POLITICA/ECONOMIA La Primer Ministro, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, viajó a Bruselas el martes para asistir a la cumbre donde se  pactaría el presupuesto común. Thorning-Schmidth habia amenazado con vetar el presupuesto de la UE si…

The Danish government still hasn’t decided whether to support Palestinians efforts to secure a diplomatic upgrade at the United Nations this Thursday. The three coalition parties all support an upgrading of the Palestinians’…

Despite the failure to agree on a long-term EU budget, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt characterised last week’s summit as ‘positive’. After negotiations collapsed, Friday, she said continuing would have done more harm than…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she didn’t feel Helle Thorning-Schmidt had acted threatening during EU budget negotiations despite arriving in Brussels with a take it or leave it demand for a DKK1bn rebate….

Former Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann Jensen (Lib) has warned that Denmark’s iron cast demand for a billion kroner rebate from the EU could damage Denmark’s credibility and ability to win further concessions in…

Danes are opposed to giving more aid money to developing countries. In a new Epinion poll for DR news, 43% say that Denmark gives too much and 39% believe the current aid commitment…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has threatened to veto the government’s proposed cuts in defence spending. As part of a cross-party military funding bill agreed five years ago, the DPP has the right…

Despite Denmark’s focus on the environment, 6,000 ’green’ jobs have been relocated to low wage countries since 2005. A new report to be published today, just as the COP18 Climate Change Conference gets…

Despite continuing financial problems, wind turbine giant Vestas expects to maintain its no.1 position in Australia where it sits on 50% of the wind energy market despite increasing competition from Siemens and General…

Vestas shares continued to rise, Friday, closing 4.4% up on Copenhagen Stock Exchange after the company said that talks over a ‘strategic cooperation’ with Mitsibushi Heavy Industries are progressing. Although Morten Albaek, the…