Taxgate Commission clears main suspects
The initial findings of the ‘Taxgate’ Commission appear to clear the main suspects of any serious wrong doing. The Commission, set up in 2011 to investigate possible political intervention in Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s, and…
MoreThree way deal rescues Bornholm slaughterhouse – and hundreds of jobs
Danish Crown’s slaughterhouse on the island of Bornholm, under the threat of closure for months, has been rescued by a last minute deal between The Danish Food and Allied Workers’ Union (NNF) and…
MoreMore euro isolation for Denmark as EU Commission green-lights Lithuania
The European Commission has given Lithuania the OK to join the euro . The small Baltic state will now become the 19th member of the single currency from the start of next year….
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Maersk backs Panama Canal alternative / Dankort transactions up / Confident Coloplast / Vestas ups production in Brazil / Maersk: Maersk Line, the world’s largest container carrier, believes it makes good sense to…
MoreLøkke lives to fight another day
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is to continue as Liberal leader after resisting moves to unseat him at a marathon seven-hour meeting of the party’s executive committee last night. After media speculation throughout Monday that…
More‘The biggest comeback since Lazarus rose from the dead’
Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s fighter instinct is praised by leading commentators in today’s papers, although there’s still widespread doubt as to whether he can now convince voters that he’s the right man…
MoreMerkel to Thorning: ‘Lets eat lunch’
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited Prime Minister Helle Thoring-Schmidt to a ‘working lunch’ in Berlin on the 19th of June. According to the Danish Embassy in the German capital, there’s no fixed…
MoreFogh Rasmussen calls for a ‘fitter, faster NATO’
“We need to make NATO fitter, faster and more flexible” – that was the opening salvo from NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the commencement of a two-day meeting of the alliance’s…
More44 break-ins over 11-day period
Two Romanian nationals, accused of carrying out 44 break-ins over an 11 day crime spree, told Lyngby District Court yesterday that they had originally come to Denmark to find work. The court heard…
MoreNew car sales up again
New car sales rose by 1.4% in May compared to the same month last year, after a 4.3% increase in April and 12% in March. Despite the slowdown, industry insiders still believe 2014…
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