Consumer confidence remains low
Consumer confidence improved slightly in August but remains historically low. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer confidence index was almost unchanged in August, rising from -25.6 in July to -25.1 –…
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Housing market hit by summer slump…SAS cancels 1,700 flights in September and October…Gas consumption down, wind energy up…. The 8-year long housing market boom has taken a downturn over the summer in line…
MoreGovernment takes aim at immigrants in crackdown on crime
The government has put forward a wide-ranging, multi-billion kroner criminal reform bill following an increase in violent crime. In an interview with Berlingske, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said too many criminals – and…
MoreOpposition on crime bill: Too little, too late
The two biggest opposition parties have welcomed the government’s planned crackdown on criminals but questioned why it took so long. While both the Liberals (Venstre) and Conservatives, who promote themselves as ‘law and…
MoreRacist acquitted on hate crime charge
A Danish racist who verbally abused head of the ’Free Greens’ party Sikandur Siddique and his parents as they left the official opening of parliament last October has been cleared of committing a hate crime….
MoreEmployment hits record-high but dark clouds on the horizon
New figures showing employment in this country is at a record-high are nothing less than ‘spectacular’, a leading economist said yesterday after Statistics Denmark confirmed that 7,000 jobs were added in June, the…
MoreUkrainian refugees caught in ‘bureaucratic mess’
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has called for an amendment to the emergency legislation passed earlier this year that allows displaced Ukrainians the right to stay in Denmark. Following new figures from the…
MoreCopenhagen drops 2025 carbon-neutral goal
Copenhagen City Hall has acknowledged that its aim to make the capital carbon neutral by 2025 is no longer realistic. As late as last year all parties at City Hall reached agreement on…
MoreSAS rescued by tax-shelter companies
The American global private equity firm that’s provided a DKK5bn ($700m) lifeline for struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) presides over hundreds of companies in tax-shelter countries. Jyllands-Posten reports that Apollo Global Management, which will now…
More44 U.S. military helicopters arrive in Esbjerg today – port to become ‘key hub’ for NATO shipments
Ahead of the arrival of 44 U.S. military helicopters at Esbjerg today Defence Minister Morten Bødskov will sign an agreement aimed at transforming the port in southwest Jutland into a key transit station…
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