Danish national admits fighting for Islamic State
A 19-year-old Danish citizen detained in Lebanon since June has admitted fighting for the Islamic State in Syria. His lawyer said his client has confessed to helping Isis and other Islamist rebel groups in…
MoreBombing missions have been successful say lawmakers
Denmark’s aerial bombardment of Iraq has been successful, according to top Danish politicians, even though the Islamic State (Isis) has only been slowed rather than pushed back. The latest risk assessment by Danish…
MoreGovernment’s job scheme ‘a waste of money’
The government’s emergency job scheme, aimed at getting the long-term unemployed back into the labour market, has been dismissed as a waste of time and money by the Liberal Alliance (LA). The DKK115m…
MoreDanish cash helps candidates in US mid-term election
Danish business heavyweights Novo Nordisk, A.P. Moller, and Lundbeck figure prominently on a list of foreign companies that donated money to US political candidates ahead of the mid-term elections, Tuesday. The three made…
MoreBanks suffer from agriculture crisis
Danish banks’ impressive profits could prove short-lived as tumbling agricultural prices and Russia’s ban on European food imports threaten to spark more defaults among farmers who have borrowed billions of crowns. From Reuters:…
MoreBusiness shorts
GN wastes millions on failed deal / Housing boom / Tryg announces share buy-back / Maersk backs out of New Jersey port project GN: GN Store Nord has taken a DKK95m bath on…
MoreAsylum restrictions brought forward as Løkke probes coalition dispute
The government has brought forward its planned amendment of asylum legislation so the rules apply from the day the motion is put before parliament rather than when it’s adopted. Under the new rules,…
MoreRefugees need to be integrated says minister
Integration Minister Manu Sareen has urged local authorities to keep trying to integrate refugees, despite the dramatic rise in asylum figures over the past few months and the possibility of their application for…
MoreEU Commission optimistic about Danish economy
The European Commission’s autumn forecast is cautiously optimistic about the Danish economy. The new report foresees ‘moderate, but fragile’ growth and notes that unemployment has gradually fallen for two years while property prices…
MoreEspersen quits Conservative Party for job in private sector
Top Conservative politician Lene Espersen has quit politics for a job in the private sector. After 20 years in parliament the popular former party leader, justice, and foreign minister is to become CEO…
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