Vestager hits truckmakers with record fine
Danish Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has continued her crackdown on anti-competition practices by hitting the truck making industry with a record fine. Big-name companies, including Daimler, Volvo, Renault, and DAF, have agreed to…
MoreJensen: Death penalty will exclude Turkey from EU
Turkey’s Turkey’s EU accession negotiations should be suspended if the government reintroduces the death penalty after the weekend’s failed coup, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said from the foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels, Monday. EU…
MoreRuling Liberals distance themselves from Ergodan’s crackdown
The ruling Liberals have accused Turkey’s President Erdogan of threatening democracy by arresting judges and prosecutors. The party’s justice spokesman, Preben Bang Hansen, a lawyer himself, said the coup attempt doesn’t give Ergodan…
MoreDanes want sweet deal for Britain
Danes are isolated in their hope of a good deal for Great Britain in upcoming post-Brexit trade negotiations with the EU. In a new YouGov poll a majority of voters in four out…
MoreAnti-Doping Danmark calls for ban on Russia
The Danish Anti-Doping Association (ADD) has called for Russia to be banned from all international sporting events after an independent investigation led by a Canadian law professor confirmed evidence of widespread, state-sponsored doping…
MoreMuslim runaways back in Denmark
Two young Danish girls who it was feared had run away to become foreign fighters are back in Denmark. Police are now investigating whether the two 18-year-olds, who claimed yesterday they had only…
MoreTibet demonstrator plays human rights card
An anti-China demonstrator who was illegally detained by the police during a state visit to Denmark by then Chinese President Hu Jintao in June 2012 has appealed a Copenhagen Court ruling against him….
MoreTurkey troubles threaten exports
Business leaders have expressed concern that the political turbulence in Turkey could damage growing Danish exports to the country. Turkey has become a lucrative target for Danish companies and is now Denmark’s 23rd–…
MoreWindows company seals €50m Lithuania deal
Danish windows and doors manufacturer Dovista, a sister company to Velux, is set to build a production facility in southern Lithuania, with plans to invest €50M and employ 300 people over the next…
MoreDenmark backs Turkish government after ‘amateurish’ coup attempt
Denmark’s support for the Turkish government is ‘unequivocal’, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen stated very clearly after the attempted coup, Friday, which left 265 people dead. He said: “Although we may disagree on many…
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