Denmark lags behind in competitiveness
Denmark has fallen even further behind in competition with other countries. The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Competitiveness Report, an assessment of 144 economies, shows that Denmark has dropped three places to no.15,…
MoreMilitary whistleblower denied Supreme Court appeal
Former intelligence office Anders Kærgaard, the ‘whistleblower from Iraq’, has been denied the right to appeal his conviction in the Supreme Court. Mr Kærgaard leaked grainy video footage to tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet in…
MoreNew York for 999kr – Norwegian Air shakes up the transatlantic market
Cut-price airline Norwegian Air will transfer its aggressive pricing policy to two new transatlantic routes next year – DKK999 for a one-way ticket from Copenhagen to New York and just DKK1,499 to Los…
MoreAnders Fogh calls for international response to chemical weapons attack
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday he had seen evidence convincing him Syrian authorities were behind a deadly chemical weapons attack and said it would send a ‘dangerous signal to dictators’…
MoreMuslim family guilty of honour beating
Four members of a Palestinian family have been found guilty of extreme violence against a 17-year-old girl in an honour-related beating. Glostrup District Court sentenced the girl’s father, mother, uncle, and aunt, to…
MoreDPP demands tougher laws for honour crimes
The Danish People’s Party has called for a tightening of the law regardng honour crimes. The party’s justice spokesman, Peter Skarup, dismissed yesterday’s nine-month prison sentence handed down to a Palestinian family as…
MoreDPP questions minister’s comments on integration
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has requested a parliamentary consultation with Integration Minister Annette Vilhelmsen so she can defend her recent comments concerning integration policy and Hizb ut-Tahrir. In an interview with altinget.dk…
MoreCrisis issues top local politics agenda
Crisis awareness will play a significant role in November’s local elections. A new YouGov poll for LGDK (Local Government Denmark) shows that after nearly five years with a struggling economy, voters today are…
MoreDeposit accounts bulging with cash
Despite historically low rate interest rates bank customers have increased their collective savings by DKK165bn since the pre-crisis days. The amount of money in deposit accounts has risen from DKK679bn in 2008 to…
MoreNegative equity for 200,000 homeowners
An estimated 200,000 homeowners would only be able to sell their property by accepting a significant loss. Despite signs of a market recovery, a new survey by major mortgage lender Realkredit shows the…
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