Social Demcorats gain support with right-turn on immigration
The Social Democrats have boosted their support by backing the government’s tough stance on immigration. While the government has been strongly criticised abroad for its hard-line approach to refugees and migrants, such as…
MoreSamuelsen in Canada, U.S.
Free trade and the Arctic top Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen’s agenda during his trip to Canada and the U.S. this week. In a press release ahead of his arrival in the Canadian capital…
MoreDenmark sends F-16s to Baltic
Denmark will again help to protect the sovereignty of Baltic countries’ airspace from the start of next year with a detachment of 4 F-16 fighter jets and 60 accompanying personnel based at Siauliai Air…
MoreTop 1% earn 8% of collective income
The average Dane would need an income of at least DKK1.4m annually to qualify as being in the nation’s top 1% earners, a new report shows. In an international comparison, the top 1%…
MoreHomeowners could build up DKK85bn in tax debt
Danish homeowners could defer paying around DKK85bn (€11.3bn) in property taxes until 2060 under the terms of last week’s cross-party agreement which allows them to ‘freeze’ taxes until the day they sell their…
MorePolice in record drugs haul
Danish police seized a record amounts of drugs last year. The National Police Research Centre’s annual report shows 3.8 tons of cannabis, 345 kilos of amphetamine, 118,75 kilos of cocaine, and 15 kilos…
MoreGoldman Sachs sheds Dong holding
U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs has announced plans to sell 8.8 million shares in partially state-owned Dong Energy it acquired in a controversial 2014 deal that split the previous centre-left government. The shares are equivalent…
MoreUS warns Denmark: Say no to Russian pipeline
The USA has warned Denmark not to allow the controversial Russian pipeline pass through Danish territorial waters. The 1,220-kilometer Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will provide a direct link between Russian gas reserves and European…
More‘Mad Dog’ Mattis in Copenhagen
US Defence Secretary James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis arrives in Copenhagen tomorrow (Tuesday) for talks with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Ramussen and Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen, when the Islamic State (ISIS), the upcoming NATO…
MoreLøkke: Macron’s victory strengthens EU
By electing Emmanuel Macron France has shown it wants to strengthen the EU and European cooperation, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said last night after the 39-year old swept aside his anti-EU opponent…
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