Pessimistic consumers intend to spend more over holiday period
Consumer confidence remains low. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer confidence index dropped to minus 9.3 in November from minus 8.9 the previous month. Senior Danske Bank analyst Louise Aggerstrøm said…
MoreDenmark’s Miss Universe in racial slur controversy
Denmark’s newly-crowned Miss Universe is already embroiled in controversy after a TikTok video showed her using a racial slur. Victoria Kjaer Theilvig from Søborg, north-west of Copenhagen, who won the 73rd Miss Universe…
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10 arrests in money-laundering raid…..DKK125m to attract foreign film makers….Salmonella scare… 10 unidentified males have been taken into custody following a coordinated Copenhagen Police/Tax Agency raid on 17 locations in and around the…
MoreSwedish, German coastguards join ‘ship watch’ in Danish waters
Sweden and Germany have joined Denmark in monitoring the Chinese ship anchored in Danish territorial waters – the ‘Yi Peng 3’ – that’s been linked to the two severed underwater cables in the Baltic…
MoreClimate Minister ‘disappointed’ by COP29 outcome
Climate Minister Lars Aagaard has expressed his deep disappointment with the final declaration of the COP20 Climate Summit in Azerbaijan, a last-minute deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in the fight…
MoreCross-party agreement on 2025 budget
The government has reached agreement on the 2025 draft budget. At a press conference, Friday, Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen said the deal, finalised with the Green Left and the Social Liberals (Radikale), would…
MoreNew racism conviction for anti-Islamist
Anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan has again been found guilty of racism. Three weeks after being given a four-month prison sentence in Sweden for inciting racial hatred against Muslims, the founder of the far-right Stram Kurs party…
MoreDanish backpackers found dead in Laos
Two young Danish travellers are amongst the six people who’ve died following a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town in Laos. Australian, American, and British tourists have also lost their…
MoreOpiod concerns
A nasal spray used for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose can be purchased over the counter in pharmacies from today. Ventizolve has previously only been available by prescription but the health authorities…
MoreMedical cannabis trial scheme could be made permanent
The government is pushing to make the medical cannabis trial scheme launched in 2018 permanent beyond the 2025 expiration date. Health Minister Sophie Løhde said, Friday, that the government is committed to ensuring…
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