DPP founder criticises police for refusing to arrest Muslim demonstrators
Danish People’s Party founder Pia Kjærsgaard has lashed out at the police for failing to arrest Muslim women who wore the face-covering niqab during a demonstration outside Christiansborg last weekend, in contravention of…
MoreAnti-lockdown demonstators on trial for making death threat against PM
Three men could be facing a lengthy prison sentence for threatening to kill Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Frederiksberg District Court heard yesterday how the three suspects, alleged ringleaders of the radical anti-lockdown movement…
MoreEnergy Minister: New measures needed to avert crisis
Energy Minister Dan Jørgensen has warned that Denmark could be facing a severe energy crisis this winter. Ahead of summer, Mr Jørgensen assured Danish consumers they will continue to receive gas even if Russia shuts down…
MoreLack of manpower threatens economy
The labour shortage remains the single-biggest problem facing Danish companies right now. In a new survey by the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) more than half of the 8,000 companies that responded named…
MoreSurge in bankruptcies
An increasing number of businesses have been forced to file for bankruptcy following the corona crisis. 230 companies went bust in August, 10% up on the previous month and the highest number since…
MoreHome foreclosures warning
The number of bank foreclosures remains low but there are ‘dark clouds on the horizon’ a leading economist said last night after new figures showed that, despite a 5% increase last month the…
MorePension savings dip after 7-year upswing
The global financial markets’ downturn has shaved DKK 544bn off Danes’ pension savings – the latest figures show Denmark’s collective pension wealth was DKK 3,923bn at the end of the year’s second quarter…
MoreEconomists dismiss PM’s ‘amateurish’ claim
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s claim that the Conservatives’ 2030 plan would cost 40,000 jobs in the public sector, dismissed as ’hocus pocus’ economics by her rival, Søren Pape Poulsen, Sunday, was denounced as…
MoreGas consumers facing big bills as Russia shuts down pipeline
Consumers in this country need to prepare for hefty gas bills this winter, economists warned yesterday as European gas prices rose by more than 25% after Russia said the North Stream 1 (NS1)…
MoreNo relief for debtors
Tax Minister Jeppe Bruus has dismissed calls to partially wipe out the debt of thousands of people who owe the state a collective DKK152bn (€20bn) in the form of unpaid taxes, VAT, speeding…
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