Time to go, Henriette
The Conservatives’ policy spokesperson Henriette Kjær should resign immediately, according to the findings of a new poll. After a week of revelations about Ms Kjær’s private financial affairs, including unpaid bills, forgeries, and…
MoreReform will raise pension age
The government intends to replace the costly early-retirement scheme, efterløn, with ‘senior retirement’ that will still allow elderly, worn-out workers to retire early. The amendment is part of the government’s ‘labour market withdrawal’…
MoreGive Wozniacki a break
The Conservatives want to offer a tax-break to high earning Danish sportsmen and women who live in tax exile abroad. 20-year-old tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, who last night qualified for the semi-finals of…
MoreSomali axeman denies terror links
The ‘mad axeman’ accused of attempting to murder Mohammed illustrator Kurt Westergaard denied in court today any connection to the Somali terrorist organisation al Shabaab. Although internet records presented by Danish Intelligence (PET)…
MoreDR rejects police complaint
State run TV and radio network, DR, has dismissed an official complaint from Copenhagen Police that a documentary about activists at the 2009 Climate Conference contained audio that had been manipulated. The police…
MoreNews in brief
Denmark – Cancer capital of the world / Big Brother targets licence evaders / Asylum seekers get reprieve Denmark has the highest rate of cancer in the world. New World Health Organisation data shows that…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: del 17 al 23 de enero de 2011
POLITICA La posición de los votantes no ha cambiado con el nombramiento del nuevo líder del partido Conservador. Un sondeo hecho por Voxmeter mostró que los socialdemócratas junto con los partidos de la…
More7.59 Danish News Today – The Week That Was, January 17th – January 23rd 2011
Politics Voters appeared to be unmoved by the change in Conservative Party leadership. A new Voxmeter poll showed the Social Democrats surging ahead and the opposition heading for a comfortable 92-83 seat majority…
MoreNew poll, no change
The Prime Minister’s attack on the early retirement scheme and the change in Conservative Party leadership have had no visible effect on voters. A new Gallup poll indicates a comfortable 91-84 seat majority…
MoreConservative spokesperson’s finances in media spotlight
Conservative spokesperson Henriette Kjær continues to suffer a media backlash for personal financial problems that came to light after Danish tabloid BT revealed she had been summonsed in Lyngby Court for failure to…
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