Banks’ interest rate policy has cost customers DKK14bn
Danish banks’ policy of squeezing more money out of customers by raising interest rates on loans far more than deposits has cost account holders nearly DKK14bn ($2bn), a new report by the Danish…
MoreEnd of the road for anti-migrant party
The far right New Right (Nye Borgerlige) party is no more. In a shock move, Wednesday, leader, and founder, Pernille Vermund announced the party is being dissolved and its small group of MPs will…
MoreFuture King only given three days’ notice
Crown Prince Frederik was only informed he was about to become King 72 hours before Queen Margrethe shocked the nation by announcing her abdication on New Year’s Eve. Although it was a historic…
MoreRoyal Family a costly affair but it’s ‘money well spent’
It’s unclear how much Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will be paid when they become King and Queen of Denmark from Sunday but it’s been estimated that total expenditure on the…
MoreGovernment looks to India, Phillipines for health workers
The government has proposed bringing in health workers from outside the EU to help ease the shortage of manpower at hospitals and care homes. Ahead of cross-party negotiations aimed at easing the pathway…
MoreFormer far-left socialist takes the helm at conservative newspaper
A former radical, far-left socialist is the new editor in chief of Denmark’s most conservative newspaper, Jyllands Posten. Marchen Neel Gjertsen, who took over the job on Monday, was in her youth a…
MoreInflation creeps up again
After declining throughout 2023 inflation increased in December. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer price index rose 0.7 percent year-over-year in December to the highest level in three months. The slightly…
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Maersk in talks with Egyptian PM….Spanish beaches full of Maersk waste….New Carlsberg district ranked as top culture destination… Officials from Maersk held a videoconference with Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Wednesday, to ‘discuss…
MoreDefence Minister appeals for calm following Swedish war warning
Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has urged Danes to ‘keep calm’ after Swedish political and military officials warned of the threat of war. Sweden’s Minister for Civil Defence, Carl-Oscar Bohlin has called on…
MoreDenmark gives billions in aid to Ukraine but remains dependent on Russian gas
Ukraine has been ’let down’ by Denmark’s failure to reduce its dependency on Russian gas according to Social Liberal leader Martin Lidegaard, who said that while the government has delivered more than promised…
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