Government ignores smoking threat
Despite new figures showing 75,000 cancer-related illnesses could be avoided if kids under the age of 17 never started smoking, lawmakers remain reluctant to support anti-smoking legislation. In a formal response to the…
MoreUkraine prime minister to open Copenhagen conference
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman will visit to Denmark on June 26-27 to attend the international Ukraine Reform Conference: “A Driver for Change”. Mr Groysman will officially open the conference alongside his Danish…
More‘Political bombshell’ as Social Democrats drop key ally
Mette Frederiksen is prepared to form a minority, Social Democrat-only government after the next election without the Social Liberals (R). Breaking with years of tradition the Social Democrat leader told Jyllands-Posten she’s no…
MoreLeft wing parties divided but vow to fight on
Although it’s uncertain where the ‘red line’ on the left of Danish politics is now located following Mette Frederiksen’s bombshell declaration of the Social Democrats’ ‘go it alone’ policy, the country’s two most…
MoreAnalyst: Social Democrats need ‘Social Liberal-free’ election campaign
The Social Democrats’ election campaign over the next 12 months needs to be to totally free of any Social Liberal issues, leading political analyst Hans Engell said last night following opposition leader Mette…
MoreGovernment secures majority for border fence
The government has been given the green light to build a 70-km fence along the border with Germany to keep out wild boar and help protect Denmark’s lucrative pork exports. The Danish People’s…
MoreBillion-kroner cash boost for health sector
The health sector will be given a DKK1bn cash injection following an agreement between the government and regional authorities. At the same time the government has dropped its requirement of a 2% increase…
MoreNATO invests in Bornholm radar to monitor Russia
NATO has agreed to invest a ‘significant amount’ to upgrade Denmark’s military’s radar station on Bornholm to monitor Russian planes. The investment will also ensure 20 military-related jobs are maintained on the strategic…
MoreU.S. authorities could probe Danske Bank
Danske Bank has so far emerged relatively unscathed from its money laundering scandal in Estonia but things could get seriously worse if the U.S. authorities get involved. While the Estonian and Danish financial…
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Danish Crown buys Dutch bacon company but fires 150 in UK / Vestas inks big deals in Mexico, Norway Danish Crown, Denmark’s biggest food exporter, has acquired Dutch bacon business Zandbergen through its subsidiary…
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