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IKEA buys Vestas wind farm / Tryg profits down / Africa success for Danish game company IKEA: Global furniture giant IKEA has announced plans to buy its first wind farm in the United…
MoreEast Europeans provide multi-million boost for Danish state
Migrant workers from Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and other new EU member states aren’t the drain on welfare resources as often claimed by politicians and the media. New calculations by the Danish Employers’ Confederation…
MoreNew record balance of payments surplus ‘unhealthy’ say economists
Denmark’s balance of payments surplus hit DKK9.5bn in February – 1.6bn kr. up on January and 3.1bn kr. higher than the same period last year. Over a 12-month period the surplus was DKK…
MoreNo backdown on employment says minister
Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen has already rejected the Liberals’ main demand in upcoming stimulus package negotiations. In a parliamentary response, Wednesday, she said there’s ‘no chance’ of the government cutting back on its…
MoreFormer Danish military base is now a field of opium poppies
A former Danish military base in Afghanistan has been transformed into an opium plantation. The Rahim camp in Helmand, the largest opium-producing province in Afghanistan, was used as a patrol base for Danish…
MoreDanish fighter jets over Baltics
Four Danish F-16’s will be patrolling the Baltic region when Poland takes over responsibility for providing air policing from May 1st. NATO will triple its usual number of fighter jets patrolling over the…
MoreSyrian bigamist granted temporary residency
Denmark has been trying to extradite Syrian Mohammed Hussein Kourdi to Italy since last summer, but now the Danish Immigration Service has finally agreed to process his asylum application. Mr Kourdi entered Denmark…
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Success for Danish game company / Serendex aims for stock market listing Game: Danish game company Tactile Entertainment’s ‘Skyline Skaters’ skateboard app was downloaded more than 2 million times in the first four…
MoreIrish solution to Denmark’s child benefit problem?
Irish unemployment legislation could help Denmark’s efforts to limit EU migrants’ right to benefits in this country. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has backed Finland’s challenge to the EU Commission concerning entitlement rules –…
MorePM grilled on rising inequality
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was bombarded with questions regarding the widening economic gap between rich and poor in Parliament, Tuesday. During the weekly Question Time session, the normal issues of welfare tourism, the…
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