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Novo bounces back…Danish companies fear cyber-attacks….Copenhagen Airport reports record figures… Shares in Novo Nordisk rebounded, Tuesday, after the pharmaceutical giant reported promising mid-stage results for its experimental drug amycretin in diabetes patients, boosting…
MorePM fears Russia could gain from peace talks
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that current peace negotiations over Ukraine could result in an agreement that benefits Russia rather than Europe. Following a meeting of American, Ukrainian and European officials in…
MoreNew poll: Government party sinking fast
The Moderates are edging closer and closer to political oblivion. A new Voxmeter poll shows the coalition partner would win no more than 2.4% of the vote if an election was held today,…
MoreTax Ministry to shed hundreds of jobs in downsizing push
The Tax Ministry has announced plans to lay off up to 640 employees across six agencies as part of a wider effort to reduce state bureaucracy and adapt to declining budgets. The cuts…
MoreDenmark warned over Arctic blind spot
Denmark is reliant on private companies and other countries to monitor what’s happening in large areas of the Arctic as it doesn’t have its own satellites, which according to a new report by…
MoreGovernment: Be prepared
The government launched a new public information campaign, Monday, urging people to take more responsibility for crisis preparedness by following emergency recommendations from the authorities. Despite widespread awareness of the guidelines, a recent Megafon…
More10 year-olds ‘vaping’
Children in the south-Jutland town of Kolding are experimenting with nicotine products at an alarmingly early age. A survey of school pupils by the local authority has revealed an extraordinarily high usage of…
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Obesity patients get compensation for eye disease…..Ørsted fires 191 workers….Pig farmers hit by Chinese tariffs…. Four patients who developed a serious eye disease after using Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight-loss medications have been granted…
MoreWhite House sends ‘confusing’ message on Greenland
A puzzling statement by the White House in Washington has rekindled the ‘Greenland issue.’ In an official response to Politiken, which requested clarification about reports that the Trump Administration had on a number…
MorePM’s pick to run City Hall quits politics
The Social Democrats’ lead candidate for Lord Mayor of Copenhagen in last week’s local election has quit politics following the party’s resounding defeat. Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, a former cabinet minister who was Prime Minister…
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