The Unity Party may end up breaking over 30 years of party history and for the first time refrain from pointing to the Social Democrats’ chairman as royal investigator and prime ministerial candidate.A series of bold remarks about the aversion to bloc politics in favor of continuing to govern across the middle could prove costly for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s (S) chances in an upcoming royal round after the next election.The political leader of the Unity Party, Pelle Dragsted, responds again with an equally clear message: The greater Frederiksen’s desire to choose cooperation with the blue parties, the clearer guarantees…
Author: Denmark Review
Several thousand red-clad demonstrators met at Christiansborg Palace Square to demand that the Danish government work for a lasting ceasefire in Gaza.Red, red and more red. In all its shades.From elegant dresses and worn T-shirts to football shirts from clubs like Liverpool and Arsenal. Yes, even the red Danish national team shirt was represented on the packed Christiansborg Palace Square.
Investment director at Sampension does not believe that continuing to maintain interest rates will be popular with Trump.The US central bank is maintaining interest rates as expected, the central bank, also known as the Fed, said in a press release on Wednesday. The benchmark interest rate is thus still in the range of 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent.”Although fluctuations in net exports have affected the figures, recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to grow at a solid pace,” the central bank writes in the press release.The Fed adds that the unemployment rate remains low and labor market conditions…
Bente Klarlund answers questions from readers. This time about sleep problems and exercise.Why can’t I fall asleep?Susanne: I’m writing to you because I’ve had trouble falling asleep for a long time. And I always wake up during the night, at least three times. I’m 56 years old and live a fairly healthy life. I’ve tried reading up on what it takes to get better sleep habits, but I’m having trouble finding concrete advice that fits my situation. Can you help me?Bente Klarlund: What can you do to fall asleep when you lie awake at night? One of my friends listens…
In a Facebook post, Søren Gade defends his dual role and explains why he canceled the People’s Meeting.The Speaker of the Danish Parliament, Søren Gade (V), withdrew from several debates at the People’s Assembly because “the focus was exclusively on me and the Port of Esbjerg,” writes Søren Gade in a lengthy post on Facebook on Wednesday, where he defends his decision to be chairman of the board of directors of the Port of Esbjerg.”I had been looking forward to the People’s Meeting on Bornholm – to meeting people, listening and taking part in the important conversations. That’s why it…
‘Medium A’ did not touch a single gram of cocaine or hashish, but is still convicted of aiding and abetting hashish and cocaine trafficking.The Eastern High Court has a significantly different view of a 50-year-old man’s behavior in the organized criminal environment than the district court. This became clear on Wednesday when the high court sentenced the man to nine years in prison for drugs. This changes the sentence of five years in prison that the Copenhagen City Court reached in January 2024.The district court originally found ‘only’ evidence of money laundering of approximately 58 million kroner. That is, that…
Rockers and gang members can now have their senior and disability pensions revoked if they commit serious crimes. This is an inappropriate mix-up, the association believes.There are criminals running around who, according to Minister of Employment Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (S), “have absolutely no scruples” in exploiting the welfare state to obtain pension benefits. A new agreement must put an end to this.Specifically, it will now be possible to deprive biker and gang members of their disability pension, senior pension or Arne pension for five years if they are convicted of a serious crime.
In recent years, the Danish Tax Agency has spent a lot of effort checking that dividend tax refunds are made correctly.Control over dividend tax refunds has been tightened considerably after it emerged that Briton Sanjay Shah, among others, had tried to defraud the state of billions of kroner on that account for a number of years.New figures from the Danish Tax Agency show that in the period from 2020 onwards, a lot of effort has been spent on checking the many applications for refunds of dividend tax.While the vast majority of applications have gone through without any comments, there are…
Bente Klarlund answers questions from readers. This time about sleep problems and exercise.Why can’t I fall asleep?Susanne: I’m writing to you because I’ve had trouble falling asleep for a long time. And I always wake up during the night, at least three times. I’m 56 years old and live a fairly healthy life. I’ve tried reading up on what it takes to get better sleep habits, but I’m having trouble finding concrete advice that fits my situation. Can you help me?Bente Klarlund: What can you do to fall asleep when you lie awake at night? One of my friends listens…
Two people in their 40s have died. They were found at a residence in a town in northern Jutland and knew each other.A man and a woman were found dead in Nørresundby on Tuesday afternoon.This is stated by the North Jutland Police in a press release.Both deceased are in their 40s, and they had a relationship with each other, according to the police.North Denmark Police received a report at 4:35 p.m. about a death at a residence in the city. When the police arrived at the address, they found the deceased.”We have only been working at the scene for a…