Island dispute could be settled soon
The years-long territorial dispute between Canada and Denmark over the tiny, barren Hans Island could end in a novel solution – dividing the island into two. According to the Canadian National Post newspaper,…
MoreHospitals renewal programme will create 61,000 jobs.
It’s estimated that the nationwide hospital construction project that’s underway will create around 61,000 extra jobs and have a positive effect on employment right through until the start of the 2020’s when the…
MoreRelocation the key to fighting hunger, believes Minister
Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach (Social-Liberals) has suggested a controversial new approach to preventing humanitarian crises in the developing world: curb population growth by forcibly relocating people from rural areas to…
MoreVestas is a bargain but also a ‘hornet’s nest’
Shares in Vestas reached their lowest level in almost nine years as prices yesterday sunk to DKK47,83, which significantly reduced the market value of the world’s largest windmill manufacturer. But despite the drop,…
MorePodio cashes in on market for business collaboration
American IT giant Citrix has bought Danish software company Podio for an undisclosed amount, with analysts speculating that the sale price is likely to be in the three-digit million kroner range. Podio has…
MoreIdentify the mole says former minister
Allegations of a previously unknown, top-level spy should be thoroughly investigated, former Justice Minister Brian Mikkelsen said yesterday. Cold War researcher and historian Thomas Wegener Friis has identified a Danish citizen who’s allegedly…
More‘Red’ Ole was under suspicion after the Cold War
Danish Intelligence (PET) continued to investigate the Cold War activities of Ole Sohn, former Communist Party leader and current Minister for Business & Growth, for a long time after the Berlin Wall fell….
MoreCountries’ development aid spending hit by crisis
New OECD figures show that overall aid to developing countries, known as Official Development Assistance (ODA), fell by nearly 3% in 2011 compared to 2010, the first drop since 1997 . Greece and…
MoreMinisters warn against anti-gay law in Uganda
Development Minister Christian Friis Bach and Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal have warned the Ugandan government not to pass controversial legislation that could lead to the death penalty for homosexuals. During a meeting with…
MoreAmbassador visits hunger striker
Denmark’s Ambassador to Bahrain has been given permission to visit the Danish-Bahrain human rights activist who’s critically ill in hospital after seven weeks on a hunger strike. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja’s family, lawyer, and the…
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