Løkke fears hard Brexit could deny access to key financial infrastructure
As a close ally of Great Britain, Denmark has strongly urged the EU to come to an agreement that would prevent a hard Brexit. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Prime Minister Lars…
MoreLego wins legal action against Chinese bootleggers
Danish toy giant Lego has won a major copyright case in China. The Guangzhou Yuexiu District Court ruled that four companies had “infringed multiple copyrights of the LEGO Group and conducted acts of…
MoreIran offers to help Denmark investigate assassination allegations but denies involvement
Iran has offered to help Denmark investigate reports of an assassination attempt against an Iranian exile on Danish soil even though the Teheran regime still claims the allegations are unfounded. In a phone…
MoreArrest in social fraud scandal
Denmark is seeking the extradition of a 38-year-old man currently under arrest in South Africa on suspicion of receiving stolen goods and money from 64-year-old Anna Britta Troelsgaard Nielsen, suspected of embezzling DKK111m from the…
MoreSocial Democrats push back on White House report: ‘President Trump appears obsessed with Denmark’
The Social Democrats have again pushed back against ‘false U.S. allegations’ that living standards are higher in the USA than Denmark Following last week’s White House economic report that claimed living standards in the Nordic…
MoreAs Great Britain waves goodbye, Danish support for EU grows
Danes’ support for the EU continues to grow. With Great Britain’s final exit from the EU fast approaching a new Megafon poll for TV2 shows only 1 in 4 voters in this country…
MoreCharity organisations warn of rise in poverty
The government’s cap on social benefits has led to a drastic increase in the number of vulnerable families that can’t afford to buy food, according to charity organisations such as the Salvation Army,…
MoreMore corruption problems as heads roll at City Hall
Denmark’s corruption-free reputation is again being questioned after nine heads of department at Copenhagen City Hall were fired last week following a number of questionable issues surrounding the Office for Civil Engineering and…
MoreDenmark 5th in English proficiency
Denmark is ranked 5th on the 2018 EF English Proficiency Index (EF EPI) that compares levels of English among non-native speakers across 88 countries around the world. Sweden came out top, followed by the…
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Novo Nordisk blames redundancies on Trump / Danish companies head for China expo / Renewable energy deal with South Korea / Foreign exchange reserves remain stable as krone weakens As reported, Friday, multinational Novo…
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