Economist: Housing tax shift would lead to deficit gap
Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s proposal to tax profits on home sales could leave a major gap in public finances, experts have warned. The foreign minister’s suggestion to lower property taxes and instead…
MoreVoters see Lars Løkke as ‘most competent’ party leader
Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been given a pre-election boost by voters. In a new Megafon poll the former prime minister is seen as the ‘most competent’ party leader, slightly ahead of…
MoreSwedish intelligence agency issues Russia attack warning
Sweden’s military intelligence service, MUST, has warned that Russia could launch a limited armed attack in Sweden’s immediate vicinity. In a new report the agency warns that Russia remains the ‘primary military threat…
MoreNew drone squadron to monitor Arctic region
The Danish Air Force has purchased four, state-of-the-art long-range drones to monitor the Arctic, the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea from a newly built control centre at Aalborg Air Base. The new…
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Danske Bank predicts spending growth…Tourist agency issues inviation to Americans…Vestas reduces climate neutral target… Danske Bank has forecast that higher real wages, lower taxes, and improved consumer confidence will support further consumption growth…
MoreModerates leader aims to squeeze homeowners
Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has sparked off a potentially explosive election campaign issue by suggesting that profits from home sales should be taxed, which could signal an end to the millions in…
MoreCrackdown on criminal ‘clans’
The government has announced a crackdown on habitually criminal families who cost the state millions every year. At a press conference in Odense, Monday, where an apartment complex was recently fire-bombed in a dispute…
MoreParty leaders head for court in legal battle
The war of words between Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt and Social Liberal (Radikale) leader Martin Lidegaard will be settled by Frederiksberg District Court on August 18th. Mr Messerschmidt has sued…
MoreCopenhagen Great Mosque gets funding from charity linked to extremist groups
One of the major donors to the Great Mosque in Copenhagen has been placed on a government blacklist after being linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist groups. Documents obtained by Berlingske…
MorePriest admits to downloading child pornography
A former parish priest has confessed to possessing more than 80,000 child-porn images and videos. 60-year-old Tom Thygesen Frederiksen, formerly of Hårslev Parish in southern Zealand, told Næstved Disrict Court, Monday that ‘when…
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