Inger Støjberg in response to allegations that she deliberately misinformed parliament about the legality of a decision to separate child brides….
MorePM: Denmark a ‘core member’ of NATO
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen defended Denmark’s contribution to NATO ahead of a meeting of the western military alliance in Brussels, Thursday. Denmark is one of a number of NATO members criticised by…
MoreDONG leaves oil business
Energy giant DONG is selling its oil and gas exploration wing to Ineos AG for DKK8.7bn ($1.3bn) in order to refocus on green energy production. Partially state-owned DONG currently operates in the sectors…
MoreKorean heiress drops extradition appeal
Chung Yoo-ra, the 21-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the centre of the massive corruption scandal that led to former President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment, has dropped the appeal of her deportation…
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