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Maersk Terminals buys Spanish company/ Maersk line cuts Asia-Europe capacity/Telecom companies fight for EU approval Maersk Terminals: APM (AP Moeller-Maersk) Terminals will pay an undisclosed sum for Barcelona-based Grup Maritim TCB, thereby adding…
MoreRefugees demand free passage to Sweden
Denmark experienced chaotic refugee scenes, Monday as some 800 people entered the country from Germany and tried to head to Sweden. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told journalists after an emergency meeting of political party…
More300 refugees have disappeared
An estimated 300 of the 800-1,000 refugees who arrived in Denmark on Sunday have failed to register with the authorities, as required, and disappeared. Police believe they may have been provided with shelter,…
MoreExpert: No clear rules for refugees in transit
EU regulations provide no clear answers as to how Denmark should act when refugees arrive here but are only in transit on their way to Sweden. Gerd Battrup, senior lecturer at the Centre…
MoreAnti-refugee campaign launched in Lebanon
As reported by 7.59, Monday, the government has launched its anti-refugee campaign abroad by placing advertisements in Lebanese newspapers aimed at deterring potential migrants. Danish social media reacted sharply after the advertisements contrasted…
MoreDanish troops witnessed handicap slayings in Balkans, but failed to act
Danish troops witnessed cold-blooded executions in the Balkans war 20 years ago but failed to intervene. A new documentary, ’Massacre in Dvor’, shown on TV2 last night, revealed how nine handicapped Serbs and…
MoreNew tax scandal
The Tax Authority’s (SKAT) debt-collecting methods are severely criticised in a new report by the Kammeradvokaten, the legal advisor to the government. The not-yet published report, obtained by Berlingske, was commissioned by the…
MoreLøkke’s diplomacy troubleshooter is settled in India
Denmark’s former ambassador to the US, Peter Peter Taksøe-Jensen, hotly tipped to become Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s personal ‘troubleshooter’ at the Foreign Ministry, has taken up his new role as Ambassador to…
MoreFall in industrial output
Denmark’s industrial production declined in July after climbing in the previous month. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark, published Monday, showed industrial production fell a seasonally adjusted 3.7 percent month-over-month in July, reversing…
MoreForeign Minister: EU facing biggest-ever crisis
The EU is facing it’s biggest crisis ever as member countries struggle to find answers to the ever-escalating refugee crisis, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said, Saturday. At an informal EU foreign ministers meeting…
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