Jutland mayors challenge Ukraine refugee clampdown
Five local mayors in Jutland have joined together to challenge the government’s move to restrict residence permits for Ukrainian refugees farthest from the front line. Immigration and Integration Minister Morten Bødskov has said…
MoreConservatives call for cocaine crackdown
The Conservatives have accused the government of ignoring Denmark’s ‘massive’ cocaine problem. Following reports that cocaine levels in Copenhagen wastewater have doubled over the past decade, and nearly a quarter of 15 to…
MoreLøkke blasts Russia at UN
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has again condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and called for an immediate end to attacks that have driven civilian deaths to their highest level in more than four…
MoreStøjberg steps up fight to expel Islamist
Denmark’s Democrats leader Inger Støjberg has intensified her campaign to expel Islamist influencer Mohamed Abdi Kahn. After the Somali refugee reported the former hardline immigration minister to the police over her ‘hateful and…
MorePM rejects beauty tips – ‘I’m happy with my body’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said she’s tired of receiving unsolicited beauty tips. After returning home from a stressful trip to Ukraine to find a message by a plastic surgeon offering to ‘fix…
MoreState pays abused children DKK300,000
The Social Affairs Ministry has reached a settlement with 13 former residents of the Solgården children’s home who sued the state over the violence, abuse and sexual assault they suffered as children between…
MoreEconomy slows down
The economy slowed down in the second quarter (Q2) of this year as GDP increased by no more than 0.3%, down sharply from 1.5% in Q1. According to the Statistics Denmark agency the…
MoreConsumer, business confidence on the rise
Households have become slightly more optimistic. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the Consumer Confidence Index rose to the highest level in six months in August, to -13.1, up from -14.7 in July. …
MoreBusiness shorts
Stock market at 6-month high…Copenhagen Airport enjoys best half-year ever….Competition watchdog targets Uber…. Copenhagen Stock Exchange started the week strongly, Monday, as the trend-setting C25 index of ‘blue chip’ shared rose to its…
MoreMette F in Kyiv: Ukraine facing a ‘bloody winter’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned that Ukraine faces a ‘bloody and desperate winter’ unless Western allies urgently strengthen the country’s air defences against Russian attacks. Speaking to TV2 and Dr News after…
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