C20 continues nosedive
Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C20 index slipped under the sensitive 400 mark, Wednesday, after another turbulent day of trading. The C20 closed at 397.77, a fall of 2.1 percentage points and the first…
MoreNorwegian terror won’t become a campaign issue
Danish politicians on both sides of the aisle are determined not to allow the massacre in Norway to play any role in the upcoming election campaign in this country. In a survey by…
MoreNorwegian party has no allegiance with DPP
The Fremskrittspartiet (Progress Party) in Norway has rejected any kinship with the Danish People’s Party (DPP). DPP leader Pia Kjærsgaard has criticised head of the Norwegian party, Siv Jensen, for saying she would…
MoreMore powers for customs officials says DPP
Despite the dispute between Denmark and the EU over border control, the Danish People’s Party (DPP) continues to demand even more legislation. The party’s legal affairs spokesman, Peter Skarup, said yesterday that customs…
MoreWashington can learn from Danish debt model
If the USA wants to avoid the political drama of the past few weeks, as Congress and the White House fought over the debt-limit bill that could have brought the superpower to its…
MoreNo discrimination say police union boss
The Police Union has rejected allegations that its members employ racial profiling, although chairman of the union, Peter Ibsen, said he wasn’t surprised by the findings of a new report by the Documentation…
MoreF-16’s make surgical strikes
Danish F-16 fighter jets have over the past 24 hours dropped seven precision bombs on strategic positions in areas of heavy fighting in Libya between Tripoli and Zlitan. The strikes targeted ‘military depots…
MoreSoc Dems back Greenpeace action
The Social Democrats have warmly welcomed a new Greenpeace action off the coast of Sylt, in German territorial waters south of Rømø in Southern Jutland, where environment activists have dropped boulders into the…
MorePandora panic as shares head south
Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C20 index fell for the seventh day in a row, Monday, closing 2.9% down at 406.28, the sharpest one-day drop since May last year. The downward trend was fuelled…
MoreThe warships that can’t fight
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has reacted angrily to reports that a new DKK2bn Danish Navy warship will be used solely as a training vessel in this country as a result of defence…
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