Denmark leads Nordic tax race
Denmark has the highest marginal income tax rate of all Nordic countries and despite the prospect of a reduction from next year will still lead the way. 470,000 taxpayers in this country paid…
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Maersk posts impressive Q3 profits / Orsted builds solar plant in Texas….. Danish shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk posted impressive Q3 net profit on Friday but warned that growth in the container market is…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 11th – November 17th 2019:
Politics/Economy: Parties on the left distanced themselves from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s claim that international conventions ‘protect the wrong people’ and are forcing Denmark to repatriate Danish jihadists – in response to the…
MoreNeo Nazis deny graveyard vandalism
The neo-Nazi Nordfront (Nordisk Resistance Movement/NRM) has strongly denied any involvement in last weekend’s desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Randers even though one of its leading members was arrested on Wednesday and charged…
MoreImmigration Minister reviews foreign fighters’ citizenship
Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye is considering whether to strip three foreign fighters of their citizenship. As the government struggles with the return of of Danish jihadist Ahmad Salem el-Haj, who was remanded in custody…
MoreFaroes break with Denmark on Israel
The Faroe Islands’ self-governing administration has defied the Danish government by moving ahead with plans to open an independent diplomatic mission in Israel and at the same time recognise Jerusalem as the capital…
MoreSocial Liberals play hardball on detention centre
The Social Liberals (Radikale) have warned they won’t provide the votes needed to pass the 2020 budget until the government comes up with a detailed plan to move refugee kids out of the…
MoreDanish university urges its students to leave Hong Kong
Denmark’s Technical University (DTU) has urged its 36 students in Hong Kong to pack up and return to Denmark. Head of DTU Anders Overgaard Bjarklev said the decision came after the riots spread…
MoreLow income workers reduce inequality gap
For the first time in seven years, workers at the lower end of the pay scale have experienced higher wage growth than top earners. Despite concerns about the growing inequality gap, a key issue in the June election, new Statistics…
MoreProblems pile up for Danske Bank
Danske Bank, still under investigation in the U.S. Estonia, France, and also this country for its role in the money laundering scandal, was yesterday charged by the State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic…
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