Finance Minister runs economy ‘health check’
Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen has order his staff to conduct a review of the state’s finances. In what has become a tradition in Danish politics, when a new government comes to power it…
MoreGovernment ally issues budget warning
The Social Liberals (Radikale) have warned they won’t support the government’s 2020 budget if it threatens the stability of the Danish economy. Party leader Morten Østergaard said yesterday that if the Social Democrats…
MoreBrexit problems have made EU more popular
68% of the Danish electorate have confidence in EU, the second-highest in the union, a significant increase from pre-Brexit figures. A new report by Copenhagen think-tank Europa, based on a Eurobarometer survey, shows…
MoreBusiness shorts
Dip in wholesale prices / Vestas adjusts year-end projection / Carlsberg’ earnings outstrip Heineken / New record for Copenhagen Airport….. Domestic market prices fell 3.0 percent annually in July and foreign market prices…
MoreConservative leader: ‘Løkke threw us down the sewer’
Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen has launched a full-frontal attack on ex-prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. In an interview with Berlingske today the former justice minister accuses the Liberal leader of ‘betraying’ his…
MorePolitical right in crisis
The public criticism of former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen reflects the political right’s biggest crisis for 20 years, leading political commentator Hans Engell said last night after Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen…
MoreSwedish suspects identified in tax agency bombing
Copenhagen Police have identified two Swedish nationals as the main suspects in last week’s explosion outside the Danish Tax Agency’s office in Copenhagen. A 22-year-old was arrested in Sweden on Tuesday, while an…
MorePM: More power to the police
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is ready to give the police increased powers to fight crime, including extended video surveillance of public areas. At a press conference alongside Justice Minister Nick Hækkerup, following the…
MoreBanned hate preachers free to enter Denmark
Hate preachers who were banned from Denmark under the previous government will now be allowed entry in the future. Ismail al-Wahwah, leader of the Australian chapter of the international Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir,…
MoreDenmark sends €55m to ‘non-cooperative’ countries
Denmark continues to give millions of kroner in foreign aid to countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa that refuse to repatriate their own refugees who’ve been denied residency here. Kristeligt Dagbladet…
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