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Medical company hits stock-market high / Slight losses for Vestas in Q1 / Danish law firm opens office in New York to service wind industry Danish medical-equipment maker Ambu, the best performer in…
MorePM: No unilateral World Cup boycott
Denmark won’t go it alone and boycott the upcoming World Cup in Russia, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in an interview with Politiken, Sunday, calling for a ‘common EU policy’. The PM…
MoreAlternatives’ ‘soft’ immigrant policy threatens centre-left alliance
The Alternatives’ could stand in the way of opposition leader’s Mette Frederiksen’s hopes of putting together a centre-left majority after the next election. Although the ‘red’ bloc has led in the polls throughout…
MoreLiberals reject home grown cannabis proposal
The Alternatives’ proposal to allow people to grow recreational drugs at home for personal use, such as pot and marijuana, has been dismissed as ‘misguided’ by the Liberals. The ruling party’s justice spokesman,…
MoreEast European workers desert Denmark
While Danish companies continue to complain about a lack of manpower a new Statistics Denmark report shows 40% of the 5,500 east Europeans who came to Denmark to work in 2010 have returned…
MoreGovernment to monitor Crown Prince’s Olympic role
Crown Prince Henrik needs to be kept on a ’tight rein’ in his role as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet,…
MoreGreenland PM forms fragile coalition
Greenland Prime Minister Kim Kielsen has put together a government coalition containing his Siumut party and three others Partii Naleraq, Atassut and Nunatta Qitornai, but with a very narrow majority – only 16…
MoreGreenlanders reject Danish
English is to replace Danish as the main foreign language in Greenland schools, one of the main points of the new coalition’s political platform which states: “Greenlandic is our official language but we…
MoreDanish aid workers facing prison in Greece
Two Danish nationals could be facing a five-year prison sentence when they appear in a Greek court today on charges of human trafficking. Salam Aldeen and Mohammed El-Abassi, two aid workers from the…
MoreDenmark hands over Baltic mission to Portugal
Denmark has officially handed over the lead of the Baltic Air Policing mission to the Portuguese Air Force. During the traditional ceremony at the Šiauliai Airbase in Lithuania last week a detachment of…
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