Slight uptick in unemployment
The unemployment rate rose slightly in May to 3.1%, as 800 people joined the jobless queue, bringing the total to 93,000. Analysts attributed the increase to cutbacks at Novo Nordisk – the pharmaceutical…
MoreHackers demand $25m from Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk has been hit with a massive $25m ransom demand from hackers. The cyber extortion group FulcrumSec has begun leaking what it claims are samples from 1.3 terabytes of data stolen from…
MoreSocialist party knew of abuse allegations six years ago
Green Left (SF) leadership received a detailed account nearly six years ago of sexual harassment allegations against Thomas Nystrøm, the now-resigned special adviser to party leader and Economy Minister Pia Olsen Dyhr. E-mails…
MoreArson attack on British PM linked to Russian Embassy in Copenhagen
The ‘mastermind’ who hired the two men found guilty in London this week of conspiring to carry out arson attacks on property and a car connected to Prime Minister Keir Starmer has links…
MoreDanish Islamist found dead in Morocco
Said Mansour, the former Danish citizen known as the ‘Bookseller from Brønshøj’ has died at the age of 66 while imprisoned in Morocco where he had been held since 2019 after being deported…
MoreDenmark co-signs statement welcoming U.S. – Iran deal
Denmark has joined 28 other countries in welcoming the tentative diplomatic breakthrough between Iran and the United States over Iran’s nuclear programme. In a joint statement, published on the Ministry of State’s website,…
MoreSweden looking to build nuclear reactors close to Copenhagen
A Swedish energy company has applied for state support to rebuild a nuclear power plant at Barsebäck, a location that was a symbol of cross-border tensions between Sweden and Denmark for years. The…
MoreDK-India project to find 400-year-old ship
Denmark and India will begin a joint search in September for the wreck of the Danish ship Øresund, which sank off India’s southern coast in 1619. The Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) Underwater…
MoreBusiness shorts
Word famous restaurant reopens in Copenhagen….Novo injects $30m in Chinese facility…Cement company inks DKK16.5bn deal with energy agency… Copenhagen eatery Noma, whose flagship Copenhagen restaurant was for several years ranked the world’s best,…
MoreDenmark ready to help in Strait of Hormuz
Denmark is ready to contribute to an international mission in the Strait of Hormuz if the conditions are right, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said, Monday, following reports of a tentative peace agreement…
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