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C-25 recovers….Denmark’s richest man loses billions in UK…Petrol close to DKK14 per litre…. Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C25-index of ’blue chip’ shares closed 2.5% up, Wednesday, the highest single-day rise since March and…
MoreBusiness leaders dismiss PM’s ‘outdated’ welfare dreams
The government’s plan to protect the welfare state by legally requiring lawmakers and future governments to appropriate more funding for social spending every year has been dismissed as ‘out of step’ with reality…
MoreDKK10bn for public housing
The government is trying to put together a majority for its DKK10bn proposal to build 22,000 units of public housing in Copenhagen ahead of 2035 – some of them in the ‘free state’…
MoreVirus updates
Stable infection figures….’R’ rate stuck on 1…Danish order for new vaccine cancelled…. 587 new corona cases were registered Tuesday, based on 41.729 PCR-tests, a positivity rate of 1.41% and slightly down on the…
MoreClimate demands will push up beef prices
Everyday steaks found in supermarket fridges today could become the ‘filet mignon’ of the future as beef producers pass on the high costs of doing business under strict climate regulations. Jais Valeur, CEO…
MoreWise men say…tighten spending
The economic upturn is so strong that it’s time for the government to tighten fiscal policy more than planned, the so-called ‘wise men’ of the Economic Council warn in their latest projection published…
MoreDanish Hells Angels arrested in Spain
Three Danish members of the Hells Angels biker gang have been arrested in Marbella, southern Spain, on suspicion of drug trafficking. Spanish police seized 10 kilos of cannabis, €55,000 in cash, jewellery, a…
MoreCopenhagen shines for business start-ups
Copenhagen and Denmark’s ‘second city, Aarhus are the best locations for budding entrepreneurs according to a new global study by money.co.uk. The study, based on several factors, including a location’s corporate tax rate,…
MoreMaersk hit by rape allegations
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk has suspended 5 officers and crew members following allegations of rape on one of its ships. Berlingkske reports that a 19-year-old American woman was allegedly raped on board one…
MorePM in India: Richer nations need to do more to resist climate change
On the final working day of her official visit to India, Monday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said richer nations need to deliver more in the fight against climate change and Denmark is ready…
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