EU stops Danish electric car tax increase
The European Commission has stopped the 2016 proposed increase in taxation of electric cars. In October, the Danish government announced its intention to phase out tax and duty exemptions on electric cars, starting…
MoreNew integration benefits to increase poverty in Denmark
The new integration benefits will mean that every third refugee most likely won’t be able to afford three meals a day and poverty in Denmark will increase overall, according to the just-published annual report…
MoreRecord number apply for Christmas charity
A record number of people have applied for help from charitable organisations this Christmas The Salvation Army has received 11,914 applications for food hampers, the highest number ever, while Danish People’s Aid started…
More8 companies dominate corporate tax list
Eight big names dominate the Tax Ministry’s annual ‘open list’ of how much corporate tax companies pay in Denmark. The eight companies, collectively, paid DKK 18bn in 2014, a third of all corporate…
MoreDenmark facing Russian pipeline dilemma
Russia needs Denmark’s approval to expand its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline beneath the Baltic Sea and into Germany but Baltic nations have warned the project will be devastating for Ukraine and damaging to European energy security as…
MoreGovernment’s turnaround means post-Christmas cash flow problems for oldsters
325,000 pensioners are facing a cash shortfall next month when their housing benefit is reduced, even though the controversial ruling was removed from the 2016 budget, Tuesday. Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen (Lib)…
MoreDenmark ‘lucky’ to hit 40 per cent climate reduction target
Denmark’s greenhouse gas emissions will hit the 40 per cent reduction target by 2020, compared to 1990, a new forecast from the Danish Energy Agency (Energistrylesen) shows. The expectations are higher than last…
MoreBomb-joke businessmen jailed, deported
Two Greek businessmen who joked about having a bomb at Copenhagen Airport last month are to be deported. A court sentenced the two men to three months each in prison yesterday — two…
MoreGerman criticism for passenger ID rule
Parties in the Slesvig-Holsten state parliament will vote on three resolutions today formally criticising Denmark’s ‘carrier’ legislation that requires all transport companies crossing the border with Germany to check the papers of every…
MoreInflation to remain very low in 2016
Inflation will remain very low in 2016 Danish inflation declined again in November, mainly due to the global drop in the price of oil – and even though oil is expected to increase…
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