Denmark still unsure about EU Banking union
Denmark’s participation in the proposed European Banking Union isn’t a given, Economy Minister Margrethe Vestager said ahead of talks in Brussels, tomorrow, when EU finance ministers will try to narrow differences on the proposed …
MoreIndian birth drug used without official testing
The Danish Health and Medicines Authority (Sunhedsstyrelsen) has for the past 11 months allowed Danish hospitals to use a generic Indian version of the controversial birth medicine Misoprostol, without any control testing in…
MoreDenmark and Norway offer to transport chemical weapons out of Syria
Based on decisions by the United Nations Security Council and the OPCW, Norway and Denmark have agreed to offer a joint contribution to the transportation of chemical warfare agents out of Syria. From…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 3rd – December 8th, 2013
Politics/Economy The division between the government and its guarantor of a parliamentary majority, the Red/Greens, continues to grow in the wake of last week’s budget breakdown, with Minister for Business & Growth Henrik…
MoreNelson Mandela dies in Johannesburg: ‘We have all lost a beacon in the eternal struggle for freedom’ says Danish PM
South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95. From BBC News: Mr Mandela led South Africa’s transition from white-minority rule in the 1990s, after…
MoreStorm chaos: Trains, planes affected today
One of the bigest storms to hit Denmark in recent years, Bodil, has subsided leaving behind a trail off devastation. All police districts issued a warning at 8pm urging people to stay indoors…
More‘Justice Minister has failed in his duty’
Justice Minister Morten Bødksov is guilty of a dereliction of duty in the Christiania/PET affair, according to one of his predecessors at the Ministry, political commentator Hans Engell. The former Conservative leader said…
MoreSocial Minister in funding dispute
A parliamentary majority has asked Social Minister Anette Vilhelmsen to explain why she assured the Huset Zorning voters rights organisation that it would be receiving a DKK1m grant even before other organisations had…
MorePM tried to limit solar subsidies investigation
Prime Minster Helle Thorning-Schmidt actively tried to limit the National Audit Office’s investigation into alleged irregularities in the Climate & Energy Ministry’s subsidies for solar energy. Documents obtained by Jyllands-Posten reveal that in…
MoreCapital hit by a wave of bancruptcies
Copenhagen has been hit by a storm – of bankruptcies. Despite slight signs that the economy could be improving, 372 businesses were forced to file for bankruptcy in the capital region in November,…
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