Denmark no.2 in state aid for business during crisis
Denmark ranks number 2 in terms of the number of state-funded aid packages approved by the EU during the corona crisis. Italy leads the way with 34, followed by Denmark with 32, far more…
MoreDanish company bows to U.S pressure – pulls out of Russian pipeline
Danish engineering company Ramboll has pulled out of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project due to the threat of severe US sanctions. Based on ’well-informed sources’ Politiken reports how Rambøll, which is involved…
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220 redundancies at Vestas…..European companies battle to build Denmark’s biggest windfarm….Airport passenger numbers hiy 50-year low…. Wind energy giant Vestas has announced plans to fire 220 employees both here in and in the…
MoreDark Days: Three more weeks of lockdown
Nationwide corona restrictions set to expire this weekend have been extended by at least three weeks as the health authorities try to contain the extremely contagious ‘British’ variant that’s spreading rapidly throughout the…
MoreDenmark tries to bypass EU vaccine strategy
While the government has publicly supported the EU’s common vaccination policy that ensures no single country is favouritised, the Danish health authorities have been working behind the scenes to obtain a special deal for…
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Infections up, hospitalisations down….64,000 new vaccines….Partial shutdown of parliament…. 1,358 new corona cases were reported, Wednesday, nearly 30% up on the previous day, but the number of hospitalisations fell by 58 to 859….
MorePM dismisses criticism of ‘go it alone’ corona policy
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dismissed accusations by the Danish People’s Party (DPP), Wednesday, that the government has failed to listen to other parties during the corona crisis. During question time the PM Mette…
MoreLøkke supports former minister
Lars Løkke Rasmussen won’t be voting to impeach former immigration minister Inger Støjberg when parliament votes as to whether or not she should face trial for her role on the Child Brides affair….
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More problems for Nord Stream 2…..Orsted shares dive after profit warning….Novo pulls U.S. political donations following riots…. Problems continue to surround the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Russia has announced that will work resume…
MorePrime Minister: We mustn’t ease up
Despite the past few days’ encouraging infection rate it’s far too early to ease the lockdown, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday, echoing experts’ concern about the aggressive British corona variant. She wrote…
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