Salman Rushdie’s book tops Danish best-seller list following stabbing
Salman Rushdie’s controversial book ‘The Satanic Verses’ has shot to the top of the best-seller list in Denmark following the assassination attempt on the world-famous British-Indian author in the U.S. Mr Rushdie, 75,…
MoreStruggling SAS secures $700m credit line
Struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will be able to keep its fleet of planes flying after securing DKK 5.1bn ($700m) of financing from American global private equity firm Apollo Global Management, a line of…
MoreCopenhagen donors conference commits €1.5bn to Ukraine
Denmark has pledged a further €110m in financial assistance to Ukraine, part of more than €1.5bn committed by 26 countries at yesterday’s international donor conference in Copenhagen where Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said…
MorePM defends decision not to suspend advisors implicated by Minkgate
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has again dismissed calls to suspend the ten top civil servants who the Mink Commission concluded should be held accountable for the decision to exterminate the entire Danish mink population….
MorePM’s cover-up?
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday she won’t make any decision about the ten top civil servants heavily implicated in the Minkgate scandal until the Employee Competency Agency’s report is finished but at…
MoreConservative leader close to PM decision
As the election draws closer Søren Pape Poulsen is under increasing pressure to reveal whether he’s a candidate for prime minister. Parties on the right have urged the Conservative Party leader, ranked by…
MoreLeft-wingers demand super-tax on energy companies
Parliament’s two most left-wing parties have called for a ’super tax’ on energy companies that are earning ‘obscene’ profits from the energy crisis. According to the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and Red/Green Alliance,…
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7/11 confirms hacker attack….Vestas reports major Q2 loss…..Copenhagen Airport enjoys busiest month since lockdown…. Convenience store 7-Eleven’s head office in Denmark has confirmed that a ransomware attack was behind the closure of 175…
MorePM faces new Minkgate grilling
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen faces a new grilling about the Minkgate affair today when she appears before parliament’s Granskningsudvalget (Oversight Committee) to explain why ten leading civil servants, including her closest advisor, Barbara…
MoreDanish military instructors to train Ukrainian troops
The government has confirmed its offer to train Ukrainian troops despite opposition from the Russian Embassy (see below). After Defence Minister Morten Bødskov said ahead of the summer break that Denmark should play…
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