Recession confirmed
The Danish economy’s swing into recession was confirmed ahead of Christmas when the latest Statistics Denmark figures showed GDP shrank 0.7% between July and September (Q3) following a similar downturn in Q2. Over…
MoreAPM to resume shipping traffic in Red Sea
A.P. Møller-Maersk (APM) is preparing to resume shipping operations in the Red Sea region that were paused before Christmas after a Maersk vessel was targeted but not hit by a missile while en route…
More46 Maersk containers washed ashore in pre-Christmas storm
A Maersk ship lost 46 containers off the Northern Jutland coast as Denmark was battered by Storm Pia ahead of Christmas. The 18.000-ton Mayview Maersk departed Bremerhaven, Germany on Thursday, December 21, and…
MoreVoters desert coalition parties
The government is shedding voters at an alarming rate. The latest Megafon poll for TV2 shows the three coalition partners would be dumped from power if an election was held right now with…
MoreLøkke signs defence deal in Washington
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen travelled to Washington DC, Thursday, to formally sign the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) that will allow the US to permanently station soldiers and store weapons and equipment on Danish…
MoreIslamist group praises terrorism, rejects Danish values
Lawmakers have called for a crackdown on a Danish Islamist group that praises terrorism on social media and urges Muslims to resist Denmark and Danish values. In one inflammatory post on messaging app…
MoreAnti-Islamist awarded DKK20,000 for death threats
Danish/Swedish anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan has been awarded SEK 30,000 (DKK20,000) after a Swedish court found a teenager guilty of issuing death threats against him on social media. The unnamed youth issued a warning…
MoreBootleg versions of Novo’s weight loss medication flourishing in US
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday it’s seized thousands of counterfeit versions of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes medication Ozempic, better known as a wonder weight loss drug. The Danish pharmaceutical giant…
MoreBusiness shorts
Business confidence up….Tesla sales boom….Germany starts rail ink to Danish tunnel…. Business confidence strengthened in December to the highest level in five months. Despite a slight drop in consumer confidence the latest Statistics…
MoreDenmark facing ‘weather bomb’
Denmark is bracing for a ‘weather bomb’ today, with flooding and violent winds strong enough to bring down trees, cause structural damage, and threaten infrastructure throughout the country. TV2 meteorologist and weather expert,…
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