New hate preacher blacklisted
One more hate preacher has been banned from Denmark. The Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen) has added Saudi cleric Abdullah bin Radi Almoaede Al-Shammary to its ‘blacklist’ of 10’ hate preachers barred from entering…
MoreLawmakers back union call for stricter checks on Italian bridge-builder
Denmark’s biggest union has called for stricter background checks on the Italian consortium that’s won the contract to build the new Storstrøm Bridge that will connect Zealand with Falster. 3F, backed by the Social…
MoreMaersk on ‘climate sinners’ list
A.P. Moeller Maersk, Denmark’s biggest company, is named as one of 100 global companies that has the biggest CO2 emissions and contributes most to climate change, alongside multinationals such as Nestlé, Volkswagen, and Statoil….
MorePM asserts his authority on budget vote
After another long day of negotiations with the Danish People’s Party (DPP) Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen offered assurances last night that all three coalition parties will vote for the 2018 draft budget,…
MoreGovernment aims for DKK8.1bn in tax relief
Liberal Alliance leader Anders Samuelsen has promised ‘record-high’ tax relief before Christmas – which according to Mads Lundby Hansen, head of right-leaning think-tank CEPOS, means at least DKK8.1bn (€1.08bn). He told financial daily…
MoreSchool cancels Christmas service in deference To Muslims
A local school’s decision to cancel a Christmas church service for pupils is a sign of ‘misguided deference’ to the Muslim community, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said yesterday. In a Facebook response Ms…
More25% increase in illegal immigrants
The number of illegal immigrants in Denmark rose by around 25% in 2016, according to a new assessment by the Rockwool Foundation based on police arrests. It’s estimated that around 22,000 illegal aliens…
MoreNational Bank vows to maintain krone’s link to euro
Governor General of Denmark’s National Bank, Lars Rohde, has vowed to maintain the Danish krone’s fixed link to the euro. The krone has been pegged since 1982, first to the German Deutsche Mark,…
MoreSAS sets up base in Ireland to compete with low-cost airlines
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), which has repeatedly criticised cut-price flyer Ryanair for cutting labour costs, will tomorrow launch a new Ireland-based operating unit, Scandinavian Airlines Ireland. Despite constantly denouncing the ‘Ryanair model’, the partially state-owned company…
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Danske Bank investment robot attracts 11,500 clients / Trade delegation in Argentina / BBC reports on surplus food supermarket Over the past six months Danske Bank has attracted 11,500 clients to an investment…
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