Economic growth boosted by strong Q4
The Danish economy grew by 3.4% in 2022 according to a preliminary estimate by Statistics Denmark, helped by strong industrial performance in the fourth quarter (Q4) when Denmark’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose…
MoreHousing market heads south
The average square-metre price for a house in this country is now only 45kr (€6) above the level of two years ago as the property market slump continues. House prices fell for a…
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SAS hit by cyber-attack….Public pension fund losses DKK56bn on investments….Private pension fund now Denmak’s biggest… Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) urged customers to refrain from using its app last night after being hit by a…
MoreMore surveillance of Danish airspace following Chinese balloons affair
A heightened surveillance of Danish airspace will be high on the agenda in upcoming cross-party defence bill negotiations, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday in response to the furore surrounding the Chinese…
MoreBlinken: Denmark and the United States are the ‘closest of partners’
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken gave Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen a warm welcome at the U.S. State Department ahead of bilateral talks, Monday. Mr Blinken characterised Denmark and the United States…
MoreLøkke sidesteps fighter jets appeal: ‘Putin is listening’
Following talks with U.S, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Washington, Monday, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said military aid to Ukraine needs to be ‘taken up a notch’ but declined to say…
MoreOpposition parties join Defence Agreement negotiations but still disagree on funding
All opposition parties, with the exception of the Red/Greens and Alternatives, will participate in defence negotiations with the government this Spring, Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen and acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said…
MoreAnalyst: Timeline for Russian occupation ‘unrealistic’
A leading Danish military analyst has dismissed Russian ‘warlord’ Yevgeny Prigozhin’s predictions about the timeline for victory in Ukraine as ‘unrealistic’. Prigozhin, head of the notorious Wagner Group of Russian mercenaries, has suggested…
MoreGovernment defends Maersk’s sweet tax deal
The government has come out in defence of Denmark’s biggest company, A.P. Møller-Maersk (APM) after it was revealed that the global shipping giant has put pressure on the Tax Ministry and Danish Maritime…
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Maersk earns record profit, sues rival for Suez Canal foul-up…..Copenhagen company invests DKK60bn in Portugese wind project… While A.P. Møller – Maersk has been surpassed as the largest container shipping company in the…
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