Lego invests in London real estate, green energy
Global toy bricks giant Lego is looking to buy up more London real estate while at the same time invest in sustainable energy. Soren Thorup Sorensen, CEO of Kirkbi Ltd, the $16 billion…
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Danske Bank’s new management structure / Japanese investors buy up Danish mortgage bonds / Danish industry fears US-China trade war Danske Bank implemented a major managerial restructuring, Friday, but claimed it had nothing…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 3rd – April 8th, 2018
Politics/Economy: Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Anders Samuelsen said it’s ‘unlikely’ the government will be able to live up to its goal of getting an extra 55,000 – 60,000 into the labour market and…
MoreDefence Minister denounces Russia’s ‘provocative’ missile tests in Baltic
The Russian navy’s missile tests in the Baltic Sea close to the Danish island of Bornholm, part of a 3-day long naval exercise that got underway, Wednesday, are a ‘demonstration of force’ aimed…
MoreLA leader casts doubts on government’s growth target
Anders Samuelsen has cast doubts on the government’s ability to increase economic growth over the next few years. In an interview with financial daily Børsen, the Liberal Alliance (LA) leader acknowledges there’s no…
MoreGovernment secures majority for burka ban
The government and Social Democrats have finally reached agreement on the main points of the ‘ban the burka’ bill, securing the proposed legislation a parliamentary majority. The government was forced to look for…
MoreLøkke to attend Nordic-India summit as frosty relationship improves
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has signalled a thaw in frosty Denmark-Indian relations by announcing he will attend a Nordic-India summit in Stockholm on April 17th. According to a Ministry of State press…
MoreGovernment scraps licence fee, slashes DR’s budget
The contentious licence fee to see TV will be scrapped and replaced with a mandatory tax as part of the government’s wide ranging media bill, presented Thursday, which also includes a 20 percent…
MoreCourt hears of Submarine Slayer’s ‘psychopathic tendencies’
Peter Madsen, the ‘Submarine Slayer’, displayed no emotion in interviews with forensic psychiatrists when discussing how he dismembered the body of the Swedish journalist Kim Wall and demonstrated no compassion for her or…
More41,820 Danish users linked to Facebook scandal
Facebook has warned that 41.820 Danish users could have had their private data compromised by Cambridge Analytica, the controversial analysis firm heavily implicated in influencing voters in the 2016 US election campaign. On Wednesday, Facebook revealed…
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