Strong push for EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement by Danish EU Presidency
From Ministry of Foreign Affairs: http://um.dk/ Denmark’s Minister for Trade and Investment, Mrs. Pia Olsen Dyhr, has agreed with her Japanese counterpart, Mr. Yukio Edano, Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, that the…
MoreGovernment drops congestion charge
The government has dropped plans to impose a congestion fee on all cars entering Copenhagen. After months of dispute about funding, how revenue would be spent, and threats from the Socialist People’s Party…
MoreCongestion charge fiasco – no gloating from opposition
The Liberals welcomed the government’s decision to drop the proposed congestion charge ‘on behalf of all the motorists in and around Copenhagen who would have had to find an extra DKK20,000 a year….
MoreAgency assesses government’s energy goals
Denmark should invest heavily in ‘energy highways’ so that large amounts of electricity from different sources can be more easily imported and exported in the future. This was one of the main recommendations…
MoreStrong Nordic currencies good for Danish exports
Both the Norwegian and Swedish krone are near their highest levels in 10 years against the Danish krone – the Swedish krone’s exchange rate reached DKK84 yesterday and the Norwegian krone DKK99. According…
MoreCompensation for climate demonstrators
Copenhagen Police has been forced to pay a collective DKK1.8m to 259 demonstrators who the High Court ruled were unlawfully detained during the COP15 climate conference in 2009. Another 230 who were taken…
MoreLegislators ask Obama to stop Danish magazine tax
When Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt (Social Democrats) visits The White House on Friday, US President Barack Obama may ask her to block the Danish VAT increase on foreign magazines. Every year, the United…
MoreNo crisis says PM
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt assured journalists at her weekly press conference that cooperation between the government coalition parties remains excellent, despite reported internal division about the controversial congestion charge. She dismissed rumours that…
MoreSøvndal to Tunisia
Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal will participate in the inaugural meeting of the ‘Friends of Syria’ group to be hosted by Tunisia, Friday, that will explore ways to further isolate President Bashar…
MoreVestager welcomes, but expresses caution about Greek bailout
The eurozone’s latest bailout package for Greece provides ‘great hope’ for the country’s future but is no guarantee for success, Finance Minister Margrethe Vestager said today ahead of a meeting of all EU…
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