Energy island plan: Denmark aims to make science fiction a reality
Danish power transmission company Energinet.dk’s plan to build an offshore energy hub in the North Sea has garnered international attention. Under the headline ‘Artificial North Sea island: Danish, Dutch and German firms launch bid…
MoreInflation on the rise
Inflation increased further in February to the highest level in just over three years. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer price index rose 1.0 percent year-over-year in February, slightly faster than…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 6th – March 12th 2017
Politics/Economy As the government completed its first 100 days in power, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen urged his cabinet ministers to ‘consult with, and inform’ the Danish People’s Party (DPP) on a regular…
MorePM criticised for holding private fund raiser at official residence
The ruling Liberals have come under fire for allowing a business lobbying club to use the prime minister’s official residence at Marienborg to raise campaign funds for the party. News radio 24/7 reports…
MorePM: Polish decision poses a challenge
Poland’s refusal to support their own Donald Tusk for a second term as council president, Thursday, was both ‘sad and regrettable’ but a purely Polish domestic issue, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen stressed…
MoreTransport Minister misled parliament
The Liberal Alliance’s Ole Birk Olesen’s time as transport minister could soon be over after it was revealed he misinformed parliament about the dire financial situation of national mail carrier, PostNord. In a…
MoreNew Conservatives’ leader the ‘Danish Le Pen’
Leader of the far-right ‘New Conservatives’, Pernille Vermlund, who’s been described as ‘xenophobic’, ‘toxic’, ‘rabid’ and ‘extremely dangerous’, should be taken more seriously according to the European online newspaper, The Observer, which characterises…
MoreDenmark supports German pollution
In an untraditional move the government has offered support for Germany’s pollution of Danish territorial waters. The European Commission is taking Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to…
MoreGerman WW2 plane story goes viral
The story of a 14-year-old Danish boy who found the wreckage of a German World War 2 plane with the remains of the pilot in the cockpit has ‘gone global’. The report of…
MoreBoom time for Lego
Toy giant Lego’s iconic building bricks were in high demand throughout the world last year, helping the company to increase by 6 percent to DKK 37.9bn ($5.4 bn), the highest figure in the…
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