Massive borrowing needed to finance aid packages
The state needs to raise DKK 294bn (443bn) in 2020 to finance the emergency measures implement by the government to fight the devastation caused by the corona crisis – DKK 207bn more than…
MoreVirus figures at 10-week low
There were only 27 new cases of coronavirus, Monday, the lowest since March 14th shortly after virus gripped Denmark. One person died, bringing the death toll to 563, but hospitalisations fell to 116,…
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‘Cautious’ rise in consumer confidence….Fitness industry running on empty…Business giants join together in hydrogen fuel investment…. Consumer confidence improved very slightly in May, mainly due to households’ better assessment of the personal financial…
MorePM: Lockdown decision was purely political
The decision to close down Denmark on March 11th was ’political’, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Friday after Jyllands Posten reported how the Danish Health Authority had the previous day presented her…
MoreStojberg comes up with new defence in child brides controversy
The Integration Ministry held two conflicting positions regarding the processing of asylum seeker couples in 2016, ex-minister Inger Støjberg told the Child Brides Commission, Sunday. Under Ms Støjberg’s leadership the Ministry issued a…
MoreDenmark behind alternative EU plan
Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, and Sweden – the so-called ‘Frugal Four’– have put forward an alternative plan to France and Germany’s proposal for a €500bn European Recovery Fund. According to the Austrian Der Standard newspaper…
MoreEx-DPP leader: ‘Back to basics’
Danish People’s Party (DPP) founder Pia Kjærsgaard is determined to restore the populist party to its former glory by refocusing on immigration. 21.1% of the electorate voted for the DPP in 2015 following…
MoreControversy over Øresund sewage dump
Minister for the Environment Lea Wermelin is under pressure to stop 290,000 cubic metres of raw sewage and untreated waste water being dumped into the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. Ms Wammen has said…
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Banks to continue work at home policy post-corona….Fraud Squad investigates abuse of aid funding…Pesnion funds ready to invest in government’s energy islands… Nearly a third of all Danish banks and financial institutions plan…
MoreGovernment agrees to speed up reopening process
Following a long day of negotiations ahead of the public holiday the government reached agreement with all parties to speed up the reopening process. ‘Places of culture’ including theatres, cinemas, zoos, and art…
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