Parties renew call for ban on criminal gangs following Dutch ruling
The Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party (DPP) have joined together to call for a ban on criminal gangs. The two parties have urged the government to look to the Netherlands where a…
MoreJoint Danish-Norwegian refugee centre in Kabul
Integration Minister Inger Støjbeg has confirmed that Denmark and Norway are working on establishing a centre in Kabul where unaccompanied Afghan minors who have been denied asylum can be sent back. If the…
MoreDenmark has highest prices in EU
Denmark has again been given the title ‘most expensive country in the EU’. According to the Eurostat statistics agency: “In 2017, price levels for consumer goods and services differed widely across Europe. The…
MoreNew report: Tax burden eased over next seven years
Despite the government’s failure to cut the punitive top rate of income tax the overall tax burden will be eased by DKK 23.5bn (€3bn) ahead of 2025. The government’s Tax Economics Report 2018,…
MoreNew tax control centre owned by tax-shelter companies
The DKK336m the government will pay in rent and administration to house its new tax control centre could end up in tax shelters abroad. A review of the ownership structure behind Copenhagen Towers…
MoreMore money to spend as wages outstrip inflation
Households can look forward to more disposable income over the next couple of years. A new forecast by Danske Bank shows the ‘nuclear’, home-owning ‘two adults, two kids’ family will have 646 kroner…
More‘Green’ Denmark facing increase in CO2 emissions
Despite the government’s ambitious energy bill a confidential memo sent to all parliamentary parties shows Denmark’s CO2 emissions could increase by 5-10% ahead of 2030. Tech giants including Apple, Facebook and Google have announced plans to…
MoreVestas moved Danish jobs to Spain but denies wage specualtion
Danish wind power giant Vestas has denied trade union accusations it relocated hundreds of jobs to Spain to save wage expenditure. Vestas opened a wind turbine production facility in Spain just two years after…
MoreGang shootings in Malmø
Three people, allegedly gang members, were killed and three others wounded, Monday, after a drive-by shooting in Copenhagen’s close neighbour across ‘The Strait’, Malmø. Over the past two years there have been shootings…
MoreCigarette sales up
While tobacco consumption throughout Europe continues to decline it’s on the rise in this country. Despite anti-smoking campaigns and one of the western world’s highest cancer rates, cigarette sales rose by 6.2% in…
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