Danish fans attacked by English hooligans
A Danish family came under attack from a mob of English football hooligans after the Euro semi-final, Wednesday. Eva Greene, 43, a Danish ex-pat who resides in London, has urged police to give…
MoreSweden avoids election mess
Denmark’s northern neighbour has avoided the prospect of a messy election after the parliament in Stockholm narrowly backed the return of Stefan Löfven as prime minister, weeks after he became the first Swedish…
MoreDanske Bank forecasts $1.9 bn profit after penalising small account holders
Despite the prospect of multi-million dollar fines for its role in the money laundering scandal Danske Bank has increased its profit outlook for this year. After imposing charges on all customers with more than…
MoreSAS bounces back
Struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has made an impressive comeback following a disastrous year. More than 600,000 passengers flew with SAS in June, an 86% increase on the same month last year. The company,…
MoreInfections rising at a ‘disturbing rate’
The infection rate continued its upward trajectory, Wednesday, as 689 new corona cases were reported from 97.026 PCR tests, a positivity rate of 0.7% and the highest for seven months – despite this…
More1 million discarded vaccines stockpiled in Serum Institute freezers
A cross-party parliamentary majority has urged the government to sell, or donate, around 1 million discarded vaccines to countries that need them ‘as soon as possible.’ After DR News reported that, according to…
MoreEU Commission predicts low growth for Denmark
The EU Commission expects the Danish economy to grow by no more than 3% this year, the lowest in the EU apart from Finland. According to the Summer 2021 Interim Economic Forecast the economy…
MoreBusiness authority taped all calls
The Danish Business Authority/DBA (Erhvervsstyrelsen) has illegally recorded every single incoming telephone call for years, leading to a reprimand from the Danish Data Protection Agency/DDPA (Datatilsynet). The DBA claims calls were recorded to…
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Joint Danish, Italian, Spanish North sea bid….Ørsted continues U.S. expansion….Danske Bank pays compensation to thousands of customers…. A consortium consisting of Denmark’s Ørsted, Italy’s Falck Renewables and Spain’s BlueFloat Energy has made a…
MoreEx-US ambassador announces senate bid
Former U.S Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands has announced she’s running for senator in next year’s mid-term elections. Ms Sands, who left Copenhagen promptly in January after Donald Trump was removed from the…
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