Consumer wins Apple dispute
A Danish consumer has won a courtroom battle with American multinational technology giant Apple. Glostrup District Court ruled that Apple violated consumer protection laws by giving a refurbished iPhone with used components as…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 4th – December 11th 2016
Politics/Economy Although Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has stressed the ‘optimism’ of the new tripartite coalition a new opinion poll revealed widespread voter apathy – if an election was held today the opposition…
MorePM: Europol deal good but not perfect
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen believes the limited Europol deal offered by the EU is ‘workable’ but it won’t be plain sailing. Denmark was facing total exclusion from the European Union’s law enforcement…
MoreDPP MP steps back from shooting remarks
Danish People’s Party MP Kenneth Kristensen Berth spent Thursday backtracking on his remarks that security forces should take shots at refugees trying to reach Europe illegally. After a storm of criticism the MP…
MoreWhat labour shortage?
Dire warnings of a labour shortage in the near future are exaggerated according to the Liberal Alliance’s Joachim B. Olsen, who claimed in a TV debate that many of the nearly 2.2 million…
MoreSocialists call for 30-hour week
The Red/Green Alliance has put forward a model for a 30-hour working week in the future. Titular head of the far-left party, Pernille Skipper, said it’s time to concentrate on other values than…
MoreGovernment postpones state of the economy report
The government has come under for fire for postponing the latest Financial Review, a thrice-yearly ‘state of the economy’ report. In a letter to parliament’s Finance Committee, new minister for the economy Simon…
MoreTwo ‘terrible’ years for the police
2015 and 2016 have been two ‘terrible’ years for Danish police, head of the Police Union, Claus Oxfeldt, said yesterday following the fatal shooting of an officer in Albertslund. The brutal slaying was…
MorePension funds set to invest in multi-billion tunnel project
A number of Denmark’s biggest pension funds are ready to invest in the construction of the long awaited tunnel road link under Copenhagen Harbour that would connect the major road systems north and…
MoreStock exchange expands ‘blue-chip’ index
Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting Nasdaq index of Denmark’s 20 best-selling shares (the C20) is to be expanded to 25. The C25 index will be effective from December 19, 2016 and after a 12-month…
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