Novo Nordisk is investing 400 million Danish kroner (more than 65 million USD) in a 500-m2 extension of what the company notes is the world’s largest insulin production plant in Kalundborg, Denmark. Groundbreaking for the expansion took place on July 4, 2016 and is expected to be completed at the end […]

By Roger Aitken With Coinify, the Danish blockchain payment service provider (bPSP), announcing that it has raised $4 million (m) in a ‘Series A’ investment round from SEB Venture Capital, part of the SEB Group, and SEED Capital Denmark, a “strong message” has been sent out to the banking and Blockchain communities. […]

The European Union and the United States are set to implement a new deal to protect transatlantic data flows, after the European Commission on Tuesday adopted the controversial agreement. The new, so-called Privacy Shield aims to replace the Safe Harbor framework, which the EU’s top court struck down last year […]

The Danish Ministry of Defence has agreed to buy 27 F-35A Lightning II multirole fighters to replace its existing fleet of F-16 aircraft that has been in operation since 1980. The announcement follows approval from the Danish parliament. Lockheed Martin’s F-35 was chosen over Boeing’s F-18 Super Hornet and Airbus’ […]

Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall is to construct a €1bn offshore windfarm Horns Rev III off the west coast of Denmark. Slated to be commissioned in 2018, the Horns Rev III offshore windfarm will be largest in the European country. After being commissioned, the wind plant will have the capacity […]

By Eeva Haaramo Danish payment technology provider Nets is the latest financial services company to explore the potential of blockchain. Together with fellow Dane, cryptocurrency payment facilitator Coinify, Nets has launched a blockchain development laboratory to identify the technology’s business opportunities. The complementary expertise of the two organisations will help put […]

By Sharon Weinberger   US military commanders often see conflicts as opportunities to use recently developed technology. Here are the latest weapons or systems that may be used and why – from microwave to cyber weapons. Military action against Syria may have been put on hold, at least for now. But […]

Facebook received 9,000-10,000 requests for user data from US government entities in the second half of 2012. The social-networking site said the requests, relating to between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts, covered issues from local crime to national security. Microsoft meanwhile said it received 6,000 and 7,000 requests for data from […]

Scientists are calling on world leaders to take action on climate change after carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere broke through a symbolic threshold. Daily CO2 readings at a US government agency lab on Hawaii have topped 400 parts per million for the first time. Sir Brian Hoskins, the head […]

Micro-blogging site Twitter is rumoured to be launching a new music service after buying the music discovery site We Are Hunted. We Are Hunted confirmed the deal, adding “there’s no question that Twitter and music go well together” – and said it was shutting down. The hashtag #music is also featured […]