Extra DKK1.5bn in military spending – ‘snoop’ drones to survey Arctic
Parliament has granted the military an extra DKK1.5bn for drones in the Arctic, a radar station in the Faroe Islands, and more troops to Greenland. According to a draft agreement seen by TV2,…
MoreConservatives’ rise in polls strengthens leader’s prime minister credentials
Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen has declined to rule himself out as a potential prime minister. In a live virtual interview with BT’s political editor Henrik Qvortrup, following a new opinion poll showing…
MoreNew left-wing leader will fight for more welfare
Mai Villadsen is the new, titular head of the Red/Green Alliance, replacing popular Pernille Skipper who was forced to step down in accordance with the far-left party’s rotation principle. Ms Villadsen, who’s official…
MoreVirus updates
Hospitalisations at 2-month low….Moderna cuts delivery by 50%….British variant on the rise…. 470 new corona cases were reported, Wednesday, 0.36% of 129,002 tests. The number of people hospitalised by covid fell by 1,…
MoreNational debt hits DKK536bn as covid squeezes economy
The National Bank published its annual Government Borrowing and Debt Report, Wednesday, showing government debt had risen to DKK536bn (around $80bn) equal to 23% of GDP at the end of 2020. The highlights:…
MoreInflation up
Consumer prices rose in January despite the retail sector lockdown. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the annual inflation rate increased to 0.6 percent in January from 0.5 percent in December, which was…
MoreBusiness shorts
APM gets Q4 boost….Ørsted inks offshore Baltic Sea deal with Poland…..Vestas unveils mega-turbine…. While smaller businesses struggle to survive during the epidemic, A.P. Moller-Maersk reported a surprising increase in earnings for the fourth…
MoreMilitary to review joint-ops with Australian elite forces
The Danish Military’s cooperation with Australian elite soldiers is to be ‘thoroughly re-examined’ following reports of war crimes in Afghanistan. All joint military exercises between special units from both countries will be reviewed…
MoreDefence Minister in firing line
Defence Minister Trine Bramsen has come under fire from military leadership for comparing the Chief of Defence to ’any other top civil servant.’ After the heads of five soldiers’ unions sent an open…
MoreSubmarine Slayer gets 21 months for failed prison escape
Peter Madsen, the ‘Submarine Slayer’ was sentenced to an extra 21 months in prison, Tuesday, for his failed prison escape attempt last year. In a murder trial that grabbed international headlines in 2018,…
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