Top earners pay one third of all tax revenue
The top-10 per cent earners in Denmark pay a collective DKK214bn (€29bn) annually in tax – around one third of all tax revenue – a new study by right-leaning think tank Cepos reveals….
MoreTurkey crackdown leads to death threats in Denmark
Turkish-Danish supporters of US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara has accused of being the architect of last month’s attempted coup, have been threatened with violence and even death. Journalist Hasan Cücük, who…
MoreTurkish kids withdrawn from ‘Gülen’ schools
Hundreds of Turkish residents have withdrawn their children from schools with alleged links to the US-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who the Turkish government claims masterminded last month’s attempted coup. According to TV2…
MorePolice hunt for killers in motorway attack
Police are looking for the murderers who threw heavy bricks from an overhead bridge onto the Funen motorway near Odense, Sunday, killing a German woman and seriously injuring her husband as their car…
MoreLøkke’s dinner date with Merkel
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been invited to a working dinner hosted by Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel this Friday to discuss the ‘post-Brexit’ EU, alongside leaders from Holland, Sweden, and Finland. The…
MoreJustice Minister: Islam fears ‘fuel extremism’
Right-wing politicians and commentators who constantly warn that Denmark and the west are at war with Islam are fuelling the threat of a terrorist attack, Justice Minister Søren Pind told Politiken, Sunday. The…
MoreFogh Rasmussen: Obama’s Syria policy ‘a disaster’
Ex-Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has strongly criticised President Obama’s Syria policy. In a video Facebook message, the former NATO Secretary General claims the President’s failure to act when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad…
MoreDPP MEP denies identity theft charge
Morten Messerschmidt has denied charges of identity theft. The Danish People’s Party (DPP) MEP was reported to the police last week by former colleague Rikke Karlsson, who accused him of illegally listing her…
MoreGovernment aims for new property tax system
Overhauling the complex property tax system will be a top priority for the ruling Liberals in the new legislative session. The current system is a combination of two separate taxes – one imposed on…
MoreCars torched in Copenhagen
More than ten cars were set on fire in Copenhagen, early Sunday morning. Deputy police inspector Rasmus Skovsgaard refused to rule out that arsonists could be copying Sweden where 70 cars have been…
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