Denmark top of the class in debt reduction
Denmark has reduced its public debt more than any other EU country. New Statistics Denmark figures show EMU (Economic and Monetary Union) debt has shrunk by 6.4% since 2014. In 2016 Denmark had a…
MoreUN criticism for Denmark on children’s rights
Denmark may have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child but should be doing more to abide by it, the UN has said. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child…
MoreStudents demonstrate against cutbacks
Thousands of high school and university students took to the streets, Thursday, to protest potential education cutbacks, even though Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen claimed during his opening speech to parliament that more…
MoreBank projects more economic growth
Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske, has upwardly adjusted its growth projection for the economy this year. The Bank said Thursday it now expects GDP to grow by 2.4 percent this year, up from an…
MoreChinese car company buys Danish success bank
A Chinese company that went from manufacturing refrigerator parts to cars has acquired a majority shareholding in Danish investment bank, Saxo, one of the finance sector’s biggest successes over the past few years….
MoreNew missile systems on navy’s shopping list
Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen has revealed how extra funding in the new defence bill will be allocated. The government has repeatedly vowed to give the military a ‘substantial lift’ but has, until…
MoreLiberals move towards burka ban
The ruling Liberals will make a decision today whether to support the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) bill to ban the burka, which, if passed, would require the police to fine, or even jail,…
MoreGovernment drops hospital efficiency requirement
The government has suspended the stipulation that hospitals improve their performance by 2% annually but with the same budget. Since the mid-00s all hospitals have been subjected to efficiency requirements of better service…
MoreGovernment’s tax plan ‘too complicated’
The government’s tax reform plan will make an already complicated system virtually impossible to understand for the average taxpayer, the right-leaning think-tank CEPOS has warned. Senior CEPOS economist Mads Lundby Hansen said it’s…
MoreDanish priest accused of paedophilia
A 47-year-old Danish priest accused of having sex with seven boys and two girls told Holbæk District Court, Wednesday, that he filmed his sex sessions with a teenage boy after meeting him on…
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