Søvndal backs communist candidate
Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader Villy Søvndal has given a seal of approval to Mattias Tesfay, the bricklayer and union activist who’s fighting to become deputy chair of the party. Mr Tesfaye has…
MoreCultural Institute closed down in Syria
Due to increased security concerns, the Danish Cultural Institute in Damascus will remain closed; the building has been undergoing renovations since 1 March but due to the widespread unrest in the Syrian capital…
MoreMore EU please
Danish TV viewers want more EU news. Despite blanket coverage of the Greek debt crisis, the finance pact, and the Danish EU Presidency, a new poll by the EU’s own statistics agency, Eurostat,…
MoreInternet hacker network traced to Danish IP address
A Dane may be involved in the international online hacking network Zeus. In cooperation with Microsoft and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US, the Danish section of the security firm F-Secure…
MoreMobile phone charges will drop within EU
Minister for Business and Growth Ole Sohn (Socialist People’s Party) has hailed a new EU regulation – Roaming III – that will make it cheaper to text, call or access the Internet from mobile…
MoreEmployees’ criticism addressed in email to ‘dear friends’
Launching a ‘charm offensive’, well-known television chef and entrepreneur Claus Meyer sent an email yesterday to customers to assuage the recent criticism about poor working conditions at Meyer’s Bakery. With the subject line…
MorePoliticians: “The board made the right decision”
The ‘clear and strong’ results of the legal investigation are in, and it’s been decided: former DONG Energy CEO Anders Eldrup demonstrated behaviour that can be characterised as misconduct by gilding certain top-level…
MoreSPP members at odds over how to define the party
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) is trying to find its focus before the party’s national meeting in mid-April. In the past few days, there has been considerable internal controversy over the post of…
MoreSick flex-job workers could suffer financially
Many flex-job workers suffer from progressively declining health, not a lack of motivation – and social workers are concerned that they will be hurt financially by the reforms proposed by Minister for Employment…
MoreWomen lose out on pension earnings in a divorce
Only 16 per cent of Danish couples choose to compensate each other through their pensions in the event of a divorce. According to a survey conducted by Epinion for the Danish Family Attorneys,…
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