Nordic countries join forces in 5G trial amidst concerns about Huawei
Sweden’s Telia and Norway’s Telenor have announced plans to conduct a 5G mobile network trial with Finland’s Nokia in Denmark, in direct competition with China’s Huawei. The announcement, Monday, came after a number of…
MoreGlobal window company in corruption scandal
A former top executive at Velux, the world’s leading manufacturer of roof windows and skylights, has been charged with industrial espionage in the latest corruption scandal to hit the Danish business sector. The…
MoreDenmark low on ‘green transport’ – Sweden leads the way
Denmark is a lowly 11th on a Eurostat list of the share of energy from renewable sources used for transport in the European Union (EU). The EU average stood at 7.6 % in…
MoreBusiness shorts
Vestas turbines to power 200,000 homes in Western Australia / Slight dip in retail sales / Nordea HQ to become new Hilton hotel…. Wind energy giant Vestas has signed a DKK1.9bn ($286m) contract with…
MorePM in Egypt: No cooperation with Syria on foreign fighters
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has dismissed calls to prosecute Danish foreign fighters in Syria where they are imprisoned. Speaking from the first ever EU-Arab League Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sunday, the…
MoreSecurity alert at ministers’ homes
PET (Danish Intelligence) was last night reluctant to explain why security was tightened outside the homes of Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen and Integration Minister Inger Støjberg, Sunday. Following reports that ‘heavily armed…
MoreSocial Democrat leader offers support for depressed party whip
Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen has given party whip Henrik Sass Larsen a vote of confidence after he admitted to suffering from bouts of depression. The opposition leader said she would have no…
MoreLA youth wing rocked by sex allegations
Police are investigating allegations of sexual abuse against young female members of the Liberal Alliance’s youth wing (LAU). In an anonymous ‘witness declaration’, seven young women claim to have suffered rape, harassment, and…
MoreAnti-Israel demonstrators at song contest
Demonstrators gathered outside the Boxen Arena in Herning, Saturday, in protest against this year’s Eurovision song contest being held in Israel. As Danish artists battled to become Denmark’s representative this year, a group…
MoreMore Swedbank links to Danske scandal
A global advisory services and accounting company hired by Swedbank last week, following a report that linked the Swedish bank to the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, has been under investigation in this…
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