Greenland PM looks to build coalition following tight election
As reported by 7.59 Wednesday, Greenland’s ruling Siumut party won Tuesday’s general election but with a reduced share of the vote – 27 percent, down from 34 percent four years ago. Left-leaning Inuit…
MoreRed/Greens present socialist manifesto
A state-controlled non-profit bank, DKK7bn in tax cuts for low earners, free dental treatment, and cheaper collective transport – just some of the socialistic principles that would be implemented by the Red/Green Alliance…
MoreDKK730m for Syria
As the co-host of a UN-EU conference in Brussels on the future of Syria that got underway in Brussels, Wednesday, Minister of Development Cooperation Ulla Tørnæs stressed the need for international support –…
MoreQueen to cover financial loss
The Danish Royal Family was a loss-making enterprise last year. The latest accounts show that despite an increase in state funding, to DKK83.2m, the Royal Household posted a DKK 2.8m loss in 2017, primarily…
MoreBusiness shorts
Business school tests fingerprint payments / Arla suffers form Brexit / Robot company sold to U.S. Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is testing an electronic payment system with no cards or pin codes –…
MoreStrike latest: Late night deal divides unions
The possibility of a public-sector strike that could have paralysed the nation has diminished after the powerful Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), an umbrella organisation for 18 Danish trade unions, reached a compromise with employers…
MoreGreenland election: No change
The social democrat Siumut has emerged as the winner in Tuesday’s general election in Greenland and will continue to be the biggest party in the Landsting parliament. Sara Olsvig, head of the leftist…
MoreLøkke in fake news feud
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen became embroiled in a war of words on social media yesterday after populist tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet reported he had acted as an advisor for his wife, Solrún,…
MoreSpokeswoman fired for challenging burka bill
The Social Democrats’ have fired their development aid spokeswoman for defying the party line on the ban the burka bill that’s currently passing through parliament. Mette Gjerskov has consistently said she won’t support…
MoreNo majority for government’s move to jail neglectful social workers
The Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party (DPP) have rejected the government’s proposal to jail public sector professionals who fail to protect vulnerable children. As part of its efforts to combat the parallel…
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