Pay with cash? No thanks
‘Cashless shops’ – one of the new proposals in the government’s latest stimulus package for the business sector that will be presented at a government seminar in Helsingør today. For a three-year trial…
MoreMaersk ship to be released…or sold?
An Associated Press report that the Maersk Tigris cargo ship, seized by Iranian forces as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz last month, will likely be released in two days after it…
MoreBanking union membership dependent upon mortgage protection
Denmark is ready to stay outside Europe’s bank union as long as it takes to achieve a broad range of concessions for its $450 billion mortgage finance system. From Bloomberg News / Washington…
MoreEnergy agency shuts down fracking site
A controversial fracking site in Dybvad, northern Denmark, was shut down yesterday just two days after exploratory drilling started. Total had started drilling for shale gas on Monday, but the Danish Energy Agency intervened after it was…
MoreJustice Minister: No legal grounds to ban Islamist groups
Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen told a parliamentary hearing yesterday she would like to ban the radical Islamist organisation Hizb-ut Tahrir, which is already outlawed in a number of countries including Germany, Saudi Arabia,…
MoreDane found guilty of match fixing
A 28-year-old man was handed a one-year suspended prison sentence by a Danish court on Tuesday after being found guilty of fixing football matches involving second tier club Hvidovre. He was accused of…
MoreMohammed cartoons editor decries American political correctness
The editor who commissioned the Mohammad cartoons that triggered off protests throughout the Middle East a decade ago claims the failed attack on a Texas cartoon exhibition won’t change how “politically correct” Americans…
MoreNew stimulus package signals early election
The government’s new 50-point stimulus package for socially and financially depressed regions of Denmark is a sign that an election is on the way, Berlingske’s political analyst Thomas Larsen said yesterday. Prime Minister…
MoreEU: Denmark’s recovery is gathering speed
Historic-low interest rates, improved competiveness, and a favourable exchange rate are the main reasons behind the Danish economy’s steady recovery, the EU Commission said Tuesday. In its 2015 Spring Forecast report, the Commission…
MoreGovernment: No loss if Denmark stays out of banking union
The National Bank’s warning that it will cost Denmark DKK50mbn to remain outside the EU’s bank union is ‘groundless’ according to the government. In a new study of the union’s possible consequences for…
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