Job centres to be scapped but no plans for the jobless
Closing down all the country’s job centres was a central element of the new government’s political platform but as yet there are no plans for how to replace them. The job centre scheme,…
MoreNo bank robberies in 2022 as cash disappears
2022 was the first year on record with no bank robberies in this country as cash transactions have virtually disappeared. There were 221 bank robberies in 2000, which has slowly decreased to less…
MoreHousing market slump mirrors financial crisis years
There were 30% more houses for sale in December than 12 months ago, the biggest year-on-year rise since the financial crisis 16 years ago. Senior Arbejdernes Landsbank economist Jeppe Juul Borre called it…
MoreStock market pessimism
2022 was a bad year for stock market investors and things could get worse in 2023. The ‘blue-chip’ companies that form Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C25 index lost around 13% of their value…
MoreCollective bargaining talks could end in national strike
Experts fear collective bargaining negotiations that get underway tomorrow between labour market parties could end in a national strike. There’s been no major industrial conflict since 1998 but, according to labour market expert…
More50,000 chickens to be culled following bird flu oubreak
The Ministry of Food has ordered 50,000 chickens to be culled after finding the highly contagious bird flu virus on a farm in west Denmark. A spokesperson for the Danish Veterinary and Food…
MoreDanish Intelligence: Russia could have won the war without Putin’s interference
Russia nearly won the war in Ukraine before its military plans fell apart, according to a Danish intelligence officer. The head of Russian analysis for Danish Military Intelligence (FE) who claimed last week…
MoreEx-PM arrives in Taiwan amidst criticism
Former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has arrived in Taiwan for his controversial three-day visit as head of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation (AoD). In an interview with Berlingske before leaving Denmark the…
MoreSweden, EU, consider restrictions on travellers from China but Denmark remains silent
While the Swedish government is preparing to impose restrictions on travellers arriving from China the Danish authorities remain undecided. After France, Italy, Spain, and the UK this week imposed Covid-19 testing requirements, Sweden,…
MoreWarm weather sends gas prices down
There’s good news for hard pressed consumers at the start of the year – record high temperatures across Europe have forced gas prices even further down. Kristian Rune Poulsen, an energy analyst at Green Power…
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