Denmark and the EU http://www.eubusiness.com <p>Latest business news about Denmark and the European Union</p> <ul> <li> <a href="/Denmark/denmark-country-profile">Denmark country profile</a></li> </ul> <br /> daily 1 2007-01-02T13:25:17Z Poles, Czechs brush aside Sarkozy missiles plea http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1226767622.78 Poland and the Cezch Republic reacted frostily Saturday to calls by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for the United States and Russia to halt the deployment in Europe of missile and anti-missile systems. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Russia 2008-11-15T20:45:14Z News Item Danish PM tests the waters for referendum on joining eurozone http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225807323.13 Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday he will test the waters in coming weeks to see how receptive the political climate is to holding a referendum on adopting the euro. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Euro 2008-11-04T17:55:21Z News Item Denmark, Iceland look again at euro as crisis takes its toll http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1225126021.25 Denmark and Iceland have begun to seriously debate swapping their currencies for the euro as they take a beating in the global financial crisis. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Headline3 Iceland Euro 2008-10-27T22:50:49Z News Item Financial crisis will not speed up vote to join eurozone: Danish PM http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1223992921.72 Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday his country was hit more by the global financial crisis as it was outside the eurozone, but ruled out a snap referendum on adopting the common currency. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Euro 2008-10-14T14:08:34Z News Item EU funds built ski run on flat snow-free Danish island http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1223904722.81 The European Union allocated 100,000 euros (136,000 dollars) to a Danish businessman to build a ski slope on an island where snow rarely falls and no hill rises much above 100 metres (330 feet), a Danish newspaper reported Monday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Commission EU Funding Denmark 2008-10-13T14:48:34Z News Item One in five Danes wants EU pullout: poll http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1223560021.66 The number of people wanting Denmark to pull out of the European Union is at a record high with nearly one in five Danes now favouring withdrawal, according to a poll published on Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark European Council 2008-10-09T14:05:09Z News Item Denmark calls for fight for freedoms after cartoons row http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1223392622.48 Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen called Tuesday on the European Union to strengthen its commitment to basic freedoms, and in particular freedom of expression, saying it remained under threat. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Media Culture Headline2 Denmark 2008-10-07T19:42:05Z News Item EU court ruling threatens Denmark's immigration policy http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1220245322.26 A ruling by the European Court of Justice may sound the death knell for Denmark's restrictive immigration policy by forcing it to ease family reunification rules. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. EU Law Denmark Headline3 2008-09-01T10:15:53Z News Item Danish referendum on EU opt-outs abandoned http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1218205023.2 Denmark has abandoned plans for an imminent referendum on its four EU opt-outs because of uncertainty following the Irish rejection of the Lisbon treaty, the prime minister said in an interview Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark European Council 2008-08-08T18:52:19Z News Item EU approves Danish bailout of troubled bank http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1217500322.22 The European Commission gave the greenlight on Thursday to Denmark's bailout of Roskilde Bank, judging the rescue of the country's eighth biggest bank did not break EU state aid rules. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Finance 2008-07-31T11:06:29Z News Item Denmark in recession after first quarter contraction http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1214924551.51 Denmark has fallen into recession, the first European Union country to do so in the aftermath of the US subprime crisis, after its economy contracted in the first quarter, official figures showed Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Finance 2008-07-01T16:56:27Z News Item Growing number of Danes oppose switching to euro, poll shows http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1213010235.83 While nearly half of Danes favour swapping their krone with the euro, there is mounting scepticism in the Scandinavian country to joining the eurozone, a poll suggests. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline1 Denmark Euro 2008-06-09T11:59:55Z News Item Majority of Danes in favour of adopting euro, poll suggests http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1210342625.71 A majority of Danes are in favour of abolishing opt-outs that enable Denmark to remain outside the eurozone and the European Union's joint defence and judiciary cooperation, a poll published Friday suggested. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Euro 2008-05-09T17:00:56Z News Item Denmark ratifies EU's Lisbon Treaty http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1209043923.63 Denmark's parliament voted by a large majority on Thursday to ratify the European Union's Lisbon Treaty to revamp decision-making in the 27-member bloc. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Institutions European Council 2008-04-24T16:19:06Z News Item Majority of Danes favour adopting euro: poll http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1207305120.75 Most Danes are in favour of replacing the Danish krone with the euro, a poll published in the Boersen financial daily on Friday showed. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2008 AFP. All other Copyright 2008 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Denmark Headline3 Euro 2008-04-04T16:32:54Z News Item