Greenpeace swimmers test Denmark’s green credentials
Four Danish Greenpeace activists swam out to the North Sea on Tuesday and occupied an unmanned oil production platform operated by French giant Total in an effort to show that Denmark isn’t is…
MoreDanish tanker denied right to offload migrants in Malta
A Danish ship has for the past 14 days been anchored off the coast of Malta after rescuing migrants blocked from stepping ashore by the Maltese authorities. The Maersk Etienne tanker picked up…
MorePM to reveal new early retirement plan today
Denmark’s biggest business organisations have come out against the government’s plan to reduce the retirement age for ‘worn-out’ workers, one of the government’s key issues during last year’s election campaign. At a press…
MoreVirus updates
Slight dip in infections…..Kids sent home from school…Kindergarten shuts down…. There were 123 new cases of coronavirus, Monday, a slight downturn from Friday. 16 people are hospitalised but there were no new fatalities….
MoreDanish military beefs up Artic defences with Greenland home guard
The Danish military has taken the first step toward establishing a ’home guard’ force in Greenland that will assist regular units during non-combat operations in the Arctic. Arctic News reports that the opening on…
MoreState earns billions from controversial Goldman Sachs deal
The controversial sell-off of a major chunk of energy giant DONG Energy in 2014 to US investment bank Goldman Sachs, which sparked off fierce opposition and led to the Socialist People’s Party (SF) pulling…
MoreSlight dip in corona jobless figures
The ever-lengthening jobless queue during the corona crisis has shortened slightly. New labour market figures show the official unemployment rate is now 170,043 but the number who’ve filed for unemployment since March 9th…
MoreEU approves SAS rescue plan
Denmark and Sweden’s $1.3bn emergency bailout for SAS will help the struggling airline survive the corona crisis, Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager said last night after EU competition…
MoreBusiness shorts
EU approves Mastercard takeover…..Producer prices sink again….Corona-hit Danish Crown set to reopen…… As well as green-lighting the SAS bailout deal the European Commission has conditionally approved Mastercard’s billion-dollar acquisition of Danish card payment…
MoreRevised phase-4 agreement: Face masks mandatory on public transport
The use of face masks on public transport will become mandatory next Saturday (August 22nd) as part of the revised phase 4 of the reopening process presented by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Saturday….
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