Finance Minister’s leadership dreams
Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon has refused to rule out the possibility of becoming Social Democrat leader in the future. Although ‘crown princes’ generally deny all speculation about possible leadership ambitions, Mr Corydon said…
MoreMother of three thrown out of the country
Lubna Nosheen, a Pakistani mother of three small children, all Danish citizens, has been ordered to leave the country immediately after being refused a residency permit by the immigration authorities. Her husband, Naveed…
MorePM’s husband starred in Russian thriller
Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt’s has a hidden talent for acting. Politiken has revealed that Stephen Kinnock, at the centre of the Taxgate scandal currently being investigated by the Tax Commission, had a…
More110,000 companies don’t pay tax
Only one in three companies in Denmark paid corporation (business) tax last year, a new Tax Ministry report shows – out of 162,000 registered companies, 110,000 paid nothing. Ahead of new landmark legislation…
MoreCarlsberg opposes British beer plans
Danish brewing giant Carlsberg has publicly denounced a British government proposal that would slap a minimum price on a can of beer. From the British Daily Telegraph: Danish brewer Carlsberg has become the…
MoreWho spread homosexual rumours about PM’s husband?
Head of the Copenhagen Tax Department, Erling Andersen, was close to revealing who started the original rumour about Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s husband Stephen Kinnock’s alleged homosexuality during sworn testimony to the Tax…
MoreDanish MEP’s criticise EU’s ‘travelling circus’
Danish EU politicians have lashed out at yesterday’s European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that will allow the EU Parliament to continue holding plenary sessions in Strasbourg, 400 kilometers from Brussels. The Danish…
MoreMilitant arsonists avoid terror rap
Five young left-wing extremists were acquitted of terrorism by Copenhagen District Court, Thursday, but found guilty of arson. Four of the men were caught red-handed trying to set fire to the Police Academy…
MoreSyria’s regime close to collapse says Fogh Rasmussen
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes it’s only a matter of time before the regime in Syria collapses. Speaking in Brussels, Thursday, where he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the…
MoreGovernment behind on labour market targets
The government is a long way from reaching its target of increasing the size of the labour market by 55,000 people ahead of 2020. New calculations by right-leaning think-tank CEPOS show that, so…
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