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Carlsberg warns of lay-offs as profit drops….Danfoss gains strength in China but sales fall globally…. Brewing giant Carlsberg expects operating profit to decline 10%-15% this year as lockdowns continue to impact sales in…
MoreIntegration Minister slams Islamist group
Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye has dismissed the Islamist movement Hizb ut-Tahrir as ‘pathetic’ for its renewed efforts to whip up support among young Muslims. The extremist organisation, outlawed in Germany, Russia, China, Egypt, Saudi…
MoreTalks continue on phase-4
Parties have failed to reach agreement on conditions for phase 4 of the reopening process. Following a log day of negotiations the Danish People’s Party’s Peter Skaarup said last night there are still…
MoreStøjberg demands crackdown on virus spreaders
Ahead of yesterday’s all-party talks regarding phase 4 of the reopening process the Liberals’ deputy leader, Inger Støjberg, called for ‘drastic measures’ to stop the corona virus from spreading. The former foreign minister…
MoreForeign Minister calls for sanctions on new Belarus regime
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has called for EU sanctions on Belarus after this week’s presidential election led to a violent crackdown on journalists and demonstrators. In an interview with Berlingske he called the…
MoreNordic, Baltic ministers issue joint Belarus statement
Ahead of tomorrow’s EU video conference regarding the situation in Belarus, the foreign ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden have joined together to express their ‘grave concern’ about…
MoreJoachim recuperates with toast and jam
Prince Joachim, the Queen’s younger son, has been pictured for the first time since undergoing emergency brain surgery last month. The palace has published a photo of the prince enjoying breakfast with his…
MoreBig drop in GDP but less than half of eurozone
The Danish economy is suffering from the corona crisis but less than in other countries Ahead of the release of key economic indicators for the year’s second quarter (Q2) tomorrow, Nordea Markets has…
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Consumer spending up….Orsted earnings down….Danish fighter jet on assembly line…. Dankort and MobilePay spending in the first week of August, normally a reliable indicator of consumer confidence, was up by around 3-4% compared…
MoreCorona: Daily infection rate tops 100 again as 5 local regions are named ‘hotspots’
The number of new corona cases topped 100 again Tuesday, after falling the previous day. 144 people tested positive, although the number of hospitilisations dropped by 3, to 20. The death rate rose…
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