Danish Tax Minister positive towards diesel tax hike
Diesel fuel could be on its way to being some 20% dearer than current prices, if a new proposal from the EU Commission is accepted. This would mean a rise of some 2.22…
MoreErik Skov admits to fraud in court
Former businessman and Conservative media head, Erik Skov Pedersen, today made his appearance in court to answer charges of fraud and falsification of documents. Pedersen, who is also well known as the partner…
MoreSocial Liberals threaten DPP
If the opposition gains power in this year’s election the latest immigration restrictions proposed by the Danish People’s Party (DPP) will be repealed. The government has attempted to bring the Social Liberals and…
MoreTime to choose sides
The Socialist People’s Party’s policy spokesman, Ole Sohn, has warned the Social Liberals they will have to fall in line if they want to join a future centre-left government. The Social Democrats have…
MoreDPP dismisses EU border control proposal
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has dismissed EU plans to increase border controls as ‘totally insufficient’. Although the party has called for border controls to be reintroduced, in return for its support of…
MoreDenmark fails to respond to human rights recommendations
Denmark has declined to respond to 133 recommendations from the UN Human Rights Council, including questions about equal rights, domestic violence and human trafficking. Jonas Christoffersen, head of the Danish Institute of Human…
MoreLundbeck fights back
H. Lundbeck isn’t afraid that it’s brand image could be damaged by the controversy surrounding the use of its epilepsy medicine in US executions. Despite widespread media condemnation of the Danish pharmaceutical powerhouse…
MoreAPM hires pirate-buster
A.P. Moeller-Maersk (APM) has hired an ‘anti-piracy’ supremo, 48-year-old Danish army Major Henrik Ehlers Kragh, to combat the constant threat of its ships being hi-jacked and make the shipping giant’s views about criminal…
More$1 under DKK5
The US dollar dropped to under five Danish kroner, Wednesday, the lowest for two years but still a fair way from the all-time low of DKK4.65 in the summer of 2008. http://borsen.dk/nyheder/investor/artikel/1/206747/dollar_under_5_kroner.html
MoreNorway – we bombed Gaddafi’s house
Who bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s house last weekend and killed his youngest son? According to the British newspaper, The Guardian, it was Danish F-16’s, but sources close to the Norwegian Air Force have now…
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