Slight drop in jobless numbers
The unemployment rate decreased slightly in January. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark, released Friday, showed the seasonally adjusted jobless rate came in at 4.1 percent in January, virtually the same as in…
MoreLego goes green
Lego will start selling sustainable toy building bricks this year. The Danish toy giant said production has begun on a range of Lego botanical elements or pieces such as leaves, bushes and trees,…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 26th – March 4th 2018
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented the government’s 22-point plan, Thursday – ‘One Denmark, No Parallel Societies: Eradicate Ghettos by 2030’ – aimed specifically at stopping the growth of the parallel society…
MorePM presents ghetto plan: ‘Time to demand more from non-western immigrants’
Using the symbolic background of one of Copenhagen’s most immigrant-dominated areas, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented the government’s 22-point plan, Thursday, to rid Denmark of ghettos by 2030. Flanked by seven cabinet…
MoreAnalysts: Ghetto plan signals election countdown
Taking a team of seven cabinet ministers to a run-down district to present the government’s anti-ghetto plan is a sign that Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is warming up for an election campaign,…
MoreDPP: Deporting refugees is still the best policy
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has welcomed the government’s anti-ghetto plan but questioned whether it will be effective in the long-term. The party’s integration spokesman, Martin Henriksen, said there’s only one way to…
MorePro-Russia DPP MP offers support for Putin’s nuclear strategy
The west needs to get used to the fact that Russia’s aim is to become a superpower, the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) defence spokeswoman, Marie Krarup said last night after President Putin warned in…
MoreLong may she reign
Queen Margrethe continues to enjoy majority public support. A new poll taken last week following Prince Henrik’s funeral shows nearly 50% of the electorate believe she should continue on the throne, although nearly…
MoreRecord-high figures for airport
For the seventh year in a row Copenhagen Airport has broken its own passenger record. Just under 29.2 million passengers passed through the airport in 2017, the latest figures, released Thursday, show. Overall…
MoreGovernment ministers facing demonstration in local ghetto today
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and seven other top-ranking ministers will be met by an angry group of demonstrators when they arrive at the deprived social housing district of Mjølner Parken in Copenhagen…
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