DPP: No integration for 20,000 asylum seekers
The 20,000 asylum seekers expected in Denmark this year shouldn’t expect to be integrated into society, Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl said over the weekend in response to a warning…
MoreTaxgate Commission clears former minister
It’s low-level civil servants who will carry the can when the Taxgate Commission publishes its findings within the next few days, while former tax minister Troels Lund Poulsen will be cleared of any serious…
MoreMP’s have no confidence in Justice Ministry
Party spokespersons at Christiansborg have lost faith in the Ministry of Justice, which they claim has distorted the truth in a number of high-profile issues. Although ex-justice minister Morten Bodskov stepped down after…
MoreClimate week in Copenhagen
Delegates from more than 100 governments and top scientists meet in Copenhagen this week to edit a draft UN report that claims climate change may have “serious, pervasive and irreversible” impacts on human…
MoreDanish banks pass EU stress test
All major Danish banks have passed the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) latest EU-wide stress test, published Sunday. 20 per cent of European banks, including nine in Italy, three in Greece, three in Cyprus,…
MoreBanks react to stress test
Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske, said on Sunday it would write down DKK 700m ($119 m) in impairments following a stress-test by the Danish Financial Services Authority conducted alongside European-wide checks. The bank said…
MoreNovo Nordisk could face US lawsuit
Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest maker of insulin, has received a U.S. subpoena requesting documents relating to potential manufacturing issues at its Kalundborg plant in Denmark, the company said on Friday. From…
More3GF 2014 in Copenhagen – a Workshop for ‘Powerful Do’ers’
More than 500 leaders and decision-makers from businesses, finance, governments, cities, international organisations and civil society joined forces at this year’s 3GF Summit in Copenhagen last week to launch new partnerships, exchange innovative…
MoreEU leaders compromise on new climate deal – Denmark wanted more
EU leaders at the Brussels summit have reached a late-night deal to cut greenhouse emissions by 40% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels, in a compromise deal that is less ambitious than Denmark…
MorePM: Denmark leads the way on climate
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt proclaimed Denmark to be the EU leader in climate and energy yesterday on arrival at the EU summit in Brussels that will lay out EU climate and energy policy…
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