Denmark to join global anti-terror task force
The USA has asked Denmark to become part of the UN’s new anti-terror task force, Global Counterterrorism Forum. The 29 country group will be appointed by the UN General Assembly in September and…
MorePatients to pay for doctor visits?
The Conservatives’ proposal for an annual fee on visits to the doctor has divided the government coalition. The Liberal Party’s health spokesman said she couldn’t disagree more with Conservative leader Lars Barfoed’s suggestion…
MoreLøkke’s respect for DPP
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has expressed his ‘major respect’ for Pia Kjærsgaard and the Danish People’s Party (DPP) and urged the centre-right parties to concentrate on criticising the opposition, not their own…
MoreDPP campaign video ‘tasteless, racist’
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has signalled its intention to put immigrants and integration at the top of the election agenda with a campaign video that shows an elderly woman being beaten up…
MoreOpposition: No empty promises
The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party have kicked off their election campaign by casting doubts on their own promises to voters. Previous assurances to implement all campaign promises, ‘more or less’, have…
MoreNegative growth again?
Wednesday could be a day of reckoning for the Danish economy – and the government – when Statistics Denmark publishes the Q2 figures for growth. Economists predict that the economy is facing one…
MoreNordea announces major redundancies
Leading bank Nordea is to slash over 500 jobs in Denmark before the end of 2012. In a massive cost cutting exercise the bank is aiming to reduce its workforce by 2000 employees…
More7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, August 22nd – August 26th, 2011
Politics Will he, won’t he, will he….months of speculation came to an end, Friday when Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen called a General Election for September 15th, signalling the start of a hectic,…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: del 22 al 28 de agosto de 2011
POLITICA Las constantes especulaciones sobre las elecciones llegaron a su fin el día viernes cuando el PM, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, anunció la tan esperada fecha. Los comicios electorales se llevarán a cabo el…
MoreNew polls: Left marching towards victory
Three days into the election campaign and things are looking bad for the government. The latest Voxmeter poll for news agency Ritzau indicates a comfortable 96-79 seat victory for the Social Democrat-led opposition,…
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