Consumer Council calls for Meta ban
The Consumer Council (Forbrugerrådet Tænk/DCC) has urged the Data Protection Council (Datarådet) to copy Norway and ban U.S. technology firm Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, from showing Danish users personalised…
MoreMass shooter appeals detention ruling
The 23-year-old man who killed three people and injured 23 others in a mass shooting at the Fields shopping mall in Amager last year has appealed against his detention in a secure medical facility. Earlier…
MoreHealth supremo gets top WHO job
Head of the Danish Health Authority (DHA) Søren Brostrøm is quitting Denmark for a job at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva. Mr Brostrom, who announced three months he would be stepping down,…
MoreDK-UK Viking Link completed
The final stage of the 765-kilometre ‘electric highway’ between the UK and Denmark, the world’s longest land and subsea interconnector, has been laid. The Danish Energy Agency (Energinet) and the British National Grid…
MorePM denounces ‘Putin’s brutality’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has denounced Russia’s decision to terminate the Black Sea grain deal. After the Kremlin said on Monday that it was ending the agreement that had allowed Ukraine to export…
MoreExperts: Wheat crisis won’t affect Denmark
Wheat prices rose yesterday after Russia refused to extend the Black Sea grain deal but food experts are confident that Danish consumers won’t feel the pinch. Wheat futures on the Chicago Stock Exchange…
MoreExperts dismiss ‘misguided’ elderly care proposal
The Social Democrats have sparked off a pre-holiday political controversy by suggesting that people should be forced to save up for the elderly care they will need in the future. The party’s policy…
MoreFrench lawmakers attack Vestager for hiring U.S. economist
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager is facing a grilling at the European Parliament today for hiring a former US lobbyist. Yale professor Fiona Scott Morton has been appointed…
MoreEmbassy condemns ‘offensive’ book burnings
Iran’s embassy in Denmark has strongly condemned the recent spate of Quran burnings. In a statement, Monday, reported by the Teheran Times, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s first English daily newspaper, the embassy…
MoreProducer prices mirror fall in inflation
There’s more good news for consumers. Following the drop in annual inflation, to 2.5% from 10% in October, producer prices declined for the second straight month in June. The producer price index, a measure…
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