Highest inflation since 2008
Inflation rose to a 13-year high in November. The consumer price index rose 3.4 percent year-on-year, the biggest increase since October 2008 when inflation was 3.7 percent. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show…
MoreDenmark backs move to curb technology experts to human rights abusers
Denmark is one of a number of countries to back a U.S.-led move to prevent technology exports from being used by foreign governments for repression. As part of US President Joe Biden’s December…
MoreGood week, Bad week….
It was a good week for… … CopenHill, the ski slope on top of a waste plant in Amager, south Copenhagen, which won the prestigious World Building of the Year 2021 award at…
MorePM: I wasn’t legally responsible for mink cull
During a six-hour grilling by the Mink Commission, Thursday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen claimed she didn’t bear the final legal responsibility for the government’s decision to cull all of Denmark’s 17 million minks…
MoreIntelligence employees arrested for leaking ‘highly classified information’
Four current and former employees from the Danish Intelligence Agency (PET) and Defence Intelligence (FE) have been arrested on suspicion of leaking highly classified information, potentially damaging to national security. The suspects are…
MoreOpposition parties reject new Covid restrictions
The ‘blue bloc’ opposition parties voted against the government’s latest round of corona restrictions, Wednesday, definitively ending the political truce surrounding Covid measures that’s been seen since the start of the pandemic. The…
MoreParliament green lights new DKK2.6bn nightlife aid package
A cross-party majority reached agreement, Thursday, to help struggling bars, cafes, and restaurants with a new financial aid package that also includes aid for freelancers and self-employed workers, as well as provisions for…
MoreVirus updates
Daily infection rate close to 7,000….Significant majority of patients in intensive care unvaccinated….Drunken revellers enjoy last night of ‘freedom’… The daily infection rate hit a new high for the third time this week,…
MoreTrade surplus up as prices rise
Denmark’s trade surplus increased in October. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show exports increased 2.2 percent month on month overall in October and imports by 1 percent, as Denmark’s balance of payments rose…
MoreFirst ever green bond will help fund 70% CO2 reduction target
For the first time ever the National Bank has announced plans to sell a green bond, aimed at helping Denmark achieve its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 70% ahead of 2030…
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