Energy agency warns of delay in pipeline decision
The Nord Stream 2 sags drags on. After Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said on Wednesday Denmark hasn’t yet decided whether to allow the joint German-Russian gas pipeline to pass through its territorial waters,…
MorePutin critic warns of one trillion euros in ‘dirty money’
Kremlin critic Bill Browder, who approached the Danish authorities five years ago to report his suspicions that Danske Bank was involved in money laundering but the authorities declined to act, estimates that roughly $1…
MoreBillionaire with Champions League dream
Multi-millionaire Lars Seier Christensen is aiming to make FC Copenhagen a European force after investing DKK222m ($33m) for a 23% stake in Parken Sport & Entertainment, owners of the football team. Mr Christiansen,…
MoreFacebook drops data centre in Esbjerg
Facebook has dropped plans to build a second hyperscale data centre in Denmark. The global social media giant is already investing billions of kroner in a similar 56.500 sq.metre data project in Denmark’s…
MoreVestas has no fear of Brexit
MHI Vestas, a joint venture between Denmark’s Vestas Wind Systems, the world’s largest supplier of wind turbines, and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is planning to continue investing in its wind turbine blade manufacturing…
MoreGreen company hopes to build windfarms in Øresund
Copenhagen-based energy company Hofor has secured permission from the Danish Energy Agency to investigate building two offshore windfarms in the Øresund (Sound) strait that separates Denmark from Sweden. The first site being considered is…
MoreDefence Ministry funds ‘extremely positive’ U.S. report on Danish military
Naser Khader, the chair of parliament’s Defence Committee, has defended a report by the Washington DC-based Atlantic Council think-tank that showers the Danish military with praise but, according to experts, omits critical details…
MoreRussian aggression could prevent Danish approval of gas pipeline
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine will be a factor when Denmark decides whether to allow the Gazprom-owned Nordstream 2 gas pipeline to pass through Danish territorial waters, according to Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen. Foreign…
MoreElection 2019: DPP losing out on immigration to new party
Voters see New Conservative leader Pernille Vermund as tougher on immigration than her Danish People’s Party (DPP) counterpart Kristian Thulesen Dahl. Although Ms Vermlund is a ‘freshman’ in politics, 41% of voters in…
MoreStøjberg defends benefit cap against poverty accusations
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg is ‘proud’ of the government’s low start rate for welfare claimants – the so-called ‘integration benefit’ – despite claims it’s helping to fuel child poverty. A new report by…
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