Government boosts defence spending but U.S. Ambassador wants more
A cross-party majority has agreed to increase defence spending to 1.5% of GDP in 2023, up from the planned 1.35%, but it’s still not enough for USA’s ambassador to Denmark, Carla H. Sands….
MoreUN refugees facing deportation
Some of the world’s most vulnerable UN ‘quota’ refugees who’ve been forcibly displaced risk being sent back to their own country under the government’s proposal for a ‘paradigm change’ in immigration policy. Although…
MoreVoters lukewarm about Løkke and Mette
As the election approaches voters still aren’t convinced about the two main candidates for prime minister. In a new Norstat poll for Jyllands-Posten 30% prefer Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen and 26% Lars…
MoreRussian court to hand down Jehova’s Witness ruling next week
A Danish national facing a lengthy prison sentence in Russia for being a member of the outlawed Jehova’s Witnesses will hear his fate next week. Final arguments were completed on January 30th in…
MoreGerman workers head north
An increasing number of Germans are making the short trip across the border to work in southern Denmark every day, tempted by higher wages and shorter working hours. It’s estimated that around 14,500…
MoreFalck accused of harassing rival
Nationwide emergency services company Falck has been reported to the police for misusing its dominant market position to force Netherlands rival Bios out of the market. Head of the Competition Council Christian Schultz…
MoreMinister wants limits on Denmark’s biggest pension fund
Labour Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has called for more political supervision of ATP, Denmark’s biggest pension fund. All wage-earners in Denmark with more than 9 hours of work per week are required to…
MoreBusiness shorts
New bank scandal / Job cuts at Danish Crown / Vestager blocks EU rail merger Spar Nord, which prides itself as ‘Denmark’s most personal bank’ has been forced to downwardly adjust profit expectations…
More3 security challenges facing Denmark – Russia is number one
Russia is the biggest threat to Denmark’s security right now – the latest Defence Intelligence (FE) evaluation warns that a ‘self confident, aggressive Russian has since Putin’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsular in…
MoreMore defence spending as Denmark edges towards 2% NATO target
The Danish military is to get DKK4.5bn ($700m) more than agreed in last year’s defence bill, raising military spending to 1.5 percent of GDP in 2023, up from the planned 1.35 percent. The…
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