Royals’ flag celebrations – Queen in Estonia
The Royal Family celebrated the 800th anniversary of the Danish flag (Dannebrog) both here and abroad, Friday. HM Queen Margrethe travelled on the royal yacht to Estonia where, according to myth, the flag…
MoreIran’s ambassador rejects tanker attack allegations
Iran’s Ambassador to Denmark, Morteza Moradian, has rejected claims his country was responsible for last week’s attacks on two Japanese two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, the Iranian Students News Agency…
MoreIce meltdown in Greenland
As the red-bloc parties continue to discuss climate targets, Greenland is experiencing record melting ice sheets. According to reports more than 40 percent of Greenland experienced melting Friday, with total ice loss estimated…
MoreMaersk moves to exploit melting Arctic ice
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk is in talks with Russia’s state-owned icebreaker operator to send more goods via the Arctic, which is becoming more accessible as climate change reduces the sea ice. Maersk, the…
MoreDenmark avoids European slowdown
The European economy may be slowing down but the Danish economy remains robust. New Statistics Denmark figures showing manufacturing output grew by 0.5 per cent between March and April were welcomed by chief…
MoreSocial Liberal leader haunted by 2011 failure
Morten Østergaard is determined to avoid a repeat of 2011 when lengthy government negotiations culminated in an ‘unworkable centre-left coalition.’ The Social Liberal (Radikale) leader said he had no wish to rule anybody…
MoreSocial Democrats want uniform corporate tax rate
The Social Democrats have called for a pan-EU corporate tax rate of 22% – the same as Denmark’s – to avoid a ‘race to the bottom.’ Around half of all EU members will have…
MoreVestager welcomes Trump’s ‘help’
Donald Trump has unwittingly boosted Margrethe Vestager’s chances of succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the EU Commission this year, the former Social Liberal leader said yesterday at the Citizens’ Forum in Bornholm….
MoreQuick turnaround for unemployed
Denmark is amongst the EU countries most successful at getting the unemployed back into the labour market, the latest Eurostat figures show. Luxembourg, where 44% of the jobless get work in the subsequent…
MoreDPP joins far-right EU group
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is officially part of a new, far-right group at the European Parliament. France’s Marine Le Pen unveiled the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, Thursday, which replaces the Europe…
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