Report reveals Danish preparations for US attack on Greenland, Conservatives make major tax cut proposal and more news from Denmark this Thursday.
Denmark ‘prepared for US to attack’ Greenland in January
Danish soldiers were sent to Greenland with explosives and blood supplies as part of preparations for a possible American invasion in January, according to a report by broadcaster DR.
Explosives were sent to Greenland so that Danish defence forces could destroy runways in Nuuk and Kangerlussuaq to prevent a potential US invasion force from landing, according to DR’s information, which is based on 12 anonymous sources close to the matter.
Blood bank supplies were also sent to the Arctic territory with the Danish soldiers for treatment of potential casualties from armed conflict.
We’ll have more on this story in a separate article on our website today.
Conservative party proposes major tax cuts
The Danish Conservative party has proposed a comprehensive round of tax cuts as part of its election platform.
The party wants to slash corporation tax and allow higher employment-based tax deductions for individuals.
The reduced taxes would cost the state 34 billion kroner, which the party says can be financed by drawing from an existing budgetary surplus (råderummet) and improving efficiency.
“We need a new direction for the Danish economy. We need to get back on the path of reform and away from coupons and cash handouts from the government,” Conservative leader Mona Juul said in an interview with newspaper Berlingske.
Under the policy, corporation tax (selskabsskat) would be cut from 22 percent to 17 percent at a cost of 13.4 billion kroner, while a limit that current applies to the tax deduction for employment, beskæftigelsesfradraget, would be scrapped and the deduction itself raised. This would cost around 14 billion kroner.
Higher deductions for working would act as an incentive to join the labour market, Juul said.
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Kolding mirrors issues faced by Danes ahead of election
Denmark is one of the world’s wealthiest countries in per capita terms, but in central Jutland town Kolding “there are a lot of empty stores,” Per Hansen, a 54-year-old florist, told news agency AFP in a special election report.
“People don’t dare to start something because it’s expensive, and a lot of banks are reluctant to loan money to set up a proper business,” he said.
Hansen, who opened his store in 2001, hopes the next government will help small businesses, squeezed by online shopping and large shopping centres on the one hand and rising prices on the other.
“Prices are increasing, and sometimes consumers don’t understand that the price of flowers is going up,” he said.
“The Middle East war is also pushing up the price of oil and fuel, so it costs more for the Dutch truck to bring the flowers to Denmark, and prices will inevitably go up,” the Kolding resident said.
42-year-old Afghan Wahida Abdul Mutaleb meanwhile admitted she’s struggling to make ends meet.
“We have to cut back on everything to live.”
“But despite everything, we’re doing okay,” said the mother of four children aged 13 to 20, who makes a point of being involved in the community where her family has lived for 12 years.
We’ll have the full version of this report in a separate article on our website today.
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Supreme Court rejects case on arms sales to Israel
The Supreme Court yesterday threw out a lawsuit filed by four humanitarian organisations accusing the Scandinavian country of violating international law by exporting weapons to Israel.
The Palestinian human rights association Al-Haq, ActionAid Denmark, and the Danish branches of Amnesty International and Oxfam had filed a lawsuit against the Danish foreign ministry and national police, which a lower court rejected in April 2025.
They took their case to the Supreme Court, alleging that Denmark violated its international commitments by selling Israel parts for F-35 jet fighters, given what an Amnesty representative called Israel’s “war crimes and genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
The court was called upon to solely address the question of whether the organisations were entitled to test the legality of Denmark’s arms sales in the courts.
“The Supreme Court finds that associations that are not themselves specifically and individually affected by the issues that are to be adjudicated … can only be considered to have a legal interest if special circumstances warrant this,” it said in a statement.