Politicians set to approve Fehmarn contracts
A broad parliamentary majority will likely allow Fehmarn A/S, the company charged with the construction of a 18 kilometer-long fixed link to Germany, to enter into a number of landmark construction contracts, DR…
The Week That Was, March 4th – 10th 2023:
Politics/Economy: Parliament, and Denmark, was shocked by the sudden death of Conservative Party leader Søren Pape Poulsen at the age of 52. The government will convene all-party talks about rising anti-Semitism in this country…
Business shorts
Danish Crown misled consumers…..Scandlines loses challenge to DK-Germany tunnel….Denmark inks carbon storage deal with France…. The High Court has ruled that Danish Crown, the world’s largest pork exporter, misled consumers by advertising its…
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Denmark the organic leader….Germany-Denmark rail link on track…Electric highway to UK fired up…. Danes outstrip Germans, Italians, and the French in organic food sales. Denmark ranks first among the world’s top ten most organic…
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Business confidence up….Tesla sales boom….Germany starts rail ink to Danish tunnel…. Business confidence strengthened in December to the highest level in five months. Despite a slight drop in consumer confidence the latest Statistics…
Russian ship spied on polar research vessel
A Russian navy vessel came ‘dangerously close’ to a research ship with Danish marine scientists on board in September. Based on information from the Norwegian authorities, DR News and Norwegian NRK report how…
Russian spy ship escorted out of Danish waters
An alleged Russian spy ship was escorted out of Danish territorial waters last week. News site BT reported that the Yevgeny Gorigledzhan, a Russian Navy oceanographic vessel officially designed for sea bed surveys…
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Cost of DK-Germany tunnel explodes…SAS posts $161m loss despite passenger increase… The construction of the Fehmarn Belt link between Germany and Denmark, the world’s longest combined rail and road tunnel, is moving ahead…
The Week That Was, January 31st – February 6th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: On February 1st, Denmark became the first EU country to scrap most pandemic restrictions, saying it no longer considers COVID-19 “a socially critical disease” – Head of the…
Spanish company in cartel scandal close to winning multi-billion tunnel contract
A Spanish company fined more than DKK200m four months ago for its part in an illegal cartel is close to winning a multi-billion contract for the supply and installation of electrical and mechanical…
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