Fast-track training courses for refugees could be dropped
Integration Training Courses (IGUs in Danish), a cornerstone of the government’s policy to get refugees into the labour market as quickly as possible, are functioning well throughout the country, according to a new…
MoreItalian company to appeal Danish ruling at EU
Italian construction company Solesi will fight a Danish Labour Court ruling at the EU. CEO Paolo Augliera said he was ‘shocked’ by a DKK14m (€1.88m) award to the 3F trade union for underpaying…
MoreSKAT fails on imports
The customs authorities have come under fire for failing to check imported goods. SKAT, the Danish Customs and Tax Administration, controlled no more than 0.2% of all goods imports last year, the lowest in the…
MoreForeign fighter to be deported
A 22-year-old man born in Denmark has been sentenced to five years in prison and stripped of his Danish citizenship for volunteering to fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria. Public Prosecutor…
MoreCopenhagen 14th most expensive in world
Copenhagen is the 14th most expensive city in the world for for overseas employers according to ECA International (ECA)’s latest global Cost of Living Index, which compares a basket of like-for-like consumer goods…
MoreSlight drop in inflation
The rate of inflation remains low and even slowed slightly in November. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show consumer prices rose by 1.3% in November compared to the same month last year, but…
MoreDPP adds welfare guarantee to list of demands
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) exerted more pressure on the government, Tuesday, by demanding a guarantee that welfare expenditure won’t be reduced over the next eight years. The party’s finance spokesman, René Christensen,…
MoreComment: Why does the Liberal Alliance keep stabbing Løkke in the back?
By threatening not to vote for the 2018 budget the Liberal Alliance (LA) has publicly humiliated the prime minister, according to Berlingske’s political analyst Thomas Larsen. Immediately after the government and Danish People’s…
MoreU.S. officials: Germany holds key to stopping Russian pipeline
Although parliament has passed a law that would allow Denmark to ban the Nord Stream 2 Russian pipeline from passing through Danish territorial waters on foreign policy grounds, U.S. officials believe it’s Germany…
MoreIraq torture trial gets underway
A 66-year-old Iraqi man told Copenhagen High Court yesterday how he was beaten and given electric shocks by the Iraqi police after being detained by Danish troops during Operation Green Desert. The man…
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