Diners may notice some changes to the menus of their favourite eateries — fried foods are becoming more expensive or disappearing entirely from Danish restaurants.
The Danish state auditor Rigsrevisionen is to scrutinise payments of 6,000-kroner one-off relief to households impacted by high gas bills, after reports that many payments went to ineligible recipients.
Denmark’s opposition Liberal (Venstre) party has asked for tax cuts and lower electricity prices in talks with the government over a political deal to help people and companies through the ongoing energy crisis.
Between 40 and 70 residents of Denmark have contacted authorities because they want to voluntarily repay a 6,000-kroner sum paid out to eligible households as relief for high energy prices.
Denmark’s government on Wednesday said it wants to introduce an arrangement which will allow people who receive high energy bills to partially freeze payment until a later date.
Energy prices are already high and gas supplies to Denmark are currently cut off with the Nordstream 1 gas pipe closed. How expensive could bills get this winter?
One in three residents in rural parts of Denmark is very concerned about increasing energy prices, a larger proportion than in cities, a recent poll has found.
Gas prices on the European market shot up by around 25 percent on Monday after Russia last weekend indefinitely cut supplies to Europe via the Nordstream 1 gas pipeline.
Next year could see the end of extraordinarily high prices which have become prevalent on Denmark’s consumer market in 2022, according to an updated forecast from the country’s Ministry of Finance.
Global inflation, soaring energy prices and shattered supply chains following the coronavirus pandemic led to an increase in food costs. Now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is compounding supply and demand pressure. How is this affecting Danish food production?
Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen is scheduled to present a draft budget for Denmark in 2023 on Wednesday. Several elements of the draft budget have been reported ahead of its publication.
A new index puts Denmark as number five globally when it comes to the cost of living, but Danish rents are just one third of those found in New York City.
