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Solid sales for Carlsberg despite tariffs threat…Consumers boycott Coca Cola….Electric cars dominate…. Carlsberg has reported a ‘solid’ start to the year but warned that U.S. tariffs could affect both consumer spending and raw…
MoreFormer prime minister regrets close alliance with US – and equates Putin with Hitler
Ex-prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has expressed regret over his decision to strengthen Denmark’s close alliance with the US, a cornerstone of his premiership in the early 00s. In his new book, To…
MoreParties on the right criticise ‘soft’ ambassador appointment
The government has come under fire for appointing a ‘part-time envoy’ to challenge international conventions on deportations. As part of its political platform laid out in December 2022 the new coalition outlined plans…
MoreEx-minister to head Foreign Affairs Committee
Former cabinet minister Christian Friis Bach is the new chair of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, replacing his Liberal (Venstre) colleague, Michael Aastrup Jensen. After being elected by a unanimous majority of committee members,…
MoreNational Museum identifies two Danish slave ships
The National Museum has confirmed that two 18th-century shipwrecks discovered off the coast of Costa Rica were Danish slave ships. In a statement, Monday, the museum said marine archaeologists had identified the Fridericus Quartus…
More6 more facing trial in share dividend scam
Six more foreign nationals will stand trial at Glostrup District Court next year accused of tax fraud totalling over DKK 1.1bn ($167m) a continuation of the share dividend scandal that cost the Danish…
MoreDenmarks biggest company freezes investments in response to Trump’s tariff threats
Novo Holdings, the multi-billion dollar investment fund behind Denmark’s biggest company, Novo Nordisk, has frozen all major investments due to the mounting economic uncertainty driven by US tariffs on foreign goods. In an…
MoreDip in business confidence reflects tariffs concerns
Business confidence has sunk to the lowest level in three months. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the overall business confidence index, which combines expectations in industry, construction, retail trade, and services, dropped to…
MoreDenmark and Greenland rally against Trump
Greenland’s new prime minister has repeated his defiant message that his country will never be a piece of property that can be bought by just anyone. On the second day of his three-day…
MoreU.S. Democrats offer assurances about Greenland
The United States Congress is unlikely to support any invasion of Greenland, the top-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives said during an unofficial visit to Copenhagen, Friday. As the head of a…
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