National Bank: We weren’t hacked
The National Bank has dismissed reports that nation-state hackers, probably Russian, broke into its IT-operating system. In a statement the Bank also rejected allegations that the cyber attack had created a backdoor to…
MoreØrsted urges U.S. to speed up transition process
Partially state-owned clean energy giant Ørsted has warned that the U.S. will need to speed up project permits to meet the Biden administration’s 2030 target for offshore wind power. The United States, with…
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Police investigate corona fraud…..Ørsted wins lucrative New Jersey contract…..Danske Bank compensates 6,300 customers for over-charging…. As the state’s corona aid packages to businesses are gradually being wound down the State Prosecutor’s Office for…
MoreNordic newspapers condemn China’s crackdown on press freedom
Four leading Nordic newspapers, including Denmark’s Politiken, have joined together this morning to condemn the closure of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, which printed 1 million copies of its final edition last…
MoreChina rejects Politiken’s criticism as ‘fantasy’
Politiken’s editor in chief, Christian Jensen, is living in a fantasy world – that was the first reaction last night by ‘official China’ to the four Nordic newspapers’ joint condemnation of the closure…
MoreGreenland’s PM ready to report TV2 for damaging fake news report
Greenland’s prime minister, Múte B. Egede, is on the verge of reporting Danish TV network TV2 to the police for printing fake news that could have influenced the outcome of the country’s general…
MoreNordic culture ministers: World Cup in Qatar is ‘wrong’
Culture Minister Joy Mogensen, who last month said the government won’t be boycotting next year’s football World Cup in Qatar despite reports that 6,500 migrant workers have died while the country is preparing…
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New spike in infections….2 million have downloaded passport app….More confidence in vaccines… The number of new corona cases rose again, Wednesday, to 340, the highest for two weeks and nearly 100 up on…
MoreDenmark number 2 in global quality of life survey
One week after Copenhagen regained its position as the best city in the world in the annual quality of life ranking by Monocle magazine, Denmark has been named the second-best country globally in a…
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Energy agency finalises windfarm bids….Norwegian Air back in business at Copenhagen Airport….Queen opens expanded HC Andersen House…. The Danish Energy Agency has published the final tenders for what will be Denmark’s largest offshore…
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