Union: EU funding costs Danish jobs
Leading Danish companies stand accused of using EU funding to relocate, or set up new, production facilities in Poland. LM Wind Power, Royal Greenland, and Flügger have all received millions of kroner from…
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Industrial production above EU average / Vestas calls for more ambitious energy targets – seals Romanian deal Production: Although industrial production in Europe is growing at a very slow place, Denmark is performing…
MoreUS whistleblower: Danes need to ask some serious questions
The government’s rejection of any illegal surveillance of Denmark and Danish interests is nothing more than ‘misleading wordplay’, according to US whistleblower Edward Snowden. In an interview with Danish activist Peter Kofod, posted…
MoreSlavery in Denmark
Just as Denmark’s first-ever human trafficking trial got underway in a Helsingør courtroom, Tuesday, a British academic claimed slavery still exists in this country. According to Professor Kevin Bales of Hull University’s Institute…
MorePopulation increase despite falling birth rate
The Danish population continues to grow despite a significant fall in the birth rate. 55,873 babies were born in Denmark last year, the lowest figure for nearly thirty years and 3.5% down on…
MoreDenmark votes against GM corn – but EU Commission could say yes
European Union ministers failed to agree, Tuesday, on whether to allow a new strain of genetically modified (GM) corn to be grown on EU soil. In a vote, 19 states including Denmark, opposed…
MoreResearchers to chart the extent of youth drinking
60,000 Danish youths between 16 and 20 are to take part in a wide-reaching study aimed at charting the extent of alcohol abuse amongst young people. During the winter half-term break last year…
MoreEducation should focus more on jobs say Liberals
The opposition Liberals have called for a cut in funding for graduate courses that don’t lead to real jobs. Universities have come under fire for churning out students directly into the the unemployment…
MoreJanuary new car sales up
Car showrooms have got off to a blistering start to the year. 16,246 new cars were registered last month, 10% up on the same period in 2013 and the best January ever. Private…
MoreMinister welcomes re-launch of Cyprus negotiations
Minister for Foreign Affairs Martin Lidegaard welcomed the re-launch of negotiations aimed at reaching a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, Tuesday, and pledged Denmark’s commitment. In a statement he said the current situation…
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