Government postpones green car legislation
The government has postponed an unpopular amendment to vehicle registration duty, scheduled to come into effect on April 1st, that would have seen the price of most new cars rise by anywhere between…
MorePolice target debtors’ licence plates – 70,000 cars at risk
70,000 motorists risk having their car licence plates forcibly removed by the police if they fail to pay unpaid road taxes or duties. The Tax Department (SKAT), which is responsible for all debt…
MoreWind and faulty mechanism caused train crash
A combination of strong winds and an unsecured freight trailer was the probable cause of Denmark’s worst rail accident in decades on January 2nd when eight people were killed. The Accident Investigation Board (Havarikommissionen)…
MorePolice nab 16 million counterfeit ciggies
Seven people appeared before Aarhus District Court, Thursday, charged with attempting to smuggle 16 million contraband cigarettes into Denmark from Poland. If the fake cigarettes had been sold in the street it would…
MoreElection 2019: Political suicide if PM calls election now
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen could be tempted to call an election after presenting the government’s proposals for Denmark’s biggest ever transport infrastructure investment, Wednesday (see below) but it would be ‘political suicide’…
MoreElection 2019: Infrastructure plan could be ‘election game changer’
The government has announced an ‘historic’ DKK112bn traffic infrastructure plan that could, according to Finance Minister Kristian Jensen, be an ‘election gamechanger’. With opinion polls indicating a victory for the opposition at the…
MoreElection 2019: Same day elections would be a ‘major mistake’ says ex-commissioner
A former EU Commissioner has warned Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen against calling a general election to coincide with the EU election in May. Social Democrat Ritt Bjerregard, one of Denmark’s most famous…
MoreExtra DKK50m to help stabilise Iraq
The government has donated an additional DKK50m ($7.7 million) to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to help stabilise areas of Iraq liberated from the Islamic State (ISIL). This brings Denmark’s total contribution…
MoreFraud squad dropped probe into multi-million fraudster after 12 days
The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (Søik), popularly known as the fraud squad, launched an investigation into social fraudster Britta Nielsen in 2012 but lost interest after just 12 days…
MoreDanish Islamic State recruiter arrested in Turkey
A young Danish woman suspected of being a foreign fighter for the Islamic State (ISIS) was arrested by Turkish police, Wednesday, as she tried to cross the border with a false passport. According…
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