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Get ready for your new property tax assessment

The Tax Ministry has sent out 400,000 more new property tax assessments. As you have probably seen, the new evaluations have been plagued by...

Six Danish banks have collected more debt from customers than required

It started with Danske Bank (245,000 customers affected) last year. Now, it seems other banks made similar mistakes.  Nordea (145,000 customers affected) has already started...

Inflation rate of 5.3% in April

For the sixth month in a row, inflation has been falling. Compared to March, there is a 1.4% drop. Unfortunately, we are still a...

While the public sector in Denmark is suffering, the top Danish companies are flourishing

For example, Novo Nordisk made 19.8 billion DKK in just the first three months of 2023 (a big role has been played by the...

Municipalities in Denmark need to cut down on spending, and some of them have been more creative than others

For example, in Aarhus, they decided that public daycare services will close 30 minutes earlier (4:30 instead of 5:00) on Mondays (just like on...