Insiders say military is too top-heavy
Officers should be the first to go in the government’s plan to cut DKK3bn from the annual defence budget, according to Peter Viggo Jakobsen, a security expert and associate professor at the Royal…
MorePrince asks environment minister for help
Britain’s Prince Charles met with Minister for the Environment Ida Auken (Socialist People’s Party) for approximately 40 minutes in Copenhagen on Saturday to discuss programmes to improve global food safety, protect water sources…
MoreMajority fed up with ‘summer time’
Most people believe that the twice-annual time shift is more trouble than it’s worth – and it may also be unnecessarily expensive. According to surveys conducted by two media organisations this weekend, nearly…
MorePrime Minister’s ratings drop
As voters desert her party in droves (see below), Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s personal approval ratings continue to head south. A new poll by Epinion for DR shows that the number of voters…
MoreVoters desert Social Democrats
Thousands of Social Democrat voters have made a sharp left-turn. A new Epinion poll for DR News shows that 43,000 SD voters would choose the far-left Red/Green Alliance if there was an election…
MorePoliticians agree new DKK3.5bn energy bill
The cross-party, DKK3.5bn ($600m) energy bill finalised Thursday will cost every single Danish household an extra DKK1,300 per year by 2020. After both sides agreed on the final details, including plans to make…
MoreConsumers facing hefty electricity charges
Danish consumers, already paying Europe’s highest electricity prices, will be forced to pay even more after politicians agreed a new energy bill, Thursday. A report by the EU statistics agency shows that Denmark…
MoreDPP demand public hearings for gay weddings bill
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has dismissed the proposal to allow homosexuals to get married in church as the ‘sloppiest piece of legislation’ in modern times and demanded a public hearing to clarify…
MoreDenmark condemns Mali coup
Denmark has condemned the coup in Mali and frozen all development aid with immediate effect after renegade Malian soldiers seized power from Mali’s democratically elected government. Mali, one of Denmark’s partner nations, received…
MoreDONG in shady property deal
DONG allowed a former top executive to buy a luxury coastal property in Fredericia for around half of what it was actually worth. After the recent controversy about excessive salaries, sky-high bonuses, and…
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