Government opens the doors to UN refugees
Denmark will again start to take in UN quota refugees this weekend, the first time since the previous government imposed a ban in 2017. According to news site altinget.dk, 30 quota refugees are…
MoreNationalist leader’s propaganda channel closed down again
Video sharing service YouTube has closed down nationalist party Stram Kurs’ channel, ‘The Voice of Freedom’. Party leader Rasmus Paludan moved his anti-Islamist propaganda to You Tube earlier this month after being excluded from…
MoreSAS loses $20m as coronavirus fears grip travel industry
Scandinavia’s flagship airline, SAS, has already lost around DKK140m ($20.3m) due to the coronavirus and the figure is growing by the day. The Scandinavian airline usually flies around 250,000 people between Scandinavia and…
MoreCoronavirus: Leading companies order workers to stay home
A.P. Møller-Maersk has ordered any employee who’s been in South Korea or certain parts of Northern Italy to work from home for the next 14 days. A similar measure for employees who’ve been…
MoreBusiness shorts
Lego loses US$300m as ISS shares plummet….Producer Price Index down…Retail sales up…. Toy giant Lego’s biilionaire owners are trying to exert greater control over a global facility services company ISS after shares in…
MorePM wasn’t aware of planned attack on Liberals
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has denied any knowledge of a planned Social Democrat attack on the opposition Liberals (V) during ongoing local government reform negotiations. Although Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen has apologised for…
MoreGovernment pushes for consent-based rape legislation
The government has put forward new rape legislation based on consent. Denmark has previously come under fire from human rights organisations by defining rape solely on whether physical violence or threats were used…
MoreShow of support for new Alternative leader following harrasment allegations
The Alternatives’ steering committee has given new leader Josephine Fock a vote of confidence following allegations of harassment and mistreatment of party workers. Following a meeting, Tuesday, a spokesman for the committee said…
MoreGang leader killers get life sentences
The killers of a reformed gang leader who had turned his back on crime were given life sentences by Frederiksberg District Court, Tuesday. Nedim Yasar, 31, a former gang leader who had become…
MoreNews in brief
Coronavirus: TDC sends 10 workers home..Foreign Ministry updates travel advisory for Italy, South Korea…. TDC, Denmark’s largest telecommunications company, has asked 10 employees to work from home over the next few days. The…
More
Danish Krone Exchange Rate