Muslim jailed for death threats to Queen, Paludan
A Muslim resident has been jailed for threatening to kill the Queen. The 33-year-old man, who was reported to police by his wife who feared his heavy use of cannabis had made him…
MoreClean energy giant plans cutbacks
Partially state-owned Ørsted, one of the major successes of Denmark’s green economy, is taking measures to reduce its annual overheads by DKK500-600m annually between 2020 and 2022. Around half of the planned saving…
MoreLego aims to attract skilled foreign workers with new ‘campus’
Lego has formally opened the first phase of its new, state of the art headquarters in Billund The global toy giant’s new, 54,000-square metre ‘campus’ will host 2,000 employees when completed in 2021…
MoreRestaurant industry ‘heading for disaster’
It’s boom time for the restaurant industry in this country but there are black clouds on the horizon. Hundreds of new restaurants have opened over the past few years, leading to a record…
More120% rise in hate crime reports
The Danish police received reports of 449 hate crimes last year but believe many more went unreported. The majority of cases involved race or religion, including a Jewish woman who had a swastika…
MorePM in Sweden for border control talks
Border control will be high on the agenda when Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travels to Stockholm today for talks with her Swedish counterpart Stefan Löfven. After decades of an open border agreement, Sweden…
MorePM welcomes ‘flextension’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen welcomed the EU’s decision yesterday to grant a 3-month ‘flextension’ to the UK in the long-running Brexit saga. The PM said the Danish position has always been to support…
More400% rise in $$$ millionaires
Over the past decade the number of Danes who, on paper, have become dollar millionaires, has risen by nearly 400%, from 52,000 to 237,000, the Global Wealth Report 2019 by Swiss bank Credit…
MoreRetail sales remain slow despite upbeat economy
Despite low interest rates, the high rate of employment, and an overall increase in real wages, retail sales remain generally stagnant. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show retail sales edged up 0.1 percent…
MoreInternational criticism as Danish cheese joins champagne and feta
Cheese producers in Denmark are celebrating after the EU granted the internationally popular Havarti cheese ‘protected geographical indication (GI)’ a status granted to products that have a specific link to the place where…
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