Posted on 15. Mar, 2023 in: News

Right-wing party facing DKK3.5m headache

The fast-sinking anti-migrant New Right party will lose DKK289,000 per month in public funding, around DKK3.5m a year, following ex-leader Lars Boje Mathiesen’s sudden departure last week which left the party with only…

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Posted on 15. Mar, 2023 in: News

Government’s tax breaks favour men

The government’s plan to lower income tax on high earners will increase the gender wage gap according to Finance Ministry calculations that project men will get a combined DKK16.3bn ($2.33bn) in extra income, while…

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Posted on 15. Mar, 2023 in: News

Carlsberg denies links to forced labour in China

Carlsberg has dismissed allegations that a Chinese subsidiary uses forced labour. Research by TV2 and Danwatch, based on Chinese news articles, indicates the Danish brewing giant’s local brewery, Wasu, cooperates with the Chinese…

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Posted on 15. Mar, 2023 in: News

Joe Biden praises Novo Nordisk

U.S. President Joe Biden has praised Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk for its decision to lower insulin prices in the US by up to 75% for individuals living with type 1 and type…

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Posted on 15. Mar, 2023 in: News

Business shorts

Where’s the beef?..Burger giant goes veggie….Electric cars on the rise…Green Copenhagen fund acquires South African developer…. Burger King’s flagship store in Rådhuspladsen (Town Hall Square), Copenhagen, is going ’meat-free’ for one month from…

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Posted on 14. Mar, 2023 in: News

PM warns of Russian and Chinese influence in Africa

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned of a ‘battle for influence’ on the African continent following a long meeting with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on the first day of her visit to Egypt, Monday….

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Posted on 14. Mar, 2023 in: News

Foreign Minister promises more transparency on Ukraine aid

Military analysts have dismissed Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s call for more openness surrounding Denmark’s military commitment to Ukraine as ‘nonsense’. Following a meeting of Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee, Monday, Mr Løkke Rasmussen,…

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Posted on 14. Mar, 2023 in: News

Vermund in New Right rescue mission

Pernille Vermund is aiming to ‘heal’ the struggling New Right by making a comeback as party leader. Ms Vermund, who founded the anti-migrant party in 2015 after becoming disenchanted with the Conservatives’ ‘soft…

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Posted on 14. Mar, 2023 in: News

Russia shares gas leaks correspondence with UN

Russia has forwarded its correspondence with Denmark, Germany, and Sweden regarding their investigations into the Nord Stream 1 and 2 sabotage to the UN Security Council, Russian news agency Tass reports. The country’s…

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Posted on 14. Mar, 2023 in: News

Trial of nazi teen gets underway

The trial of a 16-year-old male from Holbæk, north-west of Copenhagen, accused of terrorism starts today. The Public Prosecutor claims the teenager promoted the activities of the terrorist Feuerkrieg Division by having ‘participated…

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