Personal wealth still less than pre-crisis
Danes’ collective wealth has never been greater, but per capita is still less than before the financial crisis. In 2017 a person’s individual wealth in this country was DKK1,348,000, compared to DKK1,370,000 (in…
MoreExports up but ‘‘disappointing’
Exports rose by 2.5% in May, ending a 6-month, downward trend, the latest Statistics Denmark figures show. At the same time imports rose by 3.3%, reducing the balance of payments surplus. Despite the…
MoreInflation up
The rate of inflation increased in May. Petrol and diesel prices have increased considerably over the past year, pushing up the consumer price index, although the overall level of inflation remains low. Denmark’s…
MoreWatchdog: Smaller banks could be targetted by money launderers
The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has warned smaller banks they may come under attack from money launderers as the authorities impose tighter regulatory controls on bigger financial institutions in the wake of…
MoreVoters doubt opposition leader’s stance on immigration
Opposition leader Mette Frederiksen has vowed to maintain a strict immigration policy if successful at the next election but only 40% of the electorate believe her – in a new poll an equal…
MoreHalf of all long-term welfare claimants are immigrants
The number of immigrants claiming welfare benefits is a ‘catastrophe’, Employment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said last night in response to new figures showing over half of welfare recipients who’ve received around DKK300,000…
MoreDPP targets parents of criminal minors
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has proposed punishing parents of minors who commit sex crimes. Following reports of a series of sexual attacks in three communities north of Copenhagen, in which five girls…
MoreAre courts too lenient on rapists?
The ruling Liberals have urged Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen to review all rape cases over the past two years to see if courts are being too lenient on perpetrators. The prison sentence…
MoreDramatic increase in sex crimes
The number of sex-related crimes committed during the first three months of this year exceeded the whole of 2017. According to Politiken, the police charged 3,945 people with a sex crime such as…
MoreProsecutor pushes for deportation of Danish national
The Supreme Court will rule whether a Danish-Tunisian national who left his wife and child to travel to Syria and fight for the Islamic State (ISIS) can be stripped of his Danish passport…
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