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Shares head south as corona fears dominate stock market…..Denmark signs energy deals with Belgium, Germany…..Vestas hit by cyber attack….. Corona concerns led to the Danish stock market’s biggest 1-day fall since the March…
MoreMink Commission: Government delayed release of deleted texts report
The Textgate affair took a new turn, Monday, when the Mink Commission said there was nothing to stop the prime minister and three of her top aides releasing information about deleted text messages…
MoreSupport for Social Democrats at 2-year low
The Social Democrats have dropped to their lowest level of support for two years. A new Voxmeter poll indicates the ruling party would win no more than 25.8% of the vote if an…
MoreDenmark paid UK $6m to provide shelter for interpreters
23 interpreters who worked for Danish forces in Afghanistan were ‘passed on’ to the UK at a cost of DKK39.8m ($6m). Berlingske reports how 11 out of the 23 expressed a wish to…
MoreSocial experiment survivors sue Denmark
The six remaining survivors of 22 indigenous Greenlanders who were removed from their families in 1951 and relocated to Denmark in a failed social experiment have threatened to sue the Danish state unless…
MoreVirus updates
Infection rate stabilises but hospitalisations on the rise….Health authorites set target of 300,000 vaccinations a week….U.S. advises against travel to Denmark….German minister issues dire warning…. 3,711 new corona cases were reported Monday as…
MoreMink breeders feel cheated – demand more compensation
700 mink breeders who feel they haven’t been granted sufficient compensation after their industry was destroyed last year are suing the Danish state for a further DKK600m. Following the mass cull of Denmark’s entire…
MoreConsumer pessimism after new corona restrictions
Consumers have become more pessimistic following the reintroduction of some corona restrictions and a sharp rise in inflation. The consumer confidence index fell to minus 2 from plus 3.3 a month earlier, the…
MoreDenmark facing NATO reprimand for rearmament delay
Danish Defence is facing a ‘rap on the knuckles’ from NATO after being forced to postpone a major military build-up. A large portion of funding appropriated by parliament in the most recent defence…
MoreDPP members ‘waiting for Inger’
Kristian Thulesen Dahl will remain as Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader until a specially convened convention in January, amid rising calls for ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg to succeed him. At a press conference,…
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