Beat It: Michael Jackson waxwork kicked out of shopping mall
Rødovre Centre west of Copenhagen, Denmark’s oldest shopping mall, has removed a wax statue of Michael Jackson following complaints from customers. Mall management feared the wax effigy could offend and be vandalised because…
MoreWomen form majority in science and technology
Denmark is one of only five EU countries that employs a majority of women in science and technology, according to gender-based data published by Eurostat, Monday Lithuania leads the way with 57 per…
MoreDanske facing new legal battle
Another top law firm is preparing to launch a lawsuit against Danske Bank in connection with the money laundering scandal. DRRT, which is currently involved in the €9bn shareholder litigation against Volkswagen over…
MoreInflation on the rise
Danish inflation increased to a 14-month high last month after little movement in 2017, Statistics Denmark said Monday. The consumer price index jumped to 1.3 percent in January from a year earlier, up…
MoreGlobal warming opens up new export market for Greenland
Global warming could have a positive spin off for Greenland where the ice sheet is melting at a faster rate than previously thought, reshaping the world’s largest island by washing large amounts of…
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Copenhagen Airport in top-10 globally / Industrial production up / Green energy company sells wind farms to Germany… Copenhagen is ranked the world’s seventh-best airport by travel magazine Wunderlust, which reports: ‘Copenhagen’s International airport reflects…
MoreSocialists will resist Frederiksen’s dream of a one-party government
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will try and block opposition leader Mette Frederiksen’s plan to form a one-party government if she’s successful at this year’s election. The Social Democrat leader has said a…
MoreElection 2019: DPP facing 11-seat loss
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is heading for a disastrous election with a potential 11-seat loss. The latest Gallup poll for Berlingske shows parliament’s second-biggest party would win no more than 15% of…
MoreIraq War: Fogh reduced Foreign Policy Committee to ‘political theatre’
A review of the documentation presented in the report into Denmark’s war engagement in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan indicates that former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and ex-foreign minister Per Stig Møller wilfully…
MoreVestager urges Denmark to accept EU digital tax
Danish EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has expressed disappointment over Denmark’s unwillingness to support a European digital tax. The commission laid out its digital tax proposal almost a year ago, arguing it would promote…
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