‘Feel the Bern’ – Saunders rips into greedy Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk risks being dragged into the US election campaign after Bernie Saunders, who lost the Democratic Party’s nomination to Hillary Clinton, lashed out at ‘medicinal companies’ greed’, Tuesday. Under the heading ‘Novo…
MoreDPP leader stands behind house speaker
Speaker of the house Pia Kjærsgaard has been hit with a storm of criticism for calling the EU a ‘rats’ nest’ but was given an unconditional show of support from the Danish People’s…
MoreItalian metro contractor rejects mafia links
The Italian consortium behind the Copenhagen Metro Team (CMT) that’s currently expanding the metro underground rail system throughout the capital has reacted angrily to being linked to the mafia. The consortium was reported…
MoreMaersk reports poor Q3 figures as profit tumbles
Oil and shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S reported a 43 percent decline in third-quarter profit, Wednesday. Net income fell to $429 million last quarter compared with $755 million a year earlier as the…
MoreSchengen squabble deepens political division on the right
The political division between the government and its biggest ally on the right grew even wider, Tuesday, when the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) ridiculed a police warning that the authorities will lose access…
MoreVoters desert DPP after EU fraud scandal
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) continues to take a battering from voters in the wake of the EU fraud scandal, dubbed ‘Messershit’ by commentators. A new Yougov poll for free daily MetroXpress shows…
MoreNew budget within two weeks
The government is aiming for agreement on the 2017 budget by mid-November. After the collapse of negotiations surrounding the more ambitious 2015-plan, Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said the aim is now to…
MoreSpeaker refuses to back down on EU insult
Speaker of the House Pia Kjærsggard has come under increased pressure to apologise for calling the European Parliament a ‘nest of rats’ but is refusing to back down. Her comments fell during a…
MoreExports suffer from Brexit hangover
The Danish economy is already feeling the effects of Great Britain’s impending exit from the EU as the British pound continues to weaken. Before the Brexit vote, the pound was nearly DKK 9.8…
MoreCity Hall sheds tobacco investments
Copenhagen City Hall has sold off all its investments in tobacco companies. Health Commissioner Ninna Thomsen said the council has sold DKK6.7m ($1m) of shares and will no longer invest in companies that…
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