TDC accepts buy-out bid
Formerly state-owned Telecom giant TDC agreed has accepted a takeover bid of DKK 40.8 bn ($6.7 bin) by a group of Danish pension funds led by Australian Macquarie. TDC had faced investor pressure…
MoreJanuary dip at Copenhagen Airport
Fewer passengers passed through Copenhagen Airport in January. Compared with the same month last year, there was a 2.7% dip, but an increase in the number of people travelling both on long-haul, intercontinental…
MoreDPP calls for ban on asylum seekers
The best way to halt the growth of the parallel society in this country is to ban asylum seekers and deport non-western immigrants, according to the Danish People’s Party (DPP). In response to…
MoreVoters support African refugee centres
A significant majority of the electorate supports the Social Democrats’ proposal to turn away asylum seekers at the Danish border and send them to a reception centre in North Africa or a safe…
MoreNew poll: Opposition heading for comfortable majorty
The opposition is on course to regain power. A new Gallup poll shows that if an election was held today the ‘red’, Social-Democrat-led bloc would win 52.5% of the vote, against 47.5% for…
MoreState ‘wide open’ to cyber attacks
The state’s IT security system is ‘riddled with holes’ a new report by the Innovation Ministry claims. Both the National Bank and Ministry of State have suffered serious cyber attacks, while at the…
MorePrince Henrik in ‘serious condition’
Crown Prince Frederik left the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Saturday, to rush home to be with his hospitalised father Prince Henrik whose condition has “seriously worsened” according to hospital reports Prince Henrik,…
MoreDenmark deploys F-16s to patrol Iceland’s airspace
Denmark has made a significant contribution to NATO’s enforcement of Iceland’s sovereignty by deploying F-16s to patrol the country’s airspace. After consultation with Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said the…
MoreDenmark beats own energy record
Denmark obtained 43.4 percent of its electricity from wind last year, beating its own record. The government’s goal is to derive 50 percent of the country’s entire energy consumption from renewables by 2030….
MoreBusiness shorts
Maersk profit up in Q4 / Danish biotech company inks Hungary deal / DKK200m investment in wind turbine testing Shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk made a Q4/17 profit of $386 million, up from…
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