Gay wedding week ahead of Eurovision Song Contest
The city of Copenhagen will perform wedding ceremonies for both homosexual and heterosexual couples from all around the world in the days ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in this…
MoreDanske Bank is Denmark’s ’least reputable’ company – LEGO no.1
Denmark’s biggest financial institute, Danske Bank, is ranked last in a new survey of Denmark’s most reputable brands by the Reputation Institute. LEGO tops the 40-company list ahead of global powerhouses such as…
MoreStock market down at start of slow week
It was a slow day on Copenhagen Stock Exchange at the start of Easter week. The trend-setting C20 index dropped 1.5 per cent, to 730.02, as 16 out of the top-20 ‘blue chips’…
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Carlsberg should look eastwards / Auctioneers fined for ivory trading / Vestas to re-open factory Carlsberg: Carlsberg could save around DKK1bn a year by closing down production facilities in Western Europe and brewing…
MoreNew poll: Opposition on course for landslide victory
The opposition is heading for a landslide victory at the next election. A new Voxmeter poll for Ritzau News shows that the Liberals, Danish People’s Party (DPP), Liberal Alliance and Conservatives would win…
MoreVoter apathy ahead of EU election
Nearly half of the electorate are still in doubt about who they intend to vote for in next month’s EU election – a new Voxmeter poll for Ritzau News shows that just 41 days…
MoreAnalyst: Thorning-Schmidt warming up for summer comeback
The next two months could be make or break for the government, predicts leading political commentator Thomas Larsen in a Berlingske leader article. He writes: The internal Social Democrat dissent against Prime Minister…
MoreLeft-wing call for EU opt-out on welfare has ‘no chance’
A Red/Green proposal for a new EU opt-out, on welfare, doesn’t have an ‘earthly chance’ of being passed, Conservative MEP Bendt Bendtsen said last night. The far-left party, in a rather awkward alliance…
MoreTax authorities have become too powerful
Experts have welcomed Tax Minister Morten Østergaard’s promise to put civilians’ rights at the top of the tax authorities’ agenda. The tax department has come under fire for a series of controversial issues,…
MoreForeign Minister to discuss stronger sanctions against Russia – Fogh ‘concerned’ about escalating tension
Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard will meet with his EU colleagues in Brussels today to discuss stronger sanctions against Russia, after pro-Russian separatists occupied more government building in East Ukraine, Sunday, when two people…
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