Everything remains awesome at Lego
Lego has again reported record profits. The toy giant said net profit rose 31% to DKK9.2 bn ($1.34 billion) in 2015, compared with DKK 7bn in 2014, thanks to its Star Wars, Ninjago…
MoreAirport sets new passenger record
More than 26 million passengers passed through Copenhagen Airport (CPH) in 2015, a new passenger record for the fifth successive year, boosting both revenue and earnings. Total revenue grew by 5% to DKK…
MoreNational Bank: Negative interest alone can’t fix economy
National Bank governor Lars Rohde believes negative interest rates can’t be expected to solve the broader weaknesses of an economy. From Bloomberg News: The Bank was the first central bank to go below…
MoreNew Africa strategy
Denmark will collaborate closely with the African Development Bank (AfDB) in a new strategy aimed at aimed at attaining sustainable growth and more stability in struggling regions on the continent. In a press…
MoreCabinet re-shuffle
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Ramussen has been forced to make a minor cabinet re-shuffle after Environment and Food Minister Eva Kjer Hansen resigned over the weekend following accusations that she misled parliament over…
MoreOutgoing minister: “It was a witchhunt”
Eva Kjer Hansen accused the Conservatives of conducting a ’witch hunt’ against her after formally stepping down as environment and food Minister, Monday. She characterised the events of the past fourteen days as…
MoreNew minister pushed through controversial reforms
As minister of education under Anders Fogh Rasmussen between 2001-2005, new Education & Research Minister Ulla Tørnæs pushed through high-school reform that was subsequently strongly criticised by current members of the cabinet, including…
MoreSocial Democrats demand crackdown on hate preachers
The Social Democrats have called for legislation to stop Muslim hate preachers who abuse the right to freedom of speech, after TV2 showed hidden camera footage of an imam at the controversial Grimhøj…
MoreRefugee village report a ‘hatchet job’
A new report that rejects the idea of refugee villages has been dismissed as a ‘political hatchet job’ by the opposition. Parliament’s two biggest parties, the Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party, have…
MoreNo handshake for Mary
A number of Saudi leaders have declined to shake hands with Crown Princess Mary during the royal couple’s official visit to the Kingdom. All top government dignitaries shook hands with her husband Crown…
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