Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

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…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

New 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…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

Swedish 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…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

Carlsberg 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,…

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Posted on 09. Nov, 2016 in: News

Trump 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…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2016 in: News

New 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…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2016 in: News

DPP 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…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2016 in: News

Medical 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…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2016 in: News

DONG 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…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2016 in: News

New 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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