Union boss denounced for Auschwitz remarks
A top union boss has come under fire for comparing job centre employees to concentration camp guards. In a speech at a demonstration organised in support of a sick 63-year-old woman denied a…
MoreAirbnb under scrutiny as probe reveals tax fraud
Experts and politicians have called for more control of Airbnb hosts after a tax probe in Sweden revealed widespread tax fraud. A spot check of 250 Airbnb hosts by the Swedish Tax Department,…
MoreDollar dips – good news for consumers, bad news for exports
The US dollar continues to fall against the Danish krone. $1 cost around DKK6.47, Wednesday, and has now fallen by 10% since December 2016 – good news for Danish consumers according to senior…
MoreCall me a cab
Copenhagen is the 8th-most expensive city in the world to ride in a cab. A new survey by UK online company Carspring shows Zurich, where the taximeter clicks at DKK33 per kilometre, is…
MoreDPP calls for electronic tagging of Islamists
Danish Intelligence (PET) should have the power to ‘tag’ suspected Islamists with an electronic monitoring device, even though they may never have committed a crime – the latest proposal from the Danish People’s…
MoreChinese warships in Danish waters
Three Chinese warships will shortly be passing through Danish territorial waters, bound for the Baltic and the ‘Joint Sea-2017 exercise’ with Russia to be held off the Russian port city of Kaliningrad, less…
More‘Cycle-happy’ Løkke lobbies for Tour de France
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is spending part of his summer vacation in France on a lobbying mission to bring the prestigious Tour de France cycle race to Denmark. The PM, a cycling…
MoreDenmark 6th-most innovative country
Denmark is ranked 6th on the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017, behind Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the USA and the UK but ahead of Finland (8th) and Norway (19th). The GII aims to…
MoreConsumer watchdog eyes Carlsberg
The Consumer Ombudsman (Forbrugerombudsman) is considering legal action against Carlsberg after it was revealed that a new political party, with the sole aim of promoting draft beer, is nothing more than concealed advertising…
MoreRomanian beggar hit by new rules
A Romanian national has been sentenced to 14 days in jail for begging, the first ruling handed down under new ‘fast track’ legislation that came into power on June 21st. The man was…
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