Crown Prince couple head for Poland
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will travel to Poland on November 25th to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the re-opening of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Poland re-emerged as an independent…
MoreInflation up but wages rise faster
Inflation rose by 0.6% in October, up from 0.5% the previous month as increases in rents, food, and heating pushed consumer prices up. However the rate of inflation remains lower than the EU…
MoreEIB offers growth capital for small Danish companies
Investment doors have opened for small and medium-sized (SME) companies looking for capital after the Danish Growth Fund (Vækstfonden) and European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an agreement, Monday, to provide a total of…
MoreBusiness shorts
LEGO owners bitten by stock market / Nord Stream 2 on track / Maersk boss steps down…… The billionaire owners of global toy giant Lego suffered a stinging loss last week after one…
MoreJewish cemetery desecrated in weekend of anti-Semitic attacks
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has condemned an attack on a Jewish cemetery in Randers where more than 80 headstones were overturned and vandalised with green paint, Saturday. The PM said anti-Semitism and racism…
MoreGovernment appoints 15 climate ambassadors
The government has named 15 ambassadors abroad as ‘climate frontliners’ with a mandate to promote green Danish solutions under a new climate supremo, Ambassador Tomas Anker Christensen, a former top UN diplomat currently…
MoreLA facing extinction
The Liberal Alliance (LA), part of government five months ago, would disappear from parliament if an election was held right now. A new Kantar Gallup poll shows the business-friendly party, which was decimated…
MoreCriminals offered cash bonus to move from ghettos
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has condemned a move by Odense City Council to offer convicted criminals a cash bonus of DKK 15,000 ($2,200) plus rent assistance to relocate from crime-ridden social housing…
MoreDrinking warning: Cancer Society sounds the alarm
The average Dane drinks around nine litres of pure alcohol annually, the equivalent of 600 beers according to a new report by the Danish Cancer Society published in conjunction with a new campaign,…
MoreDanske Bank offered gold to ‘shady’ Russian clients
At the height of the money-laundering scandal Danske Bank offered shady Russian customers anonymity if they bought bars of gold for their money, new documents reveal. Berlingske, citing Bloomberg News, reports how Danske’s…
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