Employment hits record-high but dark clouds on the horizon
New figures showing employment in this country is at a record-high are nothing less than ‘spectacular’, a leading economist said yesterday after Statistics Denmark confirmed that 7,000 jobs were added in June, the…
MoreUkrainian refugees caught in ‘bureaucratic mess’
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has called for an amendment to the emergency legislation passed earlier this year that allows displaced Ukrainians the right to stay in Denmark. Following new figures from the…
MoreCopenhagen drops 2025 carbon-neutral goal
Copenhagen City Hall has acknowledged that its aim to make the capital carbon neutral by 2025 is no longer realistic. As late as last year all parties at City Hall reached agreement on…
MoreSAS rescued by tax-shelter companies
The American global private equity firm that’s provided a DKK5bn ($700m) lifeline for struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) presides over hundreds of companies in tax-shelter countries. Jyllands-Posten reports that Apollo Global Management, which will now…
More44 U.S. military helicopters arrive in Esbjerg today – port to become ‘key hub’ for NATO shipments
Ahead of the arrival of 44 U.S. military helicopters at Esbjerg today Defence Minister Morten Bødskov will sign an agreement aimed at transforming the port in southwest Jutland into a key transit station…
MoreRight-wing leader repeats call for zero asylum seekers
The anti-migrant New Right (Nye Konservative) have repeated their three ’unconditional’ demands that the opposition’s prime ministerial candidate will need to meet to win the support of the far-right party ahead of the…
MoreEx-PM’s centrist coalition plan isn’t ‘all inclusive’
Ex-prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has voiced concern about the possible re-election of his successor, Mette Frederiksen, who he claims has presided over the most ‘authoritative, heavy-handed’ government ever.’ With the two opposing…
MoreCrown Prince couple to lobby for Denmark’s UN Security Council bid
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will head for New York next month to attend the official opening of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly and help launch Denmark’s…
MoreTax scammer facing deportation from Dubai
52-year-old British businessman Sanjay Shah, the main suspect in the multi-billion kroner share dividend scam, Denmark’s biggest-ever fraud case, will appear before a Dubai court on August 29th where a judge will rule on…
MoreGranny nabbed in airport heroin bust
An 81-year-old Danish woman traveling from Africa to Canada was arrested at Warsaw airport, Friday, and remanded in custody for three months after being found with five kilograms of heroin worth over $515,000…
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