Fewer employed to fund welfare burden
There are fewer people in the labour market to support those claiming welfare. A new report by the Danish Employers’ Confederation (DEC) reveals there are now just 3.5 taxpayers for every person on…
MoreJobless forced to pick up dog-dirt
Unemployed benefits recipients can look forward to picking up trash and dog excrement in the New Year under the new ‘community jobs’ scheme. According to a labour projection from the Employment Ministry, local…
MoreYoung socialists demand 75% ‘French-like’ tax
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has rejected calls from its youth wing (SFU) to copy French President François Hollande’s controversial 75 per cent marginal tax rate on high earners that was given the green light by France’s Constitutional Council, Sunday. Policy…
MoreCancel the unemployment benefit reforms
Inspired by the Minister for Employment, Mette Frederiksen’s (SD) sharp critique of her own unemployment benefit reforms, which has meant the loss of unemployment benefits for approx. 34,000 people in 2013, both the…
MoreHome for New Years
The Danish Greenpeace activist Anne Mie Roer is allowed to go home and will leaving Russia as soon as possible. In September, she was arrested along with 29 other activists for protesting against…
MoreBanks are raking it in
Bank charges have proved very good business for Danish banks, with customers paying more and more for the privilege of using their banks. In excess of DKR 20b is the estimate for 2013,…
MoreBlack Friday in Denmark
Shops expect Friday December 27th to be the year’s busiest day, as the sales now start between Christmas and New Year rather than in January as they used to in the old days…
MoreIllegal export of eels
In Aarhus, a container with seven tons of eels ready for the Japanese market was detained and the company responsible has been reported to the local police, according to the Ministry of the…
More7:59 – Christmas dates
May we wish all our subscribers and readers a very happy Christmas and to all those travelling home to another country, a very safe journey. We sincerely appreciate your support throughout the year…
MoreChristmas bomb threat
Danish Rail cancelled all traffic across Fynen after receiving a call by an English speaking male who said a bomb would go off at Odense Central Station at 3 PM Sunday, and although…
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