Environment centre amongst the elite
The Copenhagen Census Centre, headed by ‘sceptical environmentalist’ Bjørn Lomborg, has been ranked no.14 on a list of the world’s best environment think-tanks compiled by the University of Pennsylvania. Only one other Danish…
MoreSAS sell-off?
Minister of Finance Claus Hjort Frederiksen has again aired the possibility of SAS being sold. In an interview with Bloomberg News, the minister said he would be willing to discuss any reasonable offer….
MoreNo surrender says Løkke
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has no intention of backing down from his determination to phase out the contentious early retirement scheme (efterløn) even though he doesn’t appear to have the parliamentary backing…
MoreNo votes from us warns DPP
The Danish People’s Party (DPP), the government’s ally and guarantor of a parliamentary majority , immediately rejected the retirement reform proposals presented by the Prime Minister today. Party spokesman Kristian Thulesen Dahl warned…
More‘Brutal’ says Helle
Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt dismissed the government’s retirement reform proposals as ‘brutal’ and said she could see nothing positive in the attempt to phase out early retirement. She accused the Prime Minster…
MoreReform welcome, but not enough
Leading economists have welcomed the Prime Minster’s retirement reform programme but warned it won’t be enough to close the ever-growing budget deficit. Professor Michael Svarer of Aarhus University called it a ‘major step’…
MoreNATO and Russia stand together says Fogh
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he was ‘deeply disturbed’ by the terror attack on Moscow’s biggest airport, Domevedo. In a press release, the former Danish Prime Minister expressed NATO’s solidarity with the…
MoreAuthor: Bombing looks like Black Widows’ work
There were ‘Chechen’ fingerprints all over yesterday’s Moscow airport bombing, according to top Danish novelist and Russia expert Leif Davidsen who said the attack bore all the hallmarks of a classic Chechen ‘Black…
MoreGenerous Denmark gives more to EU
Denmark contributes far more to the EU than it receives back. New EU Commission figures show that Denmark is the EU country that loses most money on its membership – around DKK7bn per…
MoreDenmark pulls aid to celebrity fund
Denmark has frozen a DKK1.2bn contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria after an internal audit revealed that the high-profile organisation, valued at $21.7bn and promoted by high-profile activists…
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