Denmark purchases European air-defence system in snub to U.S.
Denmark has chosen the Franco‑Italian SAMP/T NG air defence system over its rival US Patriot counterpart. In a statement, Tuesday, the Thales Group, the French multinational corporation that manufactures the system, said the deal…
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Carlsberg outplays rival….Transport giant under AI pressure..Danish sushi company opens in Prague… Shares in Royal Unibrew slumped, Tueday, after the brewer lost its partnership with PepsiCo to rival Carlsberg. The agreement also gives…
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Green Left (SF) leader Pia Olsen Dyhr has appealed to Lars Løkke Rasmussen to ‘come out of hiding’ and rejoin government negotiations. The Moderates leader, who controls the pivotal seats needed to form…
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Confidential documents indicate the defence ministry was preparing to publish the long-awaited drone report on March 24th but pulled back just three hours before the general election was called, casting doubts over the…
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A 30-year-old French-Danish man has been sentenced to six years in prison for promoting a far-right extremist network on social media. Glostrup District Court heard, Monday, how Jeremy Meilhac, who was born in…
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The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has warned that over 4 million more people are set to be newly displaced around the world by the end of 2027 because donors have reduced, or dropped,…
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Danish companies can now seek refunds for the ‘Trump tariffs’ deemed illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court. After the Court ruled in February that the retaliatory tariffs were unlawfully imposed because Trump failed…
MoreConsumers remain cautious despite wage hikes
Consumer spending remains subdued despite wage increases. While the official figures for the year’s first quarter haven’t yet been published, debit card data from Danske Bank shows spending rose just 2.1%, remaining low…
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$4.5bn of new construction in Q1….Middle East cash injection for juice chain… Construction starts totalling DKK 28.5bn ($4.5bn) got underway during the first three months of the year (Q1), an increase of close…
MoreGovernment talks deadlocked but new election would be a ‘blow to democracy’
As negotiations to find a new government enter a fourth week acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen has dismissed speculation that the deadlock could trigger a new general election. Following a new round of…
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