Museum hands back stolen loot to Italy
The Ny Carsberg Glyptoteket Museum in Copenhagen has reached an agreement with Italy’s Ministry of Culture to return a number of Etruscan and Greco-Roman archeological relics it ‘acquired’ in the 1970s. The Danish…
MoreCopenhagen wins ‘public space’ award
Copenhagen has been given ‘special recognition’ by the Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona (CCCB) as part of its European Prize for Urban Public Space, a biennial award established in 2000 to recognise public space projects…
MoreLocal towns target radicalisation as girls join Islamic State
The mayors of two Copenhagen suburbs have stepped up the battle against Muslim foreign fighters after two Danish-Kurdish fathers admitted their daughters had ‘most probably’ left Denmark to join the Islamic State (IS)…
MorePopular DPP leader takes credibility hit
Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl’s credibility rating has dropped considerably over the past year since he declined to accept a role in a coalition government. A new survey by Megafon for…
MoreOpposition leader on fact-finding Greenland trip
Opposition leader Mette Frederiksen has embarked on a fact-finding mission to Greenland to try and come up with some answers as to why the country is so radically different from Denmark. Since arriving,…
More140 Danes die from coal dust
Pollution from coal-fired power plants in the European Union claimed nearly 23,000 lives in 2013, including 140 in this country, an NGO report said Tuesday. The report, entitled “Europe’s dark cloud: How coal-burning…
MorePork exporters benefit from Chinese crackdown
It’s boom time for Danish pork exporters as the Chinese government continues to close down small backyard farms due to environmental pollution concerns. Industry experts in this country believe the Chinese demand could…
MoreFX reserves up
Denmark’s foreign exchange reserves rose to DKK 452.3bn ($67.7 bn) in June from DKK 426.9bn the previous month. The National Bank intervened in the foreign exchange market by selling DKK 25.2bn in June…
MoreWind energy giant fined DKK1bn after employees fall ill
Siemens Wind Power has been ordered to pay nearly DKK1bn in compensation to three people who became ill after working at its wind turbine factory in Aalborg, northern Denmark. The ruling comes at…
MoreBusiness shorts
The rich get richer / Netto drops UK / New car sales up Rich list: Denmark’s wealthiest families have emerged from the financial crisis even richer. Berlingske Business magazine’s latest annual rich list shows…
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