Young Dane in UK cocaine bust
A young Danish man has been jailed for five years in the UK after he was caught trying to smuggle nearly DKK 9m ($1.5m) worth of cocaine through Heathrow Airport in fake bottles…
MoreNew housing bubble?
The currency panic and subsequent drop in interest has provoked fears of a new housing bubble. Denmark’s National Bank untraditional defence of the krone has led to 30-year/2 per cent mortgages but analysts…
MoreNykredit stops issuing morgage bonds
Nykredit will not be issue new mortgage-backed bonds at negative interest rates because it’s unclear how such bonds should be handled, the bank said yesterday. From Reuters: Recent National Bank interventions that have…
MoreKrone under pressure
The currency market has started the year with its most volatile period since 2011. As the victims of the Swiss franc detonation lick their wounds, Denmark is battling to avoid its krone becoming…
MoreBusiness shorts
Cut price war on Copenhagen-London route/China order for Vestas/SAS buys Cimber Airport: Budget airline Ryanair’s new hub at Copenhagen Airport has sparked off a competition war on the popular London route. Competitor Easyjet…
MorePoll indicates personal grudge match between Thorning and Løkke
A new poll shows gains for the Social Democrats but the opposition is still on course for a comfortable victory this year. The latest Epinion poll for DR News gives the ruling party…
MoreFinance Minister dismisses plan that would create 124,000 jobs
Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon has dismissed the Liberal Alliance’s (LA) economic policy as anti-social, even though new calculations from his own ministry show it would create more than 100,000 jobs and add billions…
MoreFacebook groups hide behind DPP to attack Islam
Anti Islam and Muslim groups claiming to support the Danish People’s Party (DPP) are using closed Facebook forums to incite hatred against Muslims and Islam. DPP’s deputy leader, Søren Espersen, distanced the party…
MoreQatar funds football trips for youth teams
The Danish Football Association (DBU) has come under fire for sending national Danish youth teams to Qatar on all-expenses paid trips funded by the Emir. In May 2014 and in January this year…
MoreCopenhagen airport introduces Big Brother advertising
Copenhagen Airport has unveiled new digital signage that tailors advertising to individual travellers by automatically recognising their age and gender. Using facial detection technology to determine basic demographics such as gender, age, date…
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