Industry calls for cut in corporate tax
The Swedish government has proposed cutting its corporate tax rate to 20 percent, from 22 percent, and Denmark needs to follow suit, the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) said yesterday. Kent Damgaard, deputy head…
MoreFamily facing fine for flying U.S. flag
A family in southern Denmark has been ordered to take down the U.S. flag from their garden or face a DKK 2,500 ($375) fine. The Hedegård family had been flaunting the Stars and…
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Maersk cuts jobs at Gothenberg terminal / SAS plane makes emergency landing / Copenhagen trains to be privatised Maersk: Port operator APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has announced plans cut 160 staff…
MorePM’s ministry was warned about child bride problems
The Ministry of State has become implicated in the ‘child bride controversy’ that continues to dog Integration Minister Inger Støjberg, left-wing daily Information reports. In an official parliamentary response to the Social Liberals’…
MoreTroops on the streets?
The government is working on a plan to deploy troops to patrol the streets in the event of a terrorist attack. According to Berlingske, university lecturer Marc Schack has been hired by the…
MoreDanish Muslims demand protection
Danish Muslims have called for extra security around mosques after Sunday’s attack when a van rammed into a group of pedestrians near the Finsbury Park Mosque, in North London. In a press release…
MoreSKAT could have prevented multi-billion scam
The far-left Red/Greens have accused consecutive governments of imposing cutbacks that have led to the breakdown of the Tax Department (SKAT), following new information concerning the multi-billion share dividend scam. TV2 has revealed…
MoreTsunami hits Greenland
Four people are feared dead after tsunami waves struck the coast of Greenland on Saturday night, triggered by an earthquake that struck 28 kilometres north of the northwest village of Nuugaatsiaq. The local newspaper, Sermitsiaq,…
MoreNew ‘tech’ ambassador heads for Silicon Valley
Denmark’s, and the world’s, first ever digital ambassador is preparing to take up his post in Silicon Valley, USA, where he’ll focus on technological diplomacy, one of Denmark’s five foreign policy priorities alongside…
MoreBusiness Minister cautions mortgage lenders
Business Minister Brian Mikkelsen has urged banks and credit institutions to limit mortgage lending to households with big debts in areas with high house prices to help to prevent a new housing bubble….
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