Banks to assume corona debt?
While companies continue to borrow money from the state to help them through the corona crisis the government is working on a scheme that would encourage banks to assume the collective DKK30bn ($4.9bn)…
MoreBaltic pipeline gets green light to resume
Construction work on the Baltic Pipeline, which was halted in Denmark earlier this month due to concerns over the project’s impact on protected mice and bat species, is set to resume, Danish grid…
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State owned fund inks India deal….Danske Bank rejects crypto currency….Shares in bio company slump after U.S. says no….. State-owned IFU (Investment Fund for Developing Countries) has agreed to develop and finance a 250MW…
MoreLeft wing threatens Google, Facebook
The four party leaders on the left have warned they are ready to pursue tougher regulation to limit the power of tech giants such as Facebook and Google. In a joint interview with…
MoreSocial Liberals signal right turn ahead
Social Liberal (Radikale) leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen has suggested her party could defect from the government alliance and join the centre-right ‘if the conditions are right.’ At the Citizens Forum in Bornholm, Ms…
MoreEU Commission approves Denmark’s spending plan for corona aid
The European Commission has approved Denmark’s plan for spending the €1.5bn grant offered by the EU to help rebuild the economy post-corona. Ahead of her flying visit to Copenhagen, Thursday, President of the…
MoreEriksen to get pacemaker
A few hours before Denmark’s emotional Euro 2021 match against Belgium last night the Danish Football Association (DBU) announced that Christian Eriksen, who’s still recovering in Righospital after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s…
MoreYoungsters to be offered vaccination
All youngsters between the ages of 12-15 will be offered a corona vaccine after all the adult population has been innoculated. Soren Brostrom, head of the Danish Health Authority, said yesterday: “An expansion…
MoreVirus updates
Hosptilisations continue to fall…..Nearly 50% vaccinated….Infection rate higher than Sweden, Norway….. The number of patients hospitalised by covid continues to fall at a fast rate – only 84 yesterday, after nine were discharged….
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Insurance companies discriminated against pregnant women…Novo buys out British company in DKK3.5bn deal… Leading Danish pension and insurance companies, including Codan, Topdanmark, and AP Pension, are facing police probes, and possibly fines, after…
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