Chinese company pulls out of multi-million Maersk deal
A.P. Moller-Maersk has lost out on a billion-dollar windfall after China International Marine Containers Ltd. (CIMC) pulled out of a deal to acquire Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a leading manufacturer of refrigerated containers,…
MoreSocialists call for changes but won’t support centrist coalition
The government is facing a potential defeat in the upcoming election due to a series of mistakes that have led to a lack of trust in the ruling Social Democrats and the centre-left…
MoreDK-Germany deal to scale up wind energy
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, agreed to increase wind energy co-operation agreement during talks in Copenhagen, Friday. Ahead of an international wind energy conference on the island of…
MoreGerman minister urges Denmark to open up the border
In addition to a wind-energy agreement, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, signed a plan of action for the border region separating the two countries during talks in Copenhagen,…
MoreCap on rent increases
The government, backed by its parliamentary allies, has imposed a cap on rent increases. The agreement, a response to galloping inflation, means rents can only rise 4% per year over the next two…
MoreNew hope for mink industry
There are signs that Denmark’s flourishing mink industry, destroyed in November 2020 when the government ordered the cull of Denmark’s entire mink population after it was found that a mutation of the coronavirus…
MoreGang leader with Danish kids deported
One of Denmark’s most notorious gang leaders is facing deportation to Turkey even though he has a wife and five kids in this country. 43 year old Ömer Eroglu was one of seven…
MoreNew poll: Conservatives boosted by ‘prime minister effect’
A new poll shows the Conservatives are now the most popular party on the right, strengthening Søren Pape Poulsen’s bid to become prime minister. The latest Epinion poll for DR News shows the…
MoreCentrists look right
The centrist Social Liberals (Radikale), an integral part of the government’s parliamentary alliance, could be ready to switch sides. In an interview with TV2, Thursday, leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen declined to issue a…
MoreCommission recommends headscarf ban in schools
A government-appointed commission has recommended that girls be prohibited from wearing religious headscarves at elementary school. Although the ruling Social Democrats have previously dismissed a ban as ‘an attack on personal freedom’ and…
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