PM urges parliament to back green deal – or else…
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that the government’s ‘green tripartite’ climate deal will collapse without political backing. The pact, reached in June with agricultural and environmental groups, provides a framework for transforming…
MorePrison for anti-Islamist
Notorious anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan was slapped with a four-month prison sentence in Sweden, Tuesday, for inciting racial hatred against Muslims. Malmø District Court found the founder of the far-right Stram Kurs party guilty…
MoreDenmark’s commissioner-designate wins EU approval
Dan Jørgensen, Denmark’s candidate for EU Energy and Housing Commissioner, passed his confirmation hearing in Brussels, Tuesday. Following a 3-hour ‘grilling’ the former climate minister was approved by the EU Parliament with a…
MoreGovernment looks to double pharmaceutical exports
The government is aiming to double life science exports – including pharmaceuticals and medical devices – to at least DKK350 bn ($51bn) by 2030, At a press conference, Business Minister Morten Bødskov called…
MoreShoplifting skyrockets
Shoplifting has reached astronomical levels, with 20,614 reports already this year compared to 11,363 in all of 2021. At the same time, thieves have become ‘increasingly creative’ according to the head of the…
MoreElectric cars help reduce Denmark’s CO2 emissions
Cars in this country emit only half as much CO₂ as they did five years ago. As electric vehicles have become more popular, new figures from the auto industry’s trade organisation, Mobility Denmark,…
MoreBusiness shorts
Green giant back in the black…..Danske Bank posts multi-billion profit…Germany company lands deal to build Denmark’s biggest ever offshore wind farm…. Partially state-owned Ørsted is back in the black. The clean energy giant…
MoreU.S. election: Party leaders side with Harris but government partners ‘on the fence’
Ahead of today’s U.S. presidential election party leaders on the left have come out overwhelmingly in favour of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. When questioned about their preference for President here’s what they said:…
MoreNew poll: Government still facing defeat
Support for the government remains low. The latest Voxmeter poll for news bureau Ritzau shows less than 35% of the electorate would vote for the 3-party coalition – Social Democrats, Venstre (Liberals) and…
MoreYoung Muslims diverge from parents in core religious views
A new survey reflects a significant generational divide among Danish Muslims on several sensitive issues. The Wilke study for Jyllands-Posten shows young Muslims, aged 18-29, and those above 55, have widely varying views…
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