Danish citizenship applicants can pass language tests without proving they can speak Danish, Jyllands-Posten found. Now a Folketing majority wants tougher requirements, calling the current system concerning and frightening.
Dansk Folkeparti demands petrol and diesel taxes drop by at least two kroner per liter for one year before backing the government’s tax reform, a move costing over 3 billion kroner.
Magasin confirms confidential employee data was compromised in an October 18 cyberattack. Former and current staff affected, but no signs customer information leaked. CEO’s data also exposed.
Passengers trapped in darkness for three hours in the Øresund tunnel while Danish and Swedish authorities argued over who should rescue them. A commuter spokesperson called the chaotic response embarrassing, asking: who’s actually in charge?
Four centre-right parties are blocking Denmark’s tax plan unless workers earning under 58,000 kroner monthly also get cuts, not just high earners, ahead of this week’s negotiations.
Seven Eastern European workers have been killed in Denmark since 2023, with experts warning that isolation, poor housing and alcohol are recurring factors in the deaths that have shocked migrant communities.
Denmark’s tax minister urges 800,000 commuters to update their tax assessment now to claim up to 3,000 kroner from the increased commuting deduction, rather than waiting until next year’s refund.
Denmark’s raw electricity price hit a near four-year high in September 2026, averaging DKK 1.07 per kWh. Why? Geopolitical unrest spiked gas prices while wind and solar production disappointed, creating wild swings from record peaks to zero.
Danish director Janus Metz explores the controversial Harvard mind-control experiments that may have shaped serial bomber Ted Kaczynski in this gripping new Netflix film starring Russell Crowe and Jacob Tremblay.
Copenhagen logged over 5,000 complaints about badly parked rental bikes and e-scooters in nine months—eight times more than 2022. The city now demands national laws to cap fleet sizes.
