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Housing market registers slight comeback….Carlsberg weakens its beer in UK to avoid tax hike….Green investment fund inks Bangladesh deal…. Housing prices rose for the fourth straight month in June, albeit at a very…
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Germany has found traces of explosives in a yacht they claim was used in the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines off the coast of Bornholm last year. The information has been sent to…
MorePM welcomes Sweden’s NATO accession: ‘Fantastic news’
Sweden’s entry into NATO will strengthen Denmark and the Nordic region’s security, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at the start of the Vilnius summit, Tuesday, where she welcomed the ‘fantastic news’ that Turkey’s…
MoreF-16 training for Ukrainian pilots to start in August
Denmark will start to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 warplanes in August. At a press briefing on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Tuesday, Acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen confirmed that…
MoreNew survey: Denmark a difficult country to settle in
A new global survey confirms what many foreigners in this country already know – Denmark isn’t a very welcoming place. The latest “Expat Insider” report ranks 53 destinations based on five indices: Quality…
MoreDenmark no.1 in global tax comparison
Denmark may be less than welcoming to foreigners but leads the way in a global comparison of a nation’s tax revenue relative to the size of its economy – the so-called tax-to-GDP (Gross…
MoreWoman smuggled 6 kilos of cocaine on Danish flight
Hong Kong Airport customs officers have arrested a 62-year-old woman who arrived on a flight from Copenhagen carrying cocaine worth more than DKK6m (HKD$7m). During customs clearance, the officers found three cans of…
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Airport upwardly adjusts profit expectations….Pension company invests $1bn in Esbjerg Port…..Green fund looks for DKK90b investment in renewable energy…. Copenhagen Airport has upwardly adjusted its earnings expectations for 2023 despite the recent disruption…
MorePM welcomes Sweden’s NATO membership as Ergodan says yes
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is looking forward to Sweden being confirmed as the next member of NATO at the Western military alliance’s two-day summit gets underway in Vilnius this morning. The PM said…
MoreLøkke maps out Ukraine’s ‘Euro-Atlantic’ integration
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and his Nordic and Baltic counterparts have put forward a model for Ukraine’s future ‘Euro-Atlantic’ integration – copying the process that the Baltic countries went through in the…
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