Novo Nordisk investment tops $29bn
Denmark’s most valuable company, Novo Nordisk, is spending DKK 8.5bn ($1.2bn) on a brand-new manufacturing plant in Odense where it plans to hire 400 permanent employees, reinforcing its commitment to this country. The…
MorePET: China may misuse Danes’ genetic data
Danish Intelligence (PET) has sounded the alarm about the possibility of the Danish public’s sensitive genetic data being used for military purposes by China. The growing controversy surrounds the BGI Group, a Chinese…
MoreNavy stops monitoring mysterious Chinese ship
The Danish Navy has ceased surveillance of the Chinese ship anchored in the Kattegat north of Jutland. The Yi Peng 3 has been under observation for four weeks since being linked to undersea cable…
MoreLøkke: No more repatriation from Syrian detention camps
The remaining Danish citizens held in Syrian detention camps have no wish to be repatriated, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said Monday on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels where ministers…
MoreSocial Democrats: ‘It will be difficult to deport Syrian refugees’
Syrian refugees in this country can claim up to DKK200,000 ($27,000) if they return home voluntarily but the ruling Social Democrats have acknowledged it’s unlikely that very many will accept the offer. Although…
MoreDenmark to check insurance documents of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
Denmark and eleven other countries have agreed to measures to ‘disrupt and deter’ Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of vessels that move millions of barrels of Russian petroleum around the world. News agency Reuters…
MoreDanish EU Commissioner in turnaround on nuclear energy
The EU will need to rely on nuclear energy to achieve its proposed 2040 climate target, Denmark’s new Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said yesterday following his first ministerial meeting in Brussels. Despite Denmark’s…
MoreDanish human rights activist detained for 5,000 days
Human rights organisations throughout the world have joined together to demand the release of Danish-Bahraini citizen Abdulhadi al-Khawaja who’s now been detained for exactly 5,000 days in Bahrain. Al Khawaja, who’s serving a life…
MoreGreenland accuses Denmark of genocide
Greenland’s Prime Minister has accused Denmark of genocide over the forced insertion of contraceptive coils in thousands of Greenlandic women during the 1960s and 70s. In an interview with DR News, Múte Bourup…
MoreForeign Minister shares PM’s gloomy global outlook
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has echoed Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s gloomy outlook for the global security situation and warned that the Danish public needs to prepare for significant increases in defence spending….
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