Netto backs down on Polish plans
Discount supermarket chain Netto has been forced to back down from its plan to increase the import of Polish food. Since stating, Monday, that to boost competiveness Netto would be willing to import…
MoreDrug smugglers ‘afraid’ of Denmark
Sweden doesn’t seize three times as many drugs as Denmark because it employs far more customs officers – it’s because customs control in this country is so efficient that smugglers avoid Denmark. That’s…
MoreNew report: Terrorist threat remains high
The number or terrorist-related incidents in this country has risen dramatically over the past two years as Denmark continues to suffer from the legacy of the Mohammed cartoons. Since 2010, Jyllands-Posten has been…
MoreNeighbours demand more border control in Denmark
The customs authorities in Sweden and Norway have urged Denmark to beef up its border security by employing more customs officers. Although Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt stressed yesterday that more border control isn’t…
MoreGuns, drugs seized in Christiania raid
Copenhagen Police seized five loaded guns and drugs with an estimated street value of five million kroner during an early-morning raid on the ’free state’ of Christiania, early Tuesday morning. A police spokesman…
MoreNovo boosts stock market
Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C20 index of blue-chip companies closed on a record high, Tuesday, at 517.98, the highest since the crisis ravaged the stock market five years ago. Despite the impressive comeback,…
MoreNew entrepreneurs scared off by crisis
The number of business start-ups in this country has hit rock-bottom, posing a serious threat to the government’s job creation hopes. Just 17,720 new firms or companies saw the light of day in…
MoreHelle hits back
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has rejected speculation that she could be replaced as Social Democrat party leader before the next election. At her weekly press conference, Tuesday, the PM said she has ’little…
MoreTop ministry offical implicated in Taxgate scandal again
Tax ministry private secretary Peter Loft ordered a top civil servant, Michael Frank, to investigate every aspect of Helle Thorning Schmidt and her husband, Stephen Kinnock’s tax affairs when tabloid daily BT began…
MoreNew-car sales hit record high
Despite the crisis and struggling economy, car purchases hit new heights in 2012. 170,736 new cars were sold in Denmark last year, an average of 450 every day. A spokesman for Danish Car…
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