Energy agency gives green light to Russian pipeline
The controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline can move ahead through Denmark’s territorial waters after the Danish Energy Agency yesterday approved the use of pipe laying vessels with anchors for its construction. The decision…
MoreInvestors caused krone to weaken, not corona
Currency speculation wasn’t the cause of a weakening in the Danish krone when the Covid-19 pandemic hit, according to the National Bank. In a review of fluctuations over the past 12 years the…
MoreLiberals dismissed call to prayer problem when in power
The opposition Liberals (V) have demanded a ban on the Muslim call to prayer over loudspeakers but declined to pass the same legislation when in power ten years ago. The Liberals, alongside the…
MoreNew ambassador to Germany ignored fraud warnings at Defence Ministry
One of the highest ranking civil servants at the Defence Ministry was informed about possible fraud at the Ministry of Defence Estate Agency (MDEA) in 2016 but failed to act. Berlingske reveals this…
MoreWanted cult leader spotted in Mexico
Denmark’s most wanted man, Mogens Amdi Petersen, has been spotted in Mexico where he’s been ‘underground’ for years. The founder of Tvind, the global Danish humanitarian organisation often referred to as a cult,…
MoreSocial Liberals: ‘Deadbeat debtors’ should be given debt relief
Although 20% of the population are in debt to the state less than half have the ability to pay even a small amount of what they owe, a new study shows. After it…
MoreLittle Mermaid vandalised…again: ‘Racist fish’
Vandals spray-painted the words ’racist fish’ across the base of Denmark’s most iconic tourism symbol, the ’Little Mermaid’, early Friday morning. The 107-year-old sculpture, visited by an estimated one million tourists every year,…
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Cocaine bust on Danish ship….Researchers given green light to test new covid-19 treatment…Denmark approves agreement for Somaliland… Mexican authorities have found 102.5 kilos of cocaine on the Danish container ship, Laura Maersk. A.P….
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Vestas inks Japan deal….Finance watchdog highlights lack of women in top bank jobs…. Clean energy giant Vestas has partnered up with two Japanese companies for a supply contract for two wind turbine farms…
MoreHealth authorities spent 20 million dollars on ‘fake’ Chinese face masks
The Danish health authorities have been tricked into buying 7.5 million fake or faulty corona protection masks from China. At the start of April, a national purchasing group under the Copenhagen Regional Health…
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