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Ørsted issues green bonds in Taiwan / Nordic countries corruption-free image damaged / Vestas finishes Ukraine project…. A week after the government and National Bank announced they are exploring possibilities of issuing ‘green’…
MoreStøjberg denounces ‘politically correct’ treatment of Muslims
Ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg again stirred up the integration debate at the Liberals’ annual party conference over the weekend. In a hard-hitting op-ed article in tabloid daily BT earlier this month Ms Støjberg…
MoreNo consular help for foreign fighters
Danish foreign fighters abroad will no longer be offered consular or legal assistance by Danish embassies. Following the controversy surrounding the repatriation of of jihadist Ahmad Salem el-Haj, who was remanded in custody for…
MoreRed/Greens: Criminals have rights too
Denmark has a duty to help all Danish citizens in trouble abroad, even criminals, the Red/Greens said yesterday in response to reports that the government is working on legislation that will prevent foreign…
MorePM heads for asylum talks with Macron
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travels to Paris today for talks with President Macron, where a new EU asylum policy high on the agenda. The Danish PM has said the current system has failed…
MoreNew Liberal leader – same policies
The honeymoon period is over for new Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann Jensen whose first speech as leader to the party’s annual convention, Saturday, was criticised as ‘hazy’ and ‘lacking political content’ by leading…
MoreDenmark leads Nordic tax race
Denmark has the highest marginal income tax rate of all Nordic countries and despite the prospect of a reduction from next year will still lead the way. 470,000 taxpayers in this country paid…
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Maersk posts impressive Q3 profits / Orsted builds solar plant in Texas….. Danish shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk posted impressive Q3 net profit on Friday but warned that growth in the container market is…
MoreNeo Nazis deny graveyard vandalism
The neo-Nazi Nordfront (Nordisk Resistance Movement/NRM) has strongly denied any involvement in last weekend’s desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Randers even though one of its leading members was arrested on Wednesday and charged…
MoreImmigration Minister reviews foreign fighters’ citizenship
Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye is considering whether to strip three foreign fighters of their citizenship. As the government struggles with the return of of Danish jihadist Ahmad Salem el-Haj, who was remanded in custody…
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