Posted on 31. Oct, 2019 in: News

PM brushes off racist accusation

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said last night she totally disagrees with award winning writer Jonas Eika’s characterisation of her, and Denmark, as ‘racist’ but declined to get involved in a ‘war of words’….

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Posted on 31. Oct, 2019 in: News

Tax scammers offered DKK700m discount

The American speculators who scammed the Danish state out of billions of kroner in the share dividend scandal have been given a further ‘discount’ of DKK700m by the tax authorities. It was revealed last…

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Posted on 31. Oct, 2019 in: News

Lockheed lowers price of new fighter jets

The first seven of the Danish Air Force’s new fleet of twenty seven F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets, Denmark’s biggest ever military purchase, will be cheaper than originally thought after US supplier Lockheed Martin said…

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Posted on 31. Oct, 2019 in: News

Denmark greenlights Nord Stream 2

Denmark has finally granted permission for the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to pass through its exclusive economic zone, meaning the project can be completed despite sharp criticism from the United States,…

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Putin praises pipeline approval

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised Denmark for approving the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Speaking at a news conference in Budapest after meeting Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban he said the decision…

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Danish pension funds copy Blackstone

In the midst of the Blackstone controversy it’s now been revealed that Danish pension funds are copying the  American multinational asset management firm by turning to real estate to safeguard their investment returns….

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Posted on 31. Oct, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Maersk inks Shanghai deal / World’s most ‘extravagant Scandinavian’ snaps up Danish travel business / Jyske profits hit by negative interest rates….. Shipping group Maersk has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2019 in: News

Prime Minister accused of racism at awards ceremony

A Danish writer accused Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of racism in his acceptance speech for the 2019 Nordic Council Literature Prize in Stockholm, Tuesday. The Danish PM sat quietly on the first row as…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2019 in: News

Danish, Swedish PMs agree on police cooperation

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Swedish counterpart, Stefan Löfven, have agreed to strengthen cross-border police cooperation between the two countries. During talks in Stockholm, Tuesday, the two leaders agreed to set up…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2019 in: News

Left wing parties urge government to squeeze the rich to fund more welfare

The government’s left-wing support parties have called for tax hikes on the wealthy to fund their demands for more welfare. In its draft budget the government has appropriated DKK5.4bn for ‘welfare and education’,…

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