Happiest country in the world – not really?
Berlingske’s editor in chief, Tom Jensen, an entertaining commentator on Danes and life in this country, questions in his latest blog the claim that Denmark is the happiest nation in the world. He…
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APM Terminals plans expansion of Aqaba Logistics Village / Maersk fights EU price-fixing probe / Nice times for Netflix APM Terminals: To meet increasing demand, and growth, in Iran and Jordan, A.P. Møller’s…
MoreLiberals hit rock bottom as government alliance storms ahead
Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s chances of leading the Liberal party into the next election look even slimmer today after a new Megafon poll showed the main opposition party has sunk to just 14.5% support,…
MoreFormer minister attacks Løkke
Former cabinet minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech has predicted a disaster for the Liberals if Lars Løkke Rasmussen is allowed to continue as party leader. The former integration minister, an MP for over 30…
MoreVoters give Løkke an F (for failure)
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is Denmark’s worst party leader, by far, according to voters. In a new poll by weekly news magazine A4, the Liberal leader is given a resounding ‘F for failure’ with…
MoreForeign Minister fears new documentary could strain India relations
Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard fears a new documentary film about arms smuggler Niels Holck could cause the recent diplomatic crisis between Denmark and India to flare up again. The film, to be premiered…
MoreUnemployment drops to 5%
Unemployment has fallen by 10,800 since the start of the year. 131,600 people were out of work in the April as the unemployment rate dropped to 5%, the lowest level since mid-2009, new…
MoreEU withdraws disciplinary action against Denmark
The European Commission ended disciplinary budget action against Denmark, Monday. According to the EU Commission, the Danish economy has corrected and is no longer under the so-called excessive deficit procedure, imposed in 2010…
MoreJustice Minister drops surveillance legislation
Justice Minister Karen Hækkerup has, with immediate effect, abolished legislation that required Danish mobile operators to log details about users’ locations, e-mails, text messages and internet use. The data directive was adopted in…
MoreBanks red-line depressed regions
A new report shows how Danish banks have effectively ’red-lined’ remote, economically devastated areas of Denmark by denying loans to small companies. An analysis of banks’ lending practices before and after the crisis,…
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