More troubled kids call suicide hot-line
Despite Denmark’s proud reputation as one of the world’s happiest nations there’s been a dramatic increase in the number of young people calling a suicide hot-line. Between 2013 and 2017, the Rights of…
MoreNational Bank issues warning to mortgage lenders
The National Bank has warned that lenders are ill-equipped to deal with a new financial crisis and called for an increase in mortgage prices. In connection with the Bank’s latest Outlook for the…
MoreNational Bank’s positive outlook on the economy
The National Bank’s latest Outlook for the Danish Economy provides positive reading – the Danish economy is now experiencing one of the longest periods of continuous growth, the upswing has been healthier and…
MoreBendt Bendtsen tires of Hungarian PM
Danish MEP Bendt Bendtsen will defy his party colleague, the Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, today Wednesday when European parliamentarians vote on whether Hungary should have EU sanctions imposed on it for going against…
MoreStøjberg: Stiff penalties if authorities ignore handshake ritual
Minister for Immigration and Integration Inger Støjberg (V) has warned that local authorities will be hit with stiff fines if they fail to abide by proposed legislation that would legally require ‘new Danes’…
MoreNo burka fines paid by businessman
No-one turned up outside Christiansborg, Wednesday, to accept French-Algerian businessman Rachid Nekkaz‘s offer to reimburse any person who’s been fined for wearing a face covering veil. Draped in a Danish and Algerian flag and brandishing a…
MoreLøkke’s son to stand for European parliament
Bergur Løkke Rasmussen, the son of Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, will be on the ballot at the elections for the European Parliament in 2019 after the 28-year-old was elected among Liberal Party…
MoreDanish broadcaster DR will not boycott Eurovision in Israel in 2019
The Eurovision song contest is about “bringing Europe together”, the Danish broadcaster stated Monday in reaction to growing calls for a boycott. 140 artists from throughout the world had in the British newspaper…
MoreEye in the sky shows every angle of Denmark
Everybody in this country will now be able to see where they live after the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Supplies made 1.3 million aerial photos freely available, Tuesday, showing the surface of…
MoreWealthy Canadian family in play as owners of classy Magasin store
Copenhagen’s prominent Magasin du Nord department store may be about to change hands. Its owner, the British company Debenhams is in dire financial straights, and a wealthy Canadian family may take over, according to…
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