Posted on 12. Mar, 2021 in: News

Finance Minister wants DKK2.4bn more in business aid

Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen has proposed an extra DKK2.4bn ($330m) cash injection for the struggling business sector, which has already received DKK7.7bn ($1.15bn) in subsidies and aid packages. He said that even though…

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Posted on 12. Mar, 2021 in: News

Record-high corporate tax revenue pre-corona

10 of Denmark’s biggest companies pay a third of all corporate tax income in this country. A new study by right-leaning think-tank Cepos, based on business tax receipts in 2019, shows that Novo…

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Posted on 12. Mar, 2021 in: News

Trade surplus up

Danish exports increased in January, raising Denmark’s trade surplus to DKK 14.7bn from DKK 11.7bn in December. The latest Statistics Denmark figures showed exports rose by 1% in January, while imports decreased 2%…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2021 in: News

Corona party defies group ban

Thousands of people will descend on Copenhagen today for a ‘corona reopening party’ and the authorities, despite the ban on groups of more than five, can do nothing about it. The organisers have…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2021 in: News

New legislation to stop extremist donations

The government, backed by a cross-party majority, has reached agreement on legislation aimed at ‘preventing extremist forces from sending donations to Denmark to undermine democracy, fundamental freedoms and human rights.’ The Immigration Ministry…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2021 in: News

Poll boost for Conservatives

The Conservatives have cemented their position as the main opposition party in a new poll that suggests they would win nearly 16% of the vote if an election was held today while the…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

50,000 more vaccines in March….Long term corona plan within weeks….Vaccinations have cost DKK3.1bn….Infections up… Denmark will be receiving 50,000 more vaccines than expected over the next two weeks after the European Commission reached…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2021 in: News

Christiania cannabis dealers ignore lockdown

Although Christiania is officially ’closed for business’ 25 people were arrested in an early morning police raid, Wednesday, and charged with selling cannabis in the ‘free state’. According to the police an information…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2021 in: News

USA, China monitoring Greenland election

Next month’s general election in Greenland, sparked off by a dispute over a new rare earth and uranium mine, is being closely watched by both Washington and Beijing. U.S. news magazine Foreignpolicy.com reports…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2021 in: News

Inflation stable

Danish inflation remained stable in February but economists fear an increase over the coming months. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer price index rose 0.6 percent year-on-year in February, same as…

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