Employment hits new high
4,000 people joined the labour market in January although the month-on-month increase was slower than the surge seen towards the end of 2021 – despite the slowdown, 2.91m are now employed, an all-time…
MoreCarlsberg in Russia U-turn
Brewing giant Carlsberg is pulling out of Russia. In a statement, Monday, CEO , Cees ’t Hart said the company has taken ‘the difficult and immediate decision to dispose of our business in…
MoreVirus updates
Only 3,372 new corona cases were confirmed, Monday, virtually the same as the previous day as 19.78 % of the 17,048 PCR tests taken over the 24-hour period came back positive. Despite the…
MoreEx-PM compares Putin to Hitler, Stalin
Former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has accused the West of being far too naïve when dealing with Vladimir Putin and ignoring the warning signs. In an interview with Berlingske, the ex-NATO…
MoreAmbassador: Danish fear of nuclear war is ‘anti-Russia hysteria’
Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir V.Barbin. has accused Western media and politicians of ‘maliciously’ distorting the truth about his country’s nuclear threat. In an open letter to political news site Altinget, Mr Barbin…
MoreDenmark ready for 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
Around 26,000 Ukrainian refugees have so far arrived in Denmark but the government is preparing for at least 100,000. At a press briefing, Friday, Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye said Europe is dealing with…
MoreDPP: Tent cities a better option than ghettoes for Ukrainian refugees
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has urged the government to examine the possibility of housing Ukrainian refugees in ‘tent cities’ instead of under-privileged social housing areas, often termed ghettos. Faced with the possibility…
MoreMajority rejects Russian gas imports
73% of the electorate believe Denmark should stop all imports of Russian gas even though it would lead to rising prices and a possible energy shortage. In a new Epinion poll for DR…
MoreDenmark ‘in debt to the planet’
Denmark hits Earth Overshoot Day today, the day when a country has used more from nature than can be renewed for the rest of the year – according to the Global Footprint Network,…
MoreVirus updates
Only 3,359 new corona cases were confirmed, Sunday, the lowest figure for months, as 19.79 % of the 16,970 PCR tests taken over the 24-hour period came back positive. After falling towards the…
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