Conservatives outbid Liberals on tax cuts
A tax war has broken out in the election campaign. Conservative leader Mona Juul yesterday proposed sweeping tax cuts worth DKK34bn ($5.5bn) annually, just one day after Liberal leader Troels Lund Poulsen promised…
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Pelle Dragsted, head of the far-left Red/Greens (Enhedslisten) warned that the proposed tax cuts from the Conservatives and Liberals would deepen inequality and weaken welfare. In a post on X he said the…
MoreSupreme Court rules against NGOs in Gaza lawsuit
The Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by four humanitarian organisations who accused the state of violating international law by exporting weapons to Israel. Amnesty International, Oxfam Denmark, ActionAid Denmark, and Palestinian…
MoreDenmark drops to 3rd in happiness survey
Denmark has fallen to third place in the annual rankings of the world happiest nations. Finland is again number one in the latest edition of the World Happiness Report, published Thursday, while Iceland…
MoreDPP leader: No citizenship, no welfare
As the election campaign enters its final week the Danish People’s Party (DPP) has proposed stripping welfare benefits from foreign nationals as part of its toughest immigration plan to date. In an interview…
MoreLA candidate expelled for criticising leader’s cocaine use
The Liberal Alliance’s (LA) decision to expel a parliamentary candidate for publicly criticising party leader Alex Vanopslagh’s cocaine use was a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction, BT’s political analyst, Henrik Qvortrup, said last night after Martin…
MorePM: Scrapping public holiday wasn’t my idea
All three coalition leaders have now claimed it wasn’t them who suggested that the Great Prayer Day public holiday should be abolished. During a campaign stop, Monday, Liberal (Venstre) leader Troels Lund Poulsen…
MoreEx-PM: Liberal leader ‘unfit’ to lead government
Liberal leader Troels Lund Poulsen is dishonest and unfit to serve as prime minister – at least according to former prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt who, with less than a week to go to…
MoreViolent crime at record high
Violent crime rose significantly last year. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show 32,536 offences were reported, a nine percent increase on 2024 and an all-time high – violent crime accounted for 47 percent…
MoreHamas suspect has been in police custody for 824 days
A 60-year-old man linked to the Islamist terror group Hamas has now been held in custody for more than two years without being formally charged. He was one of seven people suspected of…
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