Slight gain for government but Social Democrats have lost 200,000 voters
Good – and bad – news for Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. A new Megafon poll for TV2 News shows that the government alliance has made slight gains but would still suffer a 56/44…
MoreNo confidence in PM
Social Democrat voters have no confidence in Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt who appears bruised and battered as she heads for this weekend’s Social Democrat conference. On top of the news that the party has…
MoreDanish activist jailed in Russia
The Danish Foreign Ministry has despatched a diplomat from the Danish embassy in Moscow to Murmansk in Russia to monitor conditions for a jailed Danish Greenpeace activist, but won’t be making any political…
MoreDPP challenges Liberals on zero growth
Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl believes that Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen will ‘come to his senses’ about zero public sector growth if the centre-right regains power at the next election….
MoreSøvndal welcomes US-Russia agreement – ‘deadlock broken’
Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal has welcomed the prospect of a UN draft resolution on ridding Syria of chemical weapons. After the US and Russia agreed to a formal text, Mr Søvndal expressed hope…
MoreAid organisation calls for tax-haven transparency
‘Aggressive tax manoeuvring’ is costing developing countries billions in tax income, according to a new report showing that at least 200 Danish companies, including big names such as Georg Jensen, Bianco Shoes, and…
MoreJobless figures down
The official unemployment rate has fallen below 150,000 for the first time in four years. Despite new Statistics Denmark figures showing the number of jobless fell by 2,200 in August, to 149,900, Employment…
MoreEconomy ready to grow
The crisis has left the economy ‘lean and mean’ with lots of growth potential, according to the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE). Senior AE analyst, Frederik I. Pedersen, predicts ’good times…
MoreBusiness shorts
US deal for Vestas / Award for Maersk / Goldman Sachs to invest in DONG / PFA invests billions in robot technology Vestas: Vestas has won a 400-megawatt deal to supply turbines to…
MoreWho’s the Danish ‘Deep Throat’?
Although nobody knows the identity of the Danish ‘Deep Throat’, the sender of a potentially explosive anonymous letter to the Taxgate Commission, members of the Commission believe he, or she, will make themself…
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