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Maersk ship loses ‘dangerous cargo’ in Pacific…Denmark’s biggest auctioneer sold….Apple extends Viborg operations… Shipping giant Maersk has confirmed that its chartered vessel Dyros, en route to Seattle in the USA from Yantian in…
MorePrime Minister under pressure to expel Russia diplomats
Denmark could follow Poland’s lead and expel Russian diplomats. After the Polish government kicked out 45 Russian diplomats on Wednesday for engaging in espionage, Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen refused to rule out a…
MoreZelensky to address Danish parliament
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the Danish parliament in a direct live video link next Tuesday (March 29th) following similar appearances in the UK, US, Germany, Canada, France, and other countries. ‘Folketinget’…
MoreUkraine ambassador to Danish companies: Stop funding the murder of children
Ukraine’s ambassador to Denmark, Mykhailo Vydoinyk, has again appealed to Danish companies to stop all business operations in, or with, Russia. In an interview with Finans the Ambassador said companies need to ‘choose…
MoreBerlingske: Putin’s ‘megalomaniacal miscalculations’
In a lengthy editorial this morning, Berlingske claims that President Putin, with his ‘megalomaniacal miscalculations’ has thrown his country into a war that can’t be won – he had ‘completely unrealistic expectations’ that…
MoreGovernment’s mosque-funding blacklist only has one name
The government has set up a blacklist of people banned from donating more than DKK 10,000 ($1,500) to mosques in Denmark but as yet it only includes one name – Rashed Bin Saad…
MoreConsumer pessimism could poison the economy
As inflation continues to rise, consumer confidence has dropped to the lowest level since October 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the Consumer Confidence Index…
MoreVirus updates
Positivity rate approaches 50%….7 out of 10 infected since November…’R’ rate drops to 0.7 as virus recedes…. 6,291 new corona cases were confirmed, Tuesday, 1,110 down on the previous day although the positivity…
MoreRussian ambassador issues Arctic warning
Russian ambassador Vladimir Barbin has warned Denmark that isolating Russia in the Arctic will trigger ‘significant consequences.’ In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Denmark and six other members of the Arctic Council…
MorePM calls for unity ahead of EU referendum: ‘Time to opt-in, not opt-out’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has appealed for national unity after a new poll showed support to ditch the EU opt-out on defence affairs in the upcoming referendum is falling. During parliamentary question time,…
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