U.S. media marvel at Danish energy innovation
Denmark’s two planned energy islands are creating a buzz abroad. The projects –one in the North Sea and one on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea – that will produce wind…
MoreLong-term unemployed at 26-year low
The number of long-term unemployed is at the lowest level since 1996. New figures from the Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment (STAR) show only 11,519 people were deemed ‘long-term jobless’ in October,…
MoreModerates eye an opening after Conservatives quit government negotiations
The Conservatives have quit government negotiations, paving the way for a centrist, tripartite Social Democrat(S)/Liberal(V)/Moderates(M) coalition. After Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen said on Friday he’d made a great effort to compromise during…
MoreLA leader questions Liberals’ flirt with Social Democrats
Following the Conservatives’ departure from government negotiations, Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Alex Vanopslagh said he has difficulty seeing why parties on the right would feel the need to join a government alongside the…
MoreAnalysts predict new government before Christmas
Leading political analysts are confident there’ll be a new government in place before Christmas – but only after record-long negotiations. Jyllands-Posten’s political editor, Niels Thulesen Dahl, said coalition talks between the Social Democrats…
MoreParliament to rule on Prince’s DKK350,000 royal annuity
When Prince Joachim, the Queen’s second son, starts his new job within the military-industrial complex in Washington DC next year after stepping down as defence attache at the Danish embassy in Paris, he’ll…
MoreTV2 cast doubts on Iranian morality police reports
Reports that Iran has shut down its notorious ‘morality police’ should be taken with a ‘pinch of salt’, TV2’s Middle East correspondent Simi Jan said yesterday following more than two months of protests…
MoreRising inflation, energy prices, interest rates – homeowners facing a bleak 2023
Thousands of homeowners will struggle to pay their monthly bills in 2023 due to a combination of high inflation, rising energy costs, and fast-rising interest rates. A new report by banking lobby, Finance…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 28th – December 4th 2022:
Politics/Economy: Despite moving closer to the Social Democrats and a potential centrist coalition, Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen declined to say whether his confidence in caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen has been restored following…
MoreSpy boss in espionage scandal was given cash bonus before suspension
Suspended ‘spy boss’ Lars Findsen, head of the Military Intelligence Agency (FE) until being arrested last December on suspicion of leaking highly classified information in the espionage scandal, was given a DKK50,000 (nearly $7,000) bonus in…
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