DPP whistleblower questioned by EU fraud unit
Former Danish People’s Party MEP Rikke Karlsson was questioned for 11 hours in Brussels, Wednesday, by OLAF (the EU’s anti-fraud unit) regarding the party’s alleged misappropriation of EU subsidies. Ms Karlsson originally sounded…
MoreNew Task Force to test human rights conventions
The government will appoint a Task Force with the aim of paving the way for changes in the European Human Rights Convention ahead of Denmark’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union next year, Politiken reports. The…
MoreSwedish company wins new wind farm project
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won a tender to build Denmark’s biggest offshore wind farm, but still faces the potential cancellation of a separate wind project in the country, the Danish energy ministry…
MoreCarlsberg ups forecast after East European boost
Brewing giant Carlsberg raised its 2016 earnings forecast, Wednesday, buoyed by cost cuts and stronger demand in its ‘Achilles heel’ of Eastern Europe. Organic operating profit will rise about 5 percent, Carlsberg said,…
MoreTrump wins – rueful Rufus
Donald Trump will become the 45th US president after a surprising but comprehensive victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. At an election breakfast party at the Marriott Hotel in Copenhagen, a rueful Ambassador Rufus…
MoreNew poll: Opposition set to regain power as DPP dips again
If there was a Danish election today opposition leader Mette Frederiksen would become prime minister and the Danish People’s Party would lose around 20% of its support, a new Voxmeter poll for news…
MoreDPP won’t back down on tax cuts
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has no intention of backing down in the dispute with center-right ally, the Liberal Alliance, over the the five percent cut in the marginal tax rate. In order…
MoreMedical marijuana trial
Parliament passed a bill, Tuesday, that will allow a pilot program for medical marijuana use in Denmark. The initial program will be limited to grave illness such as cancer, multiple sclerosis and spinal…
MoreDONG sheds oil and gas
Partially state-owned DONG Energy has announced plans to shed its oil and gas business to focus solely on offshore wind power, adding to the billions of dollars of North Sea oil and gas…
MoreNew routes and cut price airlines boost airport growth
Copenhagen Airport has been extraordinarily busy over the first nine months of the year as more than 22.1 million passengers passed through, an increase of 9.9% on the same period last year. 8,413,408…
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