Analysts predict new government before Christmas
Leading political analysts are confident there’ll be a new government in place before Christmas – but only after record-long negotiations. Jyllands-Posten’s political editor, Niels Thulesen Dahl, said coalition talks between the Social Democrats…
MoreParliament to rule on Prince’s DKK350,000 royal annuity
When Prince Joachim, the Queen’s second son, starts his new job within the military-industrial complex in Washington DC next year after stepping down as defence attache at the Danish embassy in Paris, he’ll…
MoreTV2 cast doubts on Iranian morality police reports
Reports that Iran has shut down its notorious ‘morality police’ should be taken with a ‘pinch of salt’, TV2’s Middle East correspondent Simi Jan said yesterday following more than two months of protests…
MoreRising inflation, energy prices, interest rates – homeowners facing a bleak 2023
Thousands of homeowners will struggle to pay their monthly bills in 2023 due to a combination of high inflation, rising energy costs, and fast-rising interest rates. A new report by banking lobby, Finance…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 28th – December 4th 2022:
Politics/Economy: Despite moving closer to the Social Democrats and a potential centrist coalition, Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen declined to say whether his confidence in caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen has been restored following…
MoreSpy boss in espionage scandal was given cash bonus before suspension
Suspended ‘spy boss’ Lars Findsen, head of the Military Intelligence Agency (FE) until being arrested last December on suspicion of leaking highly classified information in the espionage scandal, was given a DKK50,000 (nearly $7,000) bonus in…
MoreFewer districts on ‘deprived areas’ list
The Housing Ministry’s annual report of Denmark’s most deprived residential areas – previously referred to as the ‘ghetto list’ – shows a drop this year, from 20 to17. In accordance with the Social…
MoreSocial control mother stripped of passport
A mother has been stripped of her Danish citizenship and sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty of abusing and illegally detaining her teenage daughter. Glostrup District Court heard how…
MoreCopenhagen world’s second- safest city
Copenhagen is the world’s second-safest city according to a new survey. The Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, is number one with Montreal in third place on the latest global rankings by insurance company Berkshire Hathaway…
MoreBankruptcy figures signal ‘new wave’
813 businesses filed for bankruptcy in November, the highest single-month figure since 2019. The capital region has been hardest hit, accounting for more than half of the failures, 54% up on the same…
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