Business welcomes growth initiatives
The government’s economic growth initiative has been warmly welcomed by the Danish Chamber of Commerce (DE) business organisation. The government intends to ease the administrative burden on small and medium-sized companies by 10%,…
MoreGovernment will lower tax burden on companies
The government intends to gradually decrease corporation tax from 25% to 20% in an effort to encourage companies to plant new jobs and growth in this country, but it’s the business sector that…
MoreOpposition will investigate crisis
If the opposition wins this year’s election it will set up a commission to investigate what went wrong in Denmark ahead of the financial crisis. The Social Democrats’ finance spokesman Morten Bødskov said…
MoreJyllands-Posten terrorist warned Pakistan
Prosecutors in the trial of alleged terrorist David Headley, accused of plotting to bomb Jyllands-Posten offices in Denmark, claimed in a Chicago courtroom, Monday, that he made Pakistan Intelligence (ISI) aware of the…
MoreDanes evacuated after bomb threat in Brussels
All Danish employees working in the Danish EU offices were earlier today evacuated after the Finnish newspaper, Helgingin Sanomat, received a bomb threat directed against the Danish offices during last night. The offices…
MoreDetails begin to emerge from terror trial
It was revealed in court today that terror suspect, the Belgian-based Chechen Lors Doukaev, had been in contact with a known extremist muslim in Germany. The German police supplied the court with surveillance…
MoreSo it looks like an autumn election, after all
Today’s papers look at little more closely at the stronger and stronger indicators that PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen will wait until the early autumn before pulling the election trigger. Leading commentators point to…
MoreMany young Danes caught in debt trap
The international credit agency, Experian, has revealed that the number of young Danes in debt has risen to historically high levels. Some 48.600 young people are now registered with RKI, the official list…
MoreNew penal package agreed
The government, the Danish People’s Party, (DPP), and the Christian Democrats, (CD), have agreed on a new anti-crime package, which means that prison sentences for burglary, assault and rape will be doubled. These…
MoreNew volcano eruption in Iceland leads to flight cancellations in Denmark
The dramatic new eruption of the Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland has necessitated the cancellation of several flights from and to Denmark. Some 500 passengers have so far been affected by the Icelandic authorities’…
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