Border controls extended again
The government has extended temporary border controls with Germany for another four months citing the ‘ongoing terrorist and sabotage threat against the country.’ The current controls were due to expire on 11 July…
MoreGovernment ‘red tape’ strangling small businesses
Business leaders have urged the government to speed up its plans to reduce the massive amount of bureaucracy imposed on the private sector after a new study by SMVDanmark, a lobbying organisation for…
MoreGreen Left leader faces backlash over re-hiring sexual abuser
The pressure on Green Left (SF) leader Pia Olsen Dyhr is rising ahead of her speech today at the annual Citizens’ Forum (Folkemødet) on Bornholm. Following a storm of criticism, Thursday, for her…
MoreLøkke blames DPP for centre-right collapse
Lars Løkke Rasmussen has blamed Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt for preventing the formation of a centre-right government. Speaking at this year’s annual Citizens’ Forum (Folkemødet) on Bornholm, Thursday, the Moderates…
MoreLiberal leader: We won’t be Løkke’s ‘little helper’
Liberal (Venstre) leader Troels Lund Poulsen has warned that his party will lead a ‘new blue opposition’ to hold the centre-left government to account. Speaking at the annual Citizens’ Forum (Folkemødet) on Bornholm…
MoreHomeowners hit with rising interest rates
Homeowners are set to face higher borrowing costs after the National Bank raised interest rates on Thursday, matching a 0.25 percentage point increase by the European Central Bank (ECB) earlier in the day….
MoreCopenhagen named world’s happiest city
Copenhagen has been named the happiest city in the world, beating rivals such as Helsinki and Geneva to the top spot. The annual Happy City Index ranks cities across 64 indicators covering health,…
MoreNovo Nordisk hit by cyber breach
An ‘unauthorised party’ gained access to Novo Nordisk’s internal IT systems and copied personal data in a cybersecurity incident disclosed on Thursday. The pharmaceutical giant said in a statement it had initiated an…
MoreMosque deletes traces of controversial imam after media inquiry
Denmark’s biggest mosque has removed all online references to its spiritual leader, Imam Shahid Mehdi, following a probe by Berlingske. A spokesperson for the ‘Great Mosque’ in Nørrebro, part of the Hamad Bin…
MoreTop-level sources issue war warning
Senior Nordic intelligence officials and NATO military sources have warned that Denmark could quickly be drawn into a new war between Russia and Europe. In interviews over the past eighteen months for a…
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