‘Free state’ accepts social housing plan
Residents of Christiania have reluctantly accepted a government plan to build 15,000 square metres of social housing within the ‘free state’ in return for the right to buy surrounding land for DKK67m ($9m),…
MoreNew study: Smoking even more damaging than believed
Danish researchers have warned that smoking causes even more damage to the heart than previously believed. A new study of nearly 4,000 people in Denmark, presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress…
MoreBusiness Minister alert to price gouging
The Business Ministry is monitoring supermarkets to ensure there’s no price gouging as inflation continues to rise. Business Minister Simon Kollerup assured consumers last week that prices of everyday food staples are being…
MoreBanks agree – Denmark heading for recession
Leading Danish Banks agree that galloping inflation, sky-high energy prices, and increasing interest rates will have pushed the eurozone into recession by the end of this year – and Denmark will probably follow…
MoreChinese company pulls out of multi-million Maersk deal
A.P. Moller-Maersk has lost out on a billion-dollar windfall after China International Marine Containers Ltd. (CIMC) pulled out of a deal to acquire Maersk Container Industry (MCI), a leading manufacturer of refrigerated containers,…
MoreSocialists call for changes but won’t support centrist coalition
The government is facing a potential defeat in the upcoming election due to a series of mistakes that have led to a lack of trust in the ruling Social Democrats and the centre-left…
MoreDK-Germany deal to scale up wind energy
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, agreed to increase wind energy co-operation agreement during talks in Copenhagen, Friday. Ahead of an international wind energy conference on the island of…
MoreGerman minister urges Denmark to open up the border
In addition to a wind-energy agreement, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod and his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, signed a plan of action for the border region separating the two countries during talks in Copenhagen,…
MoreCap on rent increases
The government, backed by its parliamentary allies, has imposed a cap on rent increases. The agreement, a response to galloping inflation, means rents can only rise 4% per year over the next two…
MoreNew hope for mink industry
There are signs that Denmark’s flourishing mink industry, destroyed in November 2020 when the government ordered the cull of Denmark’s entire mink population after it was found that a mutation of the coronavirus…
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