Election briefs – Day 21
Tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet has been forced to offer an unreserved apology to Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen for wrongly reporting that he disregarded the Foreign Ministry’s corona travel restrictions when he took…
MoreNon-western immigrants benefit from upswing
Social expenditure on non-western immigrants has fallen dramatically during the post-corona economic upswing. A new report by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM) think-tank shows that from mid-2019 until March this…
More12 companies suspected of violating Russia sanctions
The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (SØIK), popularly known as the fraud squad, is investigating 12 potential violations of EU sanctions on Russia by Danish companies. Financial daily Børsen reports…
MoreEnergy giant signs deal to double Denmark’s wind power production
Partially state-owned clean energy company Ørsted has announced plans to build four new offshore wind farms to limit dependency on Russian gas and oil. Ørsted has signed a deal with fund management company…
MoreLøkke: Opposition can’t win
With one week to go to election day Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has urged the two prime minister candidates on the right to acknowledge that the battle’s lost and aim for a…
MoreEx-PM spars with former ally
Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has become involved in a war of words with his former close ally, Denmark’s Democrats leader Inger Støjberg, after she accused him of abusing the trust placed in him…
MoreElection briefs – Day 20
The Social Democrats presented a 7-point emergency plan for the health sector, Monday, including an extra DKK1bn ($130m) in the form of bonuses and other extras for hard-pressed personnel. Health Minister Magnus Heunicke…
MoreDenmark’s biggest union re-hires disgraced ‘polyamorous’ boss
A local wing of 3F, Denmark’s largest and most powerful trade union, has re-hired 65-year-old former secretary general Per Christiansen who was forced to quit earlier this year following damning revelations of his ‘double…
MoreInflation at 40-year-high
Record-high Danish inflation grew even more in September, to 11.1%, the highest for 40 years and way above the EU average. Senior economist Niklas Praefke of the Danish Association of Managers and Executives…
MoreConsumer confidence hits all-time low
Consumer confidence in Denmark has never been lower despite a record-high employment rate. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show consumer confidence has sunk to a 48-year-low and is now even lower than during…
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