No favours for GB in exit talks
Great Britain shouldn’t expect any favours from Denmark in upcoming exit negotiations with the EU. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said although Britain has always been a traditional…
MoreAPM pessimism as profit drops
Denmark’s biggest company, A.P: Moller-Maersk, kept its downbeat 2016 profit forecast on Friday, as it reported net profit way under expectations. The shipping and oil giant reported an 88 percent drop in second-quarter…
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EU praises pig industry / Novo nosedive EU: The EU Commission has welcomed the measures taken by the Danish pig meat industry and the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) to limit antibiotic…
MoreThe Week That Was, August 8th – 14th 2016
Politics/Economy The Danish People’s Party will demand even stricter immigration restrictions as their price for supporting tax cuts in upcoming negotiations with the government – party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl presented a 5-point…
MoreFogh Rasmussen: Moscow will celebrate Trump presidency
The Kremlin ‘will crack open the champagne’ if Donald Trump becomes US president, former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned in an interview with TV2 News, Wednesday. Mr Rasmussen, who was NATO’s secretary general…
MoreJensen schedules Turkey trip
Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen is planning a working trip to Turkey ‘within the near future’ even though HM Queen Margrethe’s scheduled state visit this October has been cancelled. After a meeting with Turkey’s…
MorePork exports could hit $1bn
Danish pork exports to China increased by 50% during the first part of the year as Chinese domestic production of pig meat slowed down due to an environment regulation which imposed new pig production…
MoreBetter help for veterans
The government has promised to shorten the waiting time for veterans seeking workers’ compensation for PTSD (Posttraumatic stress disorder) or other wartime injuries Employment Minister Jørn Neergaard told Politiken; “We need to look after…
MoreMortgage rates hit new low
Interest rates for prospective homeowners have dropped back to the levels they were at during the “Krone crisis” one and a half years ago as the National Bank battles to maintain the fixed…
MoreHeavy layoffs at leading newspapers
One of Denmark’s biggest media groups, JP/Politikens Hus which publishes Jyllands-Posten, Extra Bladet, and Politiken, has announced wide cost-cutting measures. The papers need to shed roughly 70 full-time employees. Politiken will shoulder the…
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