Unskilled workers left behind
The economy is in top form yet certain groups are being left behind. Despite the prospect of 3 million people in employment next year, unskilled workers are finding it more difficult to find…
MoreEconomy Minister: Hard Brexit could cost 1% of GDP
A hard Brexit could cost Denmark as much as 1 percent in lost gross domestic product, Minister for the Economy Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (LA) warned yesterday, urging Britain to reach an amicable divorce…
MoreFishermen fear hard Brexit
The Danish fishing industry is becoming increasingly concerned about the possibility of hard Brexit. One of the potential sticking points that may emerge when the U.K. starts discussing its future relations with the…
MoreConservatives renew tax debate
As an election year approaches the Conservatives have called for wide-ranging tax cuts. Although the government has previously failed in its efforts to ease the punitive top rate of income tax, Conservative leader…
MoreStatistics agency in bribe scandal
Yet another public sector institution has been hit by bribe allegations. Employees at Statistics Denmark have, in violation of ethical guidelines, received gifts from Copenhagen-based data management company Geomatic. Politiken has gained access…
MoreGang member sentenced, deported
A high ranking member of the immigrant street gang Loyal to Familia (LTF) has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the attempted murder of two plain-clothed police officers. Although the man…
MoreBusiness shorts
Pension fund cuts investment in Saudi Arabia / Billionaire loses half a million dollars / EU commission backs ferry line’s protest against tunnel to Germany Labour-market fund MP Pension has cut Saudi Arabia and 13…
MoreRefugee island divides electorate
The government’s plan to send failed asylum seekers and criminal refugees to a deserted island has split the electorate right down the middle. In a new survey that asks respondents whether it’s ‘indecent’…
MoreIntegration grinds to a halt by 3rd generation
Third-generation non-western immigrants aren’t being integrated into Danish society any better than their parents. A new joint report by the immigration and education ministries shows children of original non-western immigrants who arrived here…
MoreTax Minister claims ‘full control’ over debt mountain
Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has claimed the authorities are in ‘full control’ of debt collection even though new figures from the Danish Debt Collection Agency (Gældsstyrelsen) published last week showed the public’s collective debt to…
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