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Novo gets obesity boost / Bank bosses lose out in wage war / Tulip hit by salmonella fears Novo Nordisk, Denmark’s most profitable company, has shed DKK350bn ($5.2bn) in market value over the…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 13th – March 19th 2017
Politics/Economy An image of Integration Minister Inger Støjberg posing with a large, birthday-like cake adorned with the Danish flag to mark the 50th time the government has tightened immigration legislation was dismissed as…
MoreSyrian snoops in Denmark?
More than 200 Danish nationals are named on a secret intelligence list by the Syrian regime, including leading Conservative politician Naser Khader. Berlingske has gained access to the leaked data through Syrian newspaper…
MoreNATO boss demands more defence spending – Soc Dems and DPP agree
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has urged Denmark to live up to its promise to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence. The previous Social Democrat-led government committed Denmark to 2% at…
MoreVoters lose faith in cabinet ministers
Three months after the Liberal-led coalition was formed a new poll shows voters believe 19 of the government’s 22 ministers have ‘lost credibility’. Based on a scale of 1 to 10, the ‘credibility…
MoreDKK400m in foreign aid ‘disappears’
The government has been accused of manipulating foreign aid spending after it was revealed that DKK400m earmarked to fund asylum seeker programmes in this country is still being held by the state. The…
MoreBoeing lawsuit – government fights back
The government is preparing to fight back against aerospace giant Boeing in the legal dispute surrounding the government’s decision last year to buy Lockheed Martin’s new F-35 Lightning II combat jets in preference…
More1 in 5 babies has immigrant roots
One-in five babies in this country is born to parents from an ethnic minority, a sign that the Danish population is undergoing radical change. A new report by Statistics Denmark shows that of…
MoreVestager helps whistleblowers
Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has continued her fight against secret cartels and other anti-competition business violations by launching a new tool to make it easier for individuals to alert the Commission…
MoreIntegration Minister is ‘Denmark’s Trump’
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg’s ‘cake celebration’ for the government’s 50th immigration restriction has created a stir abroad. The respected German newspaper Bild characterised Ms Støjberg as a ‘female Trump’ and compared her to France’s Marine Le…
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