Posted on 15. Nov, 2019 in: News

Slight Q3 dip in growth

Economic growth slowed slightly in Q3 to 0.3%, from 0.9% in Q2, the latest Statistics Denmark showed on Thursday. At the same time employment grew by 0.2%. 0.3% matched the EU but was…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Vestas opens factory in Brazil, wins big contract in New Zealand / Watchdog warns Handelsbanken…. Clean energy giant Vestas has officially opened a new wind turbine factory in Brazil’s Ceara state. The new…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2019 in: News

Emotional ambassador decries rise in anti-Semitism

Israel’s Ambassador to Denmark Benny Dagan made an emotional appeal for a crackdown on the rise of anti-Semitism throughout Europe following a visit to the Jewish cemetery in Randers desecrated by neo-Nazis last…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2019 in: News

Neo-Nazi arrested for graveyard attack

One of the two men arrested yesterday on suspicion of desecrating a Jewish graveyard last weekend has been named as 38-year-old neo-Nazi Jacob Vullum Andersen, a leading member of the far-right Nordfront (Nordisk…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2019 in: News

PM’s allies defend international conventions

Parties on the left have distanced themselves from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s claim that international conventions ‘protect the wrong people’ and are forcing Denmark to repatriate Danish jihadists. Backed by the Socialist People’s…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2019 in: News

Kofod confirms ‘constructive cooperation’ with U.S. on Greenland

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod characterised his meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pempeo in Washington, Wednesday, as ‘friendly, warm and constructive’. Greenland and the Arctic region were high on the agenda of…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2019 in: News

Danish pharmaceutical tycoon in ‘Breaking Bad’ operation facing prison

Danish business tycoon Jacob Sporon-Fiedler, the founder of multiple pharmaceutical companies based in both India and Denmark, is facing a lengthy prison term in the UK for what has been described as the…

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Posted on 14. Nov, 2019 in: News

Government aims to finance climate goals with green debt

The government and National Bank are exploring possibilities of issuing ‘green’ government bonds to help fund the ‘world’s most ambitious climate target’ of a 70% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. Prime Minister…

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Posted on 13. Nov, 2019 in: News

Fake Greenland letter written by Russia?

A mysterious fake letter, purportedly sent by Greenland’s foreign minister to a U.S. senator, looks like a Russian attempt to create division between Greenland and Denmark and mistrust between Denmark and the USA…

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Posted on 13. Nov, 2019 in: News

Foreign Minister in Washington – Greenland tops the agenda

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod and his Greenland counterpart, Ane Lone Bagger, arrive in Washington DC today for ‘clear the air’ talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. It’s the first top-level DK-US…

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