Economy grows for 4th straight quarter
The economy expanded but at a slower pace during the year’s first quarter (Q1). The latest Statistics Denmark figures show Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.3% in Q1, following a 0.6% rise…
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Norwegian Air demands answers from government….Ørsted signs 20-year carbon capture deal….Danish company reaps the benefit of U.S. green incentives…. Norwegian Air has approached the government to express concern about the air traffic controllers…
MoreIslamic State mother and kids offered evacuation from Syria but not wanted in Denmark
Even though a Moroccan woman and her two Danish children living in a Syrian detention camp have been offered free passage to Denmark there should be no doubt that they aren’t wanted in…
MoreDefence Minister to return to work in August
Liberal (Venstre) leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has announced he’ll be returning to parliament on August 1st after six months of sick leave. The 49-year-old defence minister and deputy prime minister took stress leave in…
MoreEx-NATO secretary general: Frederiksen still a candidate for top job
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is definitely in the running to become the new NATO secretary general, the only Dane to hold the prestigious position has said. The PM has dismissed Norwegian media reports…
More‘Confrontational’ Greenlandic MP refuses to speak Danish in parliament
A Greenlandic MP has been dismissed as ‘confrontational and childish’ for refusing to speak Danish during a debate in parliament, Friday. Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam, one of two members representing Greenland, held a nearly 7-minute…
MoreGovernment compensates torture victim
Denmark has voluntary settled a case of torture before it was forced to by the EU. The government has agreed to pay DKK 225,000 (€30,000) to a teenage boy who was on two…
MoreRecord migration figures in Q1
Nealy 22,000 immigrants were granted residency during the first three months of this year, the highest first quarter (Q1) figure on record. The Danish Federation of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises welcomed the…
MoreIMF impressed by post-pandemic economic recovery but ‘recession ahead’
The IMF (International Monetary Fund) is ‘impressed’ by the Danish economy’s recovery post-corona but predicts a recession is on the way. In its latest economic review, published Friday, the IMF notes that ‘…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 8th – 14th 2023
Politics/Economy: The latest Democracy Perception Index (DPI) showed that while Danes maintain a strong belief in democracy and fundamental freedom rights there’s increasing concern about how lawmakers are protecting democratic practices. The government…
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