Danish Crown makes China pork grab
Food giant Danish Crown is aiming to grab a bigger chunk of the Chinese pork market by building a new factory in Shanghai. Plans for the DKK300m ($42.44 million) plant come after a…
MoreConservatives want to double down on conscription
The Conservatives want to follow Sweden by increasing military conscription, despite opposition from the Enlisted Soldiers’ Union (Hærens Konstabel og Korporalforening – HKKF) who claimed it would be more trouble than it’s worth….
MoreDanes are both borrowing and investing more
Danes are accruing more debt while at the same time investing more, a paradox that experts say is costing them money. A new survey from VP Securities shows that since early 2015, 80…
MorePM to visit former slave colony
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will visit the American Virgin Islands at the end of this month to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the USA’s purchase of the former slave colony. The Danish West…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 27th – March 5th 2017
Politics/Economy: Integration Minister Inger Støjberg lashed out at ‘greedy refugees’ whose only aim is to demand more and more from the Danish state. Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard said he was confident he…
MoreBoeing sues government over fighter jet choice
Last year the government recommended that the Danish Air Force upgrade its aging fleet of F-16s with 27 of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, passing over Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornets among other options. But Boeing…
MoreIncident at Iranian embassy
Denmark’s Ambassador to Iran was summoned to the foreign ministry in Teheran yesterday, following a ‘violation’ of the country’s embassy in Denmark. ABNA, a news agency in Iran with ties to the revolutionary…
MoreCrackdown on foreign fighters claiming welfare
Minister for Employment Troels Lund Poulsen is exploring harsher punishments for foreign fighters who continue to claim Danish social benefits while in combat abroad. After it was revealed earlier this year that 36…
MoreBorder control stops thousands
Nearly 3000 people, most of them from the Middle East, have been turned away since border control was reimposed in January of last year. New Ministry of Justice figures show that spot checks…
MoreEU data ruling divides government
A ruling from the European Court of Justice disallowing Denmark’s data-logging surveillance strategy has divided the three coalition parties. Danish law requires telecom companies to maintain logs of all mobile calls, text messages, and…
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