‘Green’ Politiken restricts flight travel for staff
Left-leaning daily Politiken has imposed air travel restrictions on employees to reduce to its carbon footprint. Editor-in-chief Christian Jensen said yesterday all assignments requiring international flights would be reduced to a ‘bare minimum’…
MoreNorway shows Denmark how to sell electric cars
No more than 1,500 electric cars were sold in Denmark last year compared to 46,000 in Norway, reinforcing that country’s reputation as the world’s best market for electric vehicles. And while lawmakers in…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 2nd – January 6th 2019
Politics/Economy: In his final New Year speech ahead of the general election Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen warned that the ‘peaceful world we dreamt about’ after the fall of the Berlin Wall is…
MoreNew poll: 62% reject Brexit-style referendum
Nearly two thirds of the electorate are opposed to a referendum about Denmark’s membership of the EU. As Britons prepares to leave the EU a new Kantar Gallup poll for Berlingske shows 62%…
MoreDPP backtracks on EU referendum
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) EU policy remains unclear ahead of this year’s general election. The populist party, which could enter government for the first time ever if the centre-right re-wins power, has…
MoreHouse Speaker calls for cross-party gentleman’s agreement to thwart Russian hacking
Speaker of the House Pia Kjærsgaard has called on all parliamentary parties to come together in a joint front to combat foreign, primarily Russian, intervention in this year’s election campaign. In a blog…
MoreRoyal Family welcomes diplomats
In a tradition starching back to the first world war, HM Queen Margrethe welcomed ambassadors to the royal family’s annual New Year reception, Thursday. To see video footage of the event click here:…
MoreMore deaths in train tragedy
Eight people are now confirmed dead after Wednesday’s Great Belt Bridge train crash, making it the Denmark’s worst rail accident in decades. Police added two to the death toll on Thursday, and there…
MoreNational Bank sells currency to shore up Danish krone
For the first time since March 2017 the National Bank has been forced to sell currency to defend the krone, fuelling speculation about an interest rate increase this year that could slow growth….
MoreVestager won’t ease up on tech giants as term comes to an end
Former Social Liberal (R) leader Margrethe Vestager’s five-year term as European Competition Commissioner is coming to an end in November but analysts believe she will continue to target global tech companies’ tax abuse…
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