Brexit warning for business sector
The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) has urged companies to have a ’Plan B’ ready if Great Britain leaves the EU with no deal. Although Britain’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab continues to insist…
MoreDefence Ministry rejects new torture allegations
A local baker, fisherman, and a third plaintiff from southern Iraq have each demanded DKK50,000 in compensation from the Defence Ministry for being arrested by Danish troops 12 years ago. 18 Iraqi torture…
MoreCancer patients’ cannabis costs to be refunded
Terminally ill patients have been given the right to claim all expenditure on cannabis, the Health Ministry announced yesterday. The government, backed by the Danish People’s Party (DPP), passed a scheme in March…
MoreDanske Bank’s 80,000 shady transactions
Danske Bank has declined to confirm a report published by the British Financial Times yesterday that as many as 80,000 Russian or ex-Soviet transactions, totalling around DKK192bn ($30bn), flowed through the bank’s Estonian…
MoreBusiness shorts
Car sales hit August high / Velux investigation ‘chaotic’ / Jyske targets Romania New car sales rose by 35% in August compared to the same month last year. Nearly 21,000 cars were driven…
MoreDPP leader relishes powerbroker role
Kristian Thulesen Dahl could make opposition leader Mette Frederiksen prime minister after the next election if she can’t put together a majority with her centre-left allies. At a voters’ forum in Funen, Saturday,…
MoreNew Conservatives stand firm on non-negotiable demands
The far-right New Conservatives have warned they won’t back down from their three non-negotiable demands to Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen if they gain parliamentary representation at the next election. At the party’s…
MoreAnalyst: Løkke can’t live up to right-wing demands
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is facing a problem if he needs the New Conservatives’ seats for an overall majority after the next election. Party leader Pernille Vermund has put forward three, ‘three…
MoreOpposition on course for victory despite ‘chaos’
Despite constant reports of ‘chaos’ and division on the left a new poll indicates the opposition is heading for a comfortable victory at the next election that needs to be held before June…
MoreLiberals back handshake proposal
The Liberals are the latest party to demand that ‘New Danes’ be legally required to shake hands when receiving their diploma at a citizenship ceremony. The ruling party has been reluctant to back…
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