The taxman and the Rolex
Questions are being asked as to why Minister of Taxation Troels Lund Poulsen was given a 12,000 dollar Rolex watch by a Qatar oil sheikh. Parliament’s ombudsman Hans Gammeltoft-Hansen said he would be…
MoreExtreme cold disrupts collective traffic
162 flights out of Copenhagen were cancelled, Monday, as well as 120 inter-city trains, and the three main arteries of the S-Train network in Copenhagen were closed down as the extreme cold weather…
MoreLiberals: Turkish minister wasn’t telling the truth
The ruling Liberal Party has denied allegations that former Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen reneged on promises he made to Turkey when he became NATO Secretary General. In documents leaked by the Wikileaks…
MoreEU: Unemployment will continue to rise
Unemployment in this country is at its highest right now, according to the latest half-yearly prognosis from the EU – but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. The EU forecasts that…
MoreBeer, ciggies give shorter lifespan
Danes drink and smoke more than residents of other developed countries and Denmark has one of the highest mortality rates for cancer related sicknesses amongst Western nations. And although life expectancy figures in…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 21st – 28th. 2010
POLITICS As ever in Danish politics, one issue dominated the news – immigration. On Monday, after nine years of nodding her head in agreement with the government’s attempts to seal off the borders…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: del 21 al 28 de noviembre de 2010
POLITICA: Como nunca antes en la vida política danesa un tema ha dominado completamente las noticias del país, el tema de la inmigración. El lunes recién pasado,y después de nueve años de admitir…
MoreFogh hit by Wikileaks
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is one of the top names tainted by the Wikileaks scandal. Thousands of secret documents were leaked by the controversial website, Sunday, including information that the former Danish Prime Minister…
MoreWho leaked?
Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks has offered to provide the Danish Ministry of Defence with all the top-secret information it has concerning the handing over of war prisoners to face torture. Julian Assange, head of…
MorePoverty rise in capital
The number of people suffering from poverty in Copenhagen has risen sharply over the past ten years. New figures from the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE) show that 7% of the…
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