Government bails out SAS – again
The Danish state has been forced to come to the rescue of struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) yet again. The Finance Ministry said yesterday that Denmark and Sweden, who both own substantial stakes in…
MoreRetail sales down despite reopening
Retail sales surprisingly declined for the first time in three months in April. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show retail sales dropped a seasonally adjusted 8.3 percent month-on-month in April, after a 19.8…
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Danish company wins California contract…..Saxo Bank launches cryptocurrency in Middle East….UAE Ambassador promotes bilateral green energy with Denmark…. Danish engineering company Ramboll has won a lucrative contract to chart the water supply in…
MoreGovernment backs down on Langeland refugee centre
In an embarrassing turnaround the government has dropped plans to build a holding centre for criminal immigrants on the island of Langeland. Following a meeting of all party leaders Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye…
More250,000 see racist attack video
More than a quarter of a million viewers, including Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, have so far seen disturbing video footage of a racist verbally abusing a young Muslim family. Kodes Hamdi from Holbæk…
MoreMedicinal cannabis trial extended
The 4-year trial of medicinal cannabis has been extended to 2026. The initial scheme launched in 2018, which allows patients suffering from ailments such as chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, or the after-effects of chemotherapy treatment…
MoreVirus updates
Epidemic under control despite high infection rate….’R’ rate stable at 1.1…Voluntary innoculations with discarded vaccines start Thursday…..No seasonal effect as virus continues to spread… Four consecutive days with fewer than 1,000 new infections…
MoreDenmark extends northern sea border
Denmark quietly gained around 27,000 square metres, Tuesday, as the country’s border north of the Faroe Islands was expanded. After Parliament gave its full support to delimitation agreements with Iceland and Norway respectively,…
MoreEconomy bounces back
The economy is emerging from the corona crisis at a fast rate. The Finance Ministry now expects 2.4% economic growth this year, upwardly revising the 2.1% projected in the government’s ‘Convergence Programme 2021’…
MoreConsumer confidence picks up as shops reopen
Consumer confidence has improved in line with the gradual reopening of society. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer confidence index rose to 2.8 in May from -1.1 in April – the…
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