Service industry fears government’s repatriation policy
Service industry professionals have warned the government that hotels, restaurants, and cleaning firms will run short of manpower if refugees are sent home. Ahead of the vote on the government’s planned ‘paradigm shift’…
MoreExperts: Welfare cuts have created an underclass
Experts have accused the government of creating an underclass with its low start rate of entitlements for welfare claimants – the so-called ‘integration benefit’ – that disproportionally targets jobless refugees and migrants. Researcher Jørgen…
MoreSocial Democrats lead the way in EU polls
The Social Democrats look like being the big winner at this year’s EU election. A weighted average of all recent polls indicates Denmark’s biggest party will win five seats at the May election,…
MoreDPP demands border control with Sweden
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for extensive border controls, including all ferry, car and train transport to Sweden. The Swedish government imposed border checks on all passengers from Denmark in 2016…
MoreEnvironment Minister: 11 billion good reasons to build border fence
Environment & Food Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has again dismissed international criticism of the 70km fence currently being constructed along Denmark’s southern border to control the migration of wild boar, carriers of the deadly African…
MoreDanish environmentalist nabs top UN job
Another Dane has been hand-picked to head a top UN agency. Following the appointment earlier this month of General Michael Lollesgaard to head of the UN ceasefire-monitoring team in Yemen, UN secretary-general António…
MoreGDP up 0.8% in Q4
Danish GDP grew by 0.8% during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018 compared to Q3, giving an annual growth rate of 1.1%, higher than the EU’s own prediction of 0.8%. Senior economist Morten…
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MoreCrime reduction body opposes community service cutbacks
A plan to cut the number of offences punishable by community service orders is unwise, the independent Crime Prevention Council (Kriminalpræventive Råd) has said. The council was responding to a cross-party legal proposal…
MorePoliticians rule out return of ISIS fighters
Leading politicians have queued up to dismiss US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that European nations take back and prosecute citizens who left for Syria to join ISIS. Neither the opposition Social Democratic Party,…
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