National Bank raises interest rates for the eighth time in a year
Denmark’s National Bank raised the interest rate by 0.25 percentage points on Thursday, following in the footsteps of the European Central Bank (ECB), which announced a corresponding interest rate hike earlier in the…
MorePolish ambassador walks back opposition to Danish PM
Poland’s ambassador to Denmark, Antoni Falkowski, has dismissed reports that his country would oppose Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s rumoured candidacy to become the new NATO secretary general. On Wednesday the respected Wall Street…
MoreSweden nearing conclusion of pipelines probe
Sweden is hoping to be able to determine who was behind the Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage after summer. Mats Ljungqvist, the prosecutor leading the Swedish investigation, told Swedish Radio he had met…
MoreLanguage dispute in parliament could cost taxpayers DKK200m per year
The Presidium (supreme authority of the Danish Parliament) is trying to come up with a solution that would placate Greenlandic and Faroese lawmakers who have demanded their respective languages be spoken on the…
MoreNew media bill: 2% tax on streaming services
The government and a cross-party majority have reached agreement on a new media bill including a tax on digital streaming and on-demand services. Under the terms of the agreement, presented by Minister for…
MoreVestager targets Google…again
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has invited Google to respond to accusations that the American search giant ‘may have illegally distorted competition in the online advertising industry, also…
MoreGovernment proposes restrictions on global tech companies
The government has put forward a long list of initiatives aimed at restricting the influence of global tech companies and curbing the massive accumulation of data on young people. The proposed measures include…
MoreDanish, Spanish police in coordinated drugs bust
In a coordinated crackdown Danish and Spanish police have arrested five people linked to the criminal bike gang Hells Angels on suspicion of drug trafficking. According to a statement released by Spanish Police…
MoreAnti-Islamist blames PM for Bornholm ban
Anti-Islamist agitator Rasmus Paludan has blamed Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen for his exclusion from the annual Citizens Democracy Forum that gets underway on the island of Bornholm today. The local police authorities have banned…
MoreParties demand new Minkgate probe
Non-government parties on both right and left have offered support for a motion tabled by the Conservatives that would provide the Defence Intelligence Agency (FE) with the authority to search for text messages…
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