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Danish company in rush to develop Ebola vaccine / EU cuts fishing quotas / Watch out for fake euros Ebola: Danish biotech company Bavarian Nordic is one of several companies racing to develop…
MorePM maps out government – and election – agenda
In a series of interviews with Denmark’s leading newspapers, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt maps out the government’s agenda for the upcoming political season and the countdown to the election that will be held…
MoreOpposition on course for victory as voters forget Løkke’s problems
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s media offensive comes just as a new poll shows that the opposition is heading for a comfortable victory at the next election. The new TNS Gallup poll for Berlingske…
More‘Poll of polls’ signals change of power
The ’Berlingske Barometer’, the running average of all recent polls, confirms the Liberals’ late summer comeback. The Barometer shows the opposition would win a comfortable victory if an election was held tight now…
MoreTricky budget negotiations ahead for government
The government is heading for a difficult round of budget negotiations this autumn after Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt categorically rejected any changes to the unemployment insurance scheme during an interview with Berlingske. The…
MoreAnti-Semitic Facebook page reported to police
A Facebook group calling itself ‘Death to All Jews’ is under investigation by the police. Danish National Museum inspector, Jesper Kurt Nielsen, one of a number of concerned citizens who contacted the police,…
MoreMore humanitarian aid to Iraq
The government has extended an extra DKK2n in emergency aid help the hundreds of thousands of families on the run in northern Iraq from IS (Islamic State) militants. In a press release, Sunday,…
MoreFogh Rasmussen urges Russia to ‘step back’
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on Russia to ‘step back from the brink’ of war by pulling its troops back from the Ukrainian border. During a visit to Ukraine before…
MoreDanish dairy companies hit by Ukraine crisis
Denmark’s dairy industry could be particularly hard-hit by the Ukraine crisis. European dairy firms halted production of cheese and butter destined for Russia last week, as a wide array of small fresh food…
MoreNeuroSearch slapped with DKK5m fine
Danish biopharmaceutical company NeuroSearch has been convicted of share price manipulation. In an action brought by the Danish State Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime, NeuroSearch was found guilty of contravening the rules…
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