Government to sell off big name public companies
The new centre-right coalition is determined to strengthen its business-friendly credentials by selling off the state’s stake in many of Denmark’s biggest and most well-known publicly-owned companies, including energy giant DONG, struggling airline…
MoreRoyal Mint to close down next week.
The Royal Danish Mint will close down at the end of the year, after when Denmark will outsource the production of its coins to Finland. Following in the footsteps of Sweden and Norway,…
MoreDI: Export sector ‘vulnerable’
Danish exports are dominated by 100 companies, making the sector very vulnerable according to the Confederation of Danish Industry’s (DI) deputy director Kent Damsgaard, who warned that if just a few of the…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 12th – December 18th 2016
Politics/Economy A new poll showed the Social Democrats would win 50 seats if there was a general election today, the same as the three parties in the new tripartite government combined. Former prime…
MorePM agrees to Europol deal – but it’s a race against time
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen finalised the content and timetable of the Europol deal offered to Denmark during talks with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and President of the EU Council…
MoreLøkke meets Aleppo mayor – condemns Russia, Iran
Meeting Aleppo’s mayor face to face at yesterday’s EU summit was a ’heartbreaking experience’, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said last night. Brita Hagi Hasan made a personal appeal to send monitors to…
MoreEx-justice minister: We should have armed Syrian rebels
Ex-justice minister Søren Pind has characterised Denmark’s efforts in Syria as ‘too little, too late’. In an interview with TV2, the new minister for education and research, and former Liberal foreign affairs spokesman,…
MorePM in Flensborg flap
Bertel Haarder, Denmark’s longest-serving cabinet minister, has declined an offer to become Consular General in the border region of Flensborg, creating a new headache for the Prime Minister. Mr Haarder originally accepted the…
MoreCity Hall pushes for legalised cannabis – again
A majority at Copenhagen City Hall voted last night to seek permission for a three-year trial period for the sale of legalised cannabis in the capital. The move comes following the increase in…
MoreCopenhagen Airport announces ambitious expansion plan
Copenhagen Airport has laid out a major expansion programme that will cost around DKK20bn ($3bn)and create 12,500 jobs over the next eight years. Terminals are to be re-modelled and new runways built to…
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