DPP demands tougher Tibet Commission agenda
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has refused to support the justice ministry’s draft agenda for the new Tibet Commission. Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen has ordered the Tibet Commission to be re-opened following the discovery…
MoreTV licence fee dropped – cutbacks at DR
The contentious ‘media licence’ imposed on anybody who owns a TV, radio, computer, or smart phone in this country is to be phased out by 2022 and replaced by a tax – the…
MoreOpposition backs energy bill but vows to fight on
The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) signed the new energy bill, agreed Friday, but vowed to continue the ‘climate battle’ with the government this autumn. Both parties expressed satisfaction they had…
More6-month reprieve for F-16s
Denmark’s ageing fleet of F-16 fighter jets, heading for the scrapyard in 2024, have been given a 6-month stay of execution due to a delay in the construction of the new base for…
MoreOpponents claim anti-crime bill will criminalise 10-year-olds
Criminal kids as young as 10 could be punished by a new Juvenile Crime Board, part of the new, anti-crime package agreed by the government, Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Social Democrats (S),…
MoreCompanies gear up for summer hiring spree
Companies throughout Denmark are ready to hire an extra 18,000 new workers over the next few months. As in previous years, the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) trade organisation has surveyed the heads…
MoreDrastic cuts ahead for wind turbines
Years of wind turbine proliferation in Denmark are coming to an end, much to the joy of the Danish People’s Party (DPP). Ahead of negotiations for a new, long-term energy bill the populist…
MoreBusiness shorts
Orsted inks world’s biggest turbine deal / KMD signs agreement with IBM / 2 big South America contracts for Vestas Partially state-owned energy giant Orsted has signed the world’s largest single turbine deal…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 25th – July 1st 2018
Politics/Economy Uffe Elbæk, head of the radical green Alternative party, put himself forward as a potential prime minister after the next election, claiming he’s tired of the usual ‘presidential run-off’ between two candidates….
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