Upmarket region excludes refugees
The high number of Filipino au-pairs working in Gentofte, an affluent suburb north of Copenhagen, is restricting the number of refugees allocated to the local municipality. When the Danish Refugee Council decides how…
MoreInflation slows
The rate of fconsumer inflation slowed slightly in October after remaining stable in the previous month, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Tuesday. The consumer price index rose 0.4 percent year-over-year in October, slower…
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Multi-billion fraud linked to global tax shelters / Pension boss ranked no.3 in world / Illegal immigrants in service sector Fraud: The proceeds from Denmark’s biggest-ever tax fraud have been traced to tax shelters…
MoreForeign Ministry: Special report on food and agriculture
Focus Denmark, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has released a 24-page special report on food and agriculture: ‘The task for future farmers: Feed 9,000,000,000 people.’ The free special report is available…
MoreExperts: Denmark faces ridicule in border control debate
Denmark would be forced to pull out of the Schengen open-borders agreement if the government bows down to the Danish People’s Party’s call for permanent border control, EU expert Gerd Battrup of the…
MoreBudget negotiations stalled
Claus Hjort Frederiksen (Lib) has pulled out of today’s EU Finance Ministers’ meeting in Brussels to concentrate on putting together a majority for the government’s budget draft. After a number of joint negotiations…
MoreTax Authority gives PET personal travel info
A number of political parties have expressed concern that Danish Intelligence (PET) has, illegally, been provided with citizens’ sensitive tax details. Confidential documents obtained by news radio 24/7 reveal that, for the past…
MoreHigh Court to rule on Iraq torture case
The High Court will be asked to rule whether the lawsuit launched by 23 Iraqi prisoners captured by Danish troops during Operation Green Desert in 2004 has exceeded the statute of limitations. The…
MoreOECD: GDP to grow but property market at risk of overheating
The OECD has urged the government to intervene in the red-hot Danish housing market to prevent overheating. The organisation’s latest economic forecast suggests an increase in property tax, a winding down of the…
MoreMohammed editor steps down
The man behind the Mohammed cartoons, Flemming Rose, is leaving Jyllands-Posten where as culture editor in 2005 he gave the go ahead to print the controversial images of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked…
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